A Line in the Tar Sands

Struggles for Environmental Justice

Edited by Stephen D'Arcy, Toban Black, Tony Weis & Joshua Kahn Russell
Categories: Conservation of the environment, The environment, Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning, Environmental policy and protocols
Publisher: Between the Lines
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Paperback : 9781771131094, 390 pages, September 2014

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List of Contributors
Foreword—Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben
Introduction: Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands—Tony Weis, Toban Black, Stephen D’arcy, and Joshua Kahn Russell
Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism
Chapter 1: Petro-Capitalism and the Tar Sands—Angela V. Carter
Chapter 2: Assembling Consent in Alberta: Hegemony and the Tar Sands—Randolph Haluza-Delay
Chapter 3: The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar Sands—Ryan Katz-Rosene
Chapter 4: Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar Sands—Yves Engler
Chapter 5: The Environmental Ngo Industry and Frontline Communities—Dave Vasey
Chapter 6: Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance—Martin Lukacs
Chapter 7: Migrant Justice and the Tar Sands Industry—Harsha Walia
Chapter 8: Responding to Chinese Investments in the Tar Sands—Harjap Grewal
Chapter 9: New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad—Macdonald Stainsby
Part II: Communities and Resistance
Chapter 10: Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon Cree—Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Chapter 11: ᑭᐦᒋᐱᑭᐢᑫᐧᐃᐧᐣ: Kihci Pikiskwewin—Speaking the Truth—Crystal Lameman
Chapter 12: The Tar Sands Healing Walk—Jesse Cardinal
Chapter 13: Petro-Chemical Legacies and Tar Sands Frontiers: Chemical Valley versus Environmental Justice—Toban Black
Chapter 14: Beyond Token Recognition: The Growing Movement against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project—Tyler McCreary
Chapter 15: Culture Works—Christine Leclerc and Rex Weyler
Chapter 16: Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline—Joshua Kahn Russell, Linda Capato, Matt Leonard, Andrae Breaux
Chapter 17: Gulf Coast Resistance and the Southern Leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline—Cherri Foytlin, Yudith Nieto, Kerry Lemon, and Will Wooten
Chapter 18: The Enbridge Pipeline Disaster and Accidental Activism along the Kalamazoo River—Sonia Grant
Chapter 19: Getting Europe Out of the Tar Sands: The Rise of the UK Tar Sands Campaign—Jess Worth
Chapter 20: Labour Faces Keystone XL and Climate Change—Jeremy Brecher and the Labor Network for Sustainability
Part III: Future Prospects
Chapter 21: Ending the Age of Fossil Fuels and Building an Economics for the Seventh Generation—Winona LaDuke
Chapter 22: The Rise of the Native Rights–Based Strategic Framework—Clayton Thomas-Muller
Chapter 23: Pipelines and Resistance across Turtle Island—Sâkihitowin Awâsis
Chapter 24: What Does It Mean to Be a Movement? A Proposal for a Coherent, Powerful, Indigenous-Led Movement—Emily Coats
Chapter 25: Expanding the Fossil Fuel Resistance—Bill McKibben
Chapter 26: Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance—Stephen D'Arcy
Chapter 27: From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice—Greg Albo and Lilian Yap
Chapter 28: Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement—Brian Tokar
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index

Description

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. Featuring contributions from Winona LaDuke, Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Harsha Walia, Jeremy Brecher, Crystal Lameman, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Yves Engler, Cherri Foytlin, Macdonald Stainsby, Yudith Nieto, Greg Albo, Brian Tokar, Jesse Cardinal, Rex Weyler, Jess Worth, and many more. The editors’ proceeds from this book will be donated to frontline grassroots environmental justice groups and campaigns.