Title & Author:

A line in the tar sands : struggles for environmental justice / edited by Toban Black, Tony Weis, Stephen D'Arcy, Joshua Kahn Russell.

Publication:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Between the Lines ; Oakland, CA : PM Press, 2014.
©2014

Description:

xviii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Foreword by Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-356) and index.
Part I. Tar Sands Expansionism. Petro-Capitalism and the Tar Sands / Angela V. Carter -- Assembling Consent in Alberta: Hegemony and the Tar Sands / Randolph Haluza-Delay -- The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar Sands / Ryan Katz-Rosene -- Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar Sands / Yves Engler -- The Environmental NGO Industry and Frontline Communities / Dave Vasey -- Canada's Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance / Martin Lukacs -- Migrant Justice and the Tar Sands Industry: Interview with Harsha Walia / Joshua Kahn Russell -- Responding to Chinese Investments in the Tar Sands / Harjap Grewal -- New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad / Macdonald Stainsby.
Part II. Communities and Resistance. Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon Cree / Melina Laboucan-Massimo -- Kihci Pikiskwewin: Speaking the Truth / Crystal Lameman -- The Tar Sands Healing Walk / Jesse Cardinal -- Petro-Chemical Legacies and Tar Sands Frontiers: Chemical Valley versus Environmental Justice / Toban Black -- Beyond Token Recognition: The Growing Movement against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project / Tyler McCreary -- Culture Works / Christine Leclerc and Rex Weyler -- Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline / Joshua Kahn Russell, Linda Capato, Matt Leonard, and Rae Breaux -- Gulf Coast Resistance and the Southern Leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline / Cherri Foytlin, Yudith Nieto, Kerry Lemon, and Will Wooten -- The Enbridge Pipeline Disaster and Accidental Activism along the Kalamazoo River / Sonia Grant -- Getting Europe Out of the Tar Sands: The Rise of the UK Tar Sands Network / Jess Worth -- Labour Faces Keystone XL and Climate Change / Jeremy Brecher and The Labor Network for Sustainability.
Part III. Future Prospects. Ending the Age of Fossil Fuels and Building an Economics for the Seventh Generation / Winona LaDuke -- The Rise of the Native Rights-Based Strategic Framework: Our Last Best Hope to Save Our Water, Air, and Earth / Clayton Thomas-Muller -- Pipelines and Resistance across Turtle Island / Sâkihitowin Awâsis -- What Does It Mean to Be a Movement? A Proposal for a Coherent, Powerful, Indigenous-Led Movement / Emily Coats -- Expanding the Fossil Fuel Resistance / Bill McKibben -- Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance / Stephen D'Arcy -- From the Tar Sands to "Green Jobs"? Work and Ecological Justice / Greg Albo and Lilian Yap -- Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement / Brian Tokar.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

The fight over the tar sands in North America is among the epic environmental and social justice battles of our time, and one of the first that has managed to marry quite explicitly concern for frontline communities and immediate local hazards with fear for the future of the entire planet. Tar sands "development" comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents-fighting a powerful international industry-are likened to terrorists; government environmental scientists are muzzled; and public hearings are concealed and rushed. Yet, despite the formidable political and economic power behind the tar sands, many opponents are actively building international networks of resistance, challenging pipeline plans while resisting threats to Indigenous sovereignty and democratic participation. Including leading voices involved in the struggle against the tar sands, A Line in the Tar Sands offers a critical analysis of the impact of the tar sands and the challenges opponents face in their efforts to organize effective resistance. Contributors include Angela Carter, Bill McKibben, Brian Tokar, Christine Leclerc, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Crystal Lameman, Dave Vasey, Emily Coats, Eriel Deranger, Greg Albo, Jeremy Brecher, Jess Worth, Jesse Cardinal, Joshua Kahn Russell, Lilian Yap, Linda Capato, Macdonald Stainsby, Martin Lukacs, Matt Leonard, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Naomi Klein, Rae Breaux, Randolph Haluza-DeLay, Rex Weyler, Ryan Katz-Rosene, Sâkihitowin Awâsis, Sonia Grant, Stephen D'Arcy, Toban Black, Tony Weis, Tyler McCreary, Winona LaDuke, and Yves Engler.

ISBN:

9781629630397 (pbk.)
162963039X (pbk.)
(pbk.)(Between the Lines)
9781771131094
1771131098
(epub)
9781771131100
1771131101
(pdf)
9781771131117
177113111X
9781629630779 (PM Press paperback)
1629630772 (PM Press paperback)

Subject:

Keystone XL Project.
Enbridge Inc.
Oil sands industry Environmental aspects Alberta.
Oil sands industry Political activity.
Oil sands Environmental aspects Alberta.
Environmental justice Canada.
Environmentalism Canada.
Environmentalism United States.
Sables bitumineux Industrie Aspect de l'environnement Alberta.
Sables bitumineux Aspect de l'environnement Alberta.
Justice environnementale Canada.
Sables bitumineux Industrie Activité politique.
Environnementalisme Canada.
Environmentalism
Environmental justice
Oil sands Environmental aspects
Oil sands industry Environmental aspects
United States
Alberta
Canada

Added entries:

Black, Toban, editor.
Klein, Naomi, 1970- writer of supplementary textual content.
McKibben, Bill, writer of supplementary textual content.
Russell, Joshua Kahn, editor.
D'Arcy, Stephen, 1968- editor.
Weis, Anthony John, 1973- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308327
Call No.: BIB 253748
Status: Available