Costly Fix

Power, Politics, and Nature in the Tar Sands

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Industries, International
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Author: Ian Urquhart ISBN: 9781487594633
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division Publication: January 29, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Ian Urquhart
ISBN: 9781487594633
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
Publication: January 29, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

Costly Fix examines the post-1995 Alberta tar sands boom, detailing how the state inflated the profitability of the tar sands and turned a blind eye to environmental issues. It considers the position of First Nations, the character and strength of environmental critiques, and the difficulties that environmental groups and First Nations have had in establishing a countermovement to market fundamentalism. The final chapter discusses how Alberta's new NDP government, in its first couple of years, has addressed the legacies they have inherited from the previous Progressive Conservative government on climate change, royalties, and the blight of tailings ponds in the boreal forest. Throughout the book, Urquhart demonstrates that too many actors have done too little to prevent Alberta's boreal forest from becomingĀ a landscape sacrificed for unsustainable economic growth.

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Costly Fix examines the post-1995 Alberta tar sands boom, detailing how the state inflated the profitability of the tar sands and turned a blind eye to environmental issues. It considers the position of First Nations, the character and strength of environmental critiques, and the difficulties that environmental groups and First Nations have had in establishing a countermovement to market fundamentalism. The final chapter discusses how Alberta's new NDP government, in its first couple of years, has addressed the legacies they have inherited from the previous Progressive Conservative government on climate change, royalties, and the blight of tailings ponds in the boreal forest. Throughout the book, Urquhart demonstrates that too many actors have done too little to prevent Alberta's boreal forest from becomingĀ a landscape sacrificed for unsustainable economic growth.

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