The Pipeline and the Paradigm: Keystone XL, Tar Sands, and the Battle to Defuse the Carbon Bomb This thoroughly researched and wholly engaging book investigates the economic, ecological, political, and psychological issues behind the Keystone XL pipeline—a project so controversial it has i
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| Title | : | The Pipeline and the Paradigm: Keystone XL, Tar Sands, and the Battle to Defuse the Carbon Bomb |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.88 (142 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0985574828 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-23 |
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This thoroughly researched and wholly engaging book investigates the economic, ecological, political, and psychological issues behind the Keystone XL pipeline—a project so controversial it has inspired the largest expression of civil disobedience since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. With enough carbon trapped in the Canadian tar sands to plunge the Earth into irreversible climate change, it is the Keystone XL pipeline that will set that carbon free. The debate rages on over whether this 2,100-mile long steel pipeline is a vital piece America’s energy future or the conduit for global climate disaster. From the enormous tar sands mines in Alberta to a tree-top blockade in Texas, this book introduces the people and explores the competing interests that power the environmental issue of the current generation.
Editorial : From Booklist Almost unmentioned by the mainstream media a few years ago, the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would extend an existing oil pipeline from Canada to Texas refineries, suddenly became controversial when President Obama temporarily halted its construction in 2012. Environmentalists quickly vilified the pipeline as an agent in exacerbating global warming, while industrialists extolled its potential to create jobs and promote energy independence. No stranger to divisive ecological issues, Avery, a longtime social activist and solar-panel entrepreneur, offers a guided tour of all the contentious issues surrounding the pipeline, from climate scientists’ assertion that Canadian tar sands oil extraction will almost double atmospheric carbon dioxide to the risk of damaged ecosystems wherever the pipeline is built. While Avery gives pipeline promoters a fair hearing, it’s clear where his values lie in framing opposition to Keystone XL as the most critical environmen
You have this set (no pun intended) of gods who, while powerful, still fall into the petty trappings of the meager mortals that worship them. My two-year-old has caught on to this, which is great. The story gets really good as Mitch and Kimi try to figure out just who Angel is and where he came from.
The story at the end just falls flat and ends very abruptly. Senge provides an excellent Introduction to it.. It is quite convenient to have this material gathered together; overall, a useful and very nicely produced little study.. What a great idea to consider "the view" from several points of view.. My husband and I are traveling to the Tetons for the first time later this month and wanted to read something about the area. That's pretty compelling evidence. Chapters 5,6, and 8 are roughly 105 pages long and constitute the meat of the seam content that I was interested in and it was not enough in my mind to carry it over the finish line.
As some of the other reviewer
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