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Book SynopsisBusiness in a Changing Climate is the first book to ask major pollution emitting industries in Canada what their preferences are with respect to climate change.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: A literary foundation Chapter 3: Methods for Model-building Chapter 4: Climate Change Policy Instruments, Business Preferences and Public Opinion Chapter 5: Legitimacy, Public Opinion and Investment Chapter 6: Advantage Chapter 7: Experience Chapter 8: the Ideas of Managers - a Null Finding with Potential Chapter 9: Conclusions Works Cited

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Book SynopsisGreen Japan critically examines the Japanese effort to combine economic growth with commitments to environmental sustainability.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Techno-Environmentalism: Making Science and Technology Work for Society Chapter Two: Environmental Sacrifice: Japan's Economic-Environmental History Chapter Three: Green Growth Policies: The Environmental Strategies of the Government of Japan Chapter Four: Green Infrastructure: The Foundations of Green Growth in Japan Chapter Five: Green Cities and the Development of Environmental Potential Chapter Six: Pushing the Enviro-Technology Frontier: Big Dreams, Big Gambles Chapter Seven: Japanese Economic Environmentalism in Review Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how state actors and other stakeholders participate in natural resource governance initiatives and seek to promote natural resource-based development in Africa.Table of ContentsSection I: Introduction 1. An Evolving Agenda on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa Nathan Andrews, J. Andrew Grant, Jesse Salah Ovadia, and Adam Sneyd Section II: Governance Framings at Local, National, and Global Levels 2. Corporate Framing of Sustainability in the Mineral Sector: ‘New Governance’ Insights from South Africa Raynold Wonder Alorse and Nathan Andrews 3. The Resource Curse and Limits of Petro-Development in Ghana’s ‘Oil City’: How Oil Production Has Impacted Sekondi-Takoradi Jesse Salah Ovadia and Emmanuel Graham 4. Stakeholder Salience and Resource Enclavity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana’s Oil Abigail Efua Hilson 5. Gender, Land Grabbing, and Glocal Land Governance in Ghana and Uganda Patricia Ackah-Baidoo, Andrea M. Collins, and J. Andrew Grant 6. Governing Artisanal Commodity Extraction in Cameroon: A Comparative Analysis of the Gold and Palm Oil Sectors Steffi Hamann, Brendan Schwartz, and Adam Sneyd Section III: Critical Approaches to Inclusive Development: The Politics of Resource Nationalism, Local Procurement, and Community Engagement 7. Copper Economics and Local Entrepreneurs in Zambia: Accumulation by Dispossession and the Possibility of Dependent Development Carolyn Bassett and Allyson Fradella 8. ‘The Curse of Being Born with a Copper Spoon in Our Mouths’: An Examination of the Changing Forms of Zambian Resource Nationalism Alexander Caramento 9. Promoting Mining Local Procurement Through Systems Change: A Canadian NGO’s Efforts to Improve the Development Impacts of the Global Mining Industry Jeff Geipel and Emily Nickerson 10. The Promises and Pitfalls of Pursuing Inclusive, Sustainable Development through Resource Corridors in Africa Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, and Alex Awiti 11. ‘Community Development’ in Oil and Gas Projects: The Case of the West African Gas Pipeline Project Ibironke T. Odumosu-Ayanu Section IV: Land and Human Security: Central Africa in Focus 12. Land, High-Value Natural Resources, and Conflict in the Central African Republic Chris Huggins 13. Copper Stakes: Exclusion, Corporate Strategies, and Property Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo Sarah Katz-Lavigne 14. China and the Democratic Republic of Congo: What the Sicomines Agreement Tells Us about Beijing’s Foreign Policy in Africa David Walsh-Pickering Section V: Concluding Remarks and Reflections 15. Reflections on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa in the 2020s Nathan Andrews, Edward Akuffo, and J. Andrew Grant

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Book SynopsisInformed by a chemist's perspective, The Story of CO2 offers a timely contribution to the climate crisis debate by highlighting how we can utilize carbon dioxide as a resource.Trade Review"If you only read one book about climate change this year, make it this one." -- Louis Ammon * Chemistry World, June 2021 *"This accessible work offers a relatively comprehensive review of a topic that has been much discussed in published media." -- J. Tavakoli, Lafayette College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Oily 2. From Space to Earth and Back Again 3. Confronting Climate Change 4. “Stubborn” Emissions 5. Power to the CO2 6. It’s a CO2 World 7. Bringing it all Together Appendix A: Companies Transforming CO2 Appendix B: Further Reading Permissions References About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisDavid Miller presents a compelling case that significant progress can be