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Energy of Slaves
Oil and the New Servitude
Häftad, 2014
149 kr
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Ancient civilizations routinely relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. In the early 19th century, the slave trade became one of the most profitable enterprises on the planet. Economists described the system as necessary for …
Saboteurs
Wiebo Ludwig''s War Against Big Oil
E-bok, 2014
253 kr
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At Trickle Creek in northern Alberta, Wiebo Ludwig thought he’d buffered his tiny religious community from civilization, but in 1990 civilization came calling. A Calgary oil company proposed to drill directly in view of the farm’s communal dining room. Ludwig wrote letters, petitioned, forced …
Pandemonium
Bird Flu Mad Cow And Other Biological Plagues Of The 21st Centry
E-bok, 2008
164 kr
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Our health and habitat are being threatened by biological invaders moving at unprecedented speed. Avian flu and its potential to cause a human pandemic is only one example of a worldwide menace unwittingly unleashed by the forces of globalization. The combination of unfettered free trade in living …
Tar Sands
Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, Revised and Updated Edition
E-bok, 2010
143 kr
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Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for all of North America. Bitumen, the sticky stuff that ancients used to glue the Tower of Babel together, is the world’s most expensive hydrocarbon. This difficult-to-find resource …
Empire of the Beetle
How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America''s Great Forests
E-bok, 2011
150 kr
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Beginning in the late 1980s, a series of improbable bark beetle outbreaks unsettled iconic forests and communities across western North America. An insect the size of a rice kernel eventually killed more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees from Alaska to New Mexico. Often appearing in masses …
Slick Water
Fracking and One Insider''s Stand against the World''s Most Powerful Industry
E-bok, 2015
246 kr
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The fossil fuel industry and many environmental groups tout hydraulic fracturing — “fracking” — as a panacea, with slick promises of energy independence, greenhouse gas reductions, and benefits to local economies. Yet the controversial technology, which blasts massive volumes of fluids, sand, and …
Tar Sands
Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, Revised and Updated Edition
Häftad, 2010
145 kr
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Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for all of North America. Bitumen, the sticky stuff that ancients used to glue the Tower of Babel together, is the world’s most expensive hydrocarbon. This difficult-to-find resource …
Energy of Slaves
Oil and the New Servitude
Inbunden, 2012
221 kr
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By the winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Ancient civilizations relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. Nineteenth-century slaveholders viewed critics as hostilely as oil companies and governments now regard …
Slick Water
Fracking and One Insider's Stand against the World's Most Powerful Industry
Inbunden, 2015
223 kr
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The fossil fuel industry and many environmental groups tout hydraulic fracturing -- "fracking" -- as a panacea, with slick promises of energy independence, greenhouse gas reductions, and benefits to local economies. Yet the controversial technology, which blasts massive volumes of fluids, sand, and …
Saboteurs
Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil
Häftad, 2014
158 kr
Tillfälligt slut
At Trickle Creek in northern Alberta, Wiebo Ludwig thought he'd buffered his tiny religious community from civilization, but in 1990 civilization came calling. A Calgary oil company proposed to drill directly in view of the farm's communal dining room. Ludwig wrote letters, petitioned, forced …