made at the local level by duplicating the actions of nine leading cities around the world.Trade Review"If you are feeling discouraged about how little is being done to combat climate change, David Miller’s new book is a real cheer-me-upper." -- John Sewell * TRNTO.com *"David Miller offers insights on everything from city planning to greening public transportation and dealing with waste products. Though Solved focuses on cities, it can certainly inspire citizens to start their own climate initiatives in smaller communities." -- Green Teacher"Solved is a laudable attempt to show the power of local government and the pivotal role cities can play in protecting the environment. The power of place is rightly emphasized as a key tool in the fight for environmental preservation." -- Andrew Barnfield, University of Bristol * Eurasian Geography and Economics *"An easy read, this book will encourage more cities to create implementable emission reduction plans, and all who are city residents to participate. Highly recommended." -- L.B. Allsopp, Arizona State University * CHOICE *"Across seven brisk chapters, Miller takes the reader on a Contiki tour of cities around the world and the incredible things that they are doing on the ground while their national governments dither and their national leaders pose earnestly with Greta Thunberg (or troll her)." -- Donald Wright, University of New Brunswick * Literary Review of Canada *"Miller’s book is a very positive perspective on the role of cities reacting to climate changes and reducing carbon emissions." -- Richard Smardon, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry * Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences *Table of ContentsForeword Preface 1. Plans 2. Energy and Electricity 3. Existing Buildings 4. New Buildings 5. Public Transportation 6. Personal and Other Transportation 7. Waste Epilogue Afterword

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Book SynopsisExploring the ways in which culture, systems of value, and ethics impact agriculture, this volume addresses contemporary land questions and conditions for agricultural land management. Throughout, the editors and contributors consider a range of issues, including pressure on farmland, international and global trade relations, moral and ethical questions, and implications for governance. The focus of Finance or Food? is land use in Australia, Canada, and Norway, chosen for their commonalities as well as their differences. With reference to these specific national contexts, the contributors explore political, ecological, and ethical debates concerning food production, alternative energy, and sustainability. The volume argues that recognition of food, finance, energy, and climate crises is driving investments and reframing the strategies of development agencies. At the same time, food producers, small farmers, and pastoralists facing eviction from their land are making thTable of Contents1. Introduction to Cultures, Values, Ethics and Arguments on Agricultural Land Hilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Philip McMichael, Cornell University, and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo 2. The 21st century land question, and its politics Philip McMichael, Cornell University 3. Last In, First Out?: The Uncertain Future of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation Hugh Campbell, University of Otago, and David Reynolds, University of Otago 4. Food Security and the Multifunctionality of Agriculture: Paradoxes in European Land Questions Katrina Rønningen, Ruralis, Norway 5. 'Indirect' Land Grabbing, Private Certification and Global GAP Jacob Muirhead, McMaster University 6. Dirty Hands, Clean Conscience? Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and the Ethical Investment Strategy of the Government Pension Fund – Global Siri Granum Carson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 7. Responsibility to the Rescue? Governing Private Financial Investment in Global Agriculture Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo 8. State-led and Finance-backed Farming Endeavours: Changing Contours of Investment in Australian Agriculture Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland, Sarah Ruth Sippel, University of Leipzig, and Nicolette Larder, University of New England 9. ‘Plus Ça Change …’: Saskatchewan Farmland Restructuring and Its Effects on Farm Families Jostein Tapper Brobakk, Ruralis, Norway and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo 10. ‘Jordvern’ as a Situation of Action - The Material and Non-material Forces Shaping the Protection of Farmland in Norway Hilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Katrina Rønningen, Ruralis, Norway, and Heidi Vinge, Ruralis, Norway 11. From Agri-culture to Agri-nature: New Alliances for Farmland Preservation in Norway Heidi Vinge, Ruralis, Norway and Siri Øyslebø Sørensen, Ruralis, Norway 12. Intergenerational Justice and Obligations towards Future Generations: Towards Environmental Rights in Land Use Policy Allen Alvarez, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and May Thorseth, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 13. Land and the Value Calculus: Towards a Reculturalization of Farmland Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Hilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Understanding Climate Change provides readers with a concise, accessible, and holistic picture of the climate change problem, including both the scientific and human dimensions.Table of Contents1. Climate Change in the Public Sphere 2. Basic System Dynamics 3. Climate Controls: Energy from the Sun 4. Climate Controls: Earth’s Reflectivity 5. Climate Controls: The Greenhouse Effect 6. Climate Change Mitigation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transforming the Energy System 7. Climate Models 8. Future Climate: Emissions, Climatic Shifts, and What to Do about Them 9. Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Systems 10. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Human Systems 11. Climate Change Policy and Governance 12. Understanding Climate Change: Pathways Forward

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Book SynopsisDirt Persuasion analyzes Bold Nebraska’s environmental campaign against TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline to examine how this grassroots environmental movement changed the rules for national environmentalism in the United States. Trade Review"Whether you are a Nebraskan or not, opposed to or supportive of the pipeline, you will learn a lot from this book and gain insight into the controversy."—Mark Brohman, Nebraska History Magazine"Readers will learn how one case of civil environmental populism evolved in a rural US context and, in so doing, will also gain an in-depth understanding of the existing scholarship on environmental communication. This exemplary book demonstrates outstanding, careful scholarship."—R. E. O'Connor, Choice"Dirt Persuasion: Civic Environmental Populism and the Heartland’s Pipeline Fight is an important contribution to the environmental and social historiography of the Great Plains."—Drew Folk, H-Environment“TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline is arguably one of the most significant environmental struggles in North American history. Moscato not only digs deep into these intense ecological antagonisms but—through the Bold Nebraska environmental campaign—also presents an important case study of the possibilities of engaged, multi-stakeholder environmental activism in a time of mounting global ecological crisis. . . . Dirt Persuasion is an exceptionally important contribution to environmental communication.”—Patrick D. Murphy, author of The Media Commons: Globalization and Environmental Discourses“Dirt Persuasion is a must-read for grassroots activists who care about rural environments. Lucidly written, Moscato’s fascinating book illuminates how Bold Nebraska mobilized cultural symbols, storytelling, and historical consciousness to build uncommon alliances and frame the media narrative in a successful movement to halt construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.”—Marsha Weisiger, Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History at the University of OregonTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. A Pipeline Runs through It 2. Plains Spoken 3. Harvesting a Rural Metanarrative 4. Framing a Movement 5. Níbtháska 6. A Fight on Your Hands 7. From the Grass Roots Epilogue: After Nebraska References Index

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Book SynopsisThe conceptualization and execution of Repowering Cities are terrific, and provides readers with a deep understanding of why, how, and to what effect cities have mobilized to mitigate the effects of climate change.?Michael J. Rich, Emory University, coauthor of Collaborative Governance for Urban RevitalizationCity governments are rapidly becoming society''s problem solvers. As Sara Hughes shows, nowhere is this more evident than in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto, where the cities'' governments are taking on the challenge of addressing climate change.Repowering Cities focuses on the specific issue of reducing urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and develops a new framework for distinguishing analytically and empirically the policy agendas city governments develop for reducing GHG emissions, the governing strategies they use to implement these agendas, and the direct and catalytic means by which they contribute to climate chaTrade ReviewAs Sara Hughes's Repowering Cities rightly points out,... much of the research on city climate efforts focuses on the adoption of greenhouse gas reduction goals. Hughes is interested in an even more pressing question: once goals are adopted, how do cities move forward with the complicated process of governing emissions? To answer this question, she offers an excellent synthesis of years of scholarship on cities and climate change, then builds on it with her own study of New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto. In doing so, Repowering Cities offers a useful illumination of the political challenges of achieving city climate goals. * Global Environmental Politics *I think specialist and non-specialist readers will enjoy this engaging and accessible book. For practitioners, who are often presented with case studies or best practices that highlight the policy options, it can help to equip them with an understanding of how they might pursue such an initiative in their own city. It provides clear examples that cities around the world can replicate immediately – whether they are already leading on climate change mitigation or seeking to catch up. * Local Government Studies *With perhaps a decade to avert the worst consequences of climate change, is urban climate action a lost cause? Far from it, according to Sara Hughes, whose book provides a cross-case comparison of how three major North American cities—New York, Los Angeles and Toronto—have striven to mitigate climate change. Theoretically, Hughes's approach is a valuable contribution to the environmental policy and urban politics literatures, which have relied primarily on institutional, regime theory, and interest-group pluralism explanations for why cities commit to sustainability policies * Perspectives on Politics *Sara Hughes offers a valuable lesson that climate change mitigation is no simple task. There is no template. Every city will face its own mix of challenges and must create its own policies. We can take from this volume the reality that it is not only later than we think, but that change is going to be harder than we imagine. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Shifting Ambitions and Positions of City Governments 1. Progress or Pipe Dream? Cities and Climate Change Mitigation 2. Evaluating Urban Governance: A Three-Part Framework 3. Made to Measure: Tracing Unique Climate Policy Agendas in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto 4. The Means Behind the Methods: Governing Strategies to Reduce Green house Gas Emissions 5. Are We There Yet? Identifying and Evaluating Urban Progress on Climate Change Mitigation Conclusion: Prospects and Consequences of Repowering Cities Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisHurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972, just months before a pivotal election and at the dawn of the deindustrialization period across the Northeast. The response by local, state, and national officials had long-term consequences for all Americans. President Richard Nixon used the tragedy for political gain by delivering a generous relief package to the key states of New York and Pennsylvania in a bid to win over voters. After his landslide reelection in 1972, Nixon cut benefits for disaster victims and then passed legislation to push responsibility for disaster preparation and mitigation on to states and localities. The impact led to the rise of emergency management and inspired the development of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).With a particular focus on events in New York and Pennsylvania, Timothy W. Kneeland narrates how local, state, and federal authorities responded to the immediate crisis of Hurricane Agnes and managed the long-term recTrade ReviewKneeland's prose is sharp, to be sure, and his research quite impressive. The historical context is richly detailed, with comic and tragic anecdotes throughout. Perhaps its greatest strength is its depth at the local level, as Kneeland introduces many actors from the known to the obscure. * H-Net *One of the virtues of Kneeland's account of Hurricane Agnes is his comparative approach. He explores the response to Agnes in two medium-sized New York cities-Corning and Elmira-and in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Kneeland's most important contribution may be his emphasis on contingency. [I]t is Kneeland's exploration of the 'local context of disaster' that distinguishes these studies. * New York History *Kneeland's prose is sharp, to be sure, and his research quite impressive. The historical context is richly detailed, with comic and tragic anecdotes throughout. Perhaps its greatest strength is its depth at the local level, as Kneeland introduces many actors from the known to the obscure. Scholarly readers and environmental historians will certainly find much useful here, especially the author's rendering of the political atmosphere in the 1970s and grasp of disaster management's intricacies * H-Environment *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Local Disasters, Government Actors, and National Policy 1. American Disaster Policy through 1972: Growing Benefits and Expanding Federal Authority 2. Agnes Makes Landfall: Death and Destruction in New York and Pennsylvania, 1972 3. Who's in Charge? Local Governments Collapse in the Face of Disaster 4. Playing Politics with Disaster: Relief Efforts and the 1972 Election 5. "I Have a HUD-Ache": Public Discontent over Disaster Aid 6. "Better Than Ever"? Rebuilding amid Industrial Decline 7. Without Warning and Defenseless: The Weather Service and Civil Defense before and after Hurricane Agnes 8. The Risky Business of Flood Control: When Dams and Levees Put People at Risk 9. The Disaster Relief Act of 1974: Richard Nixon and the Creation of Emergency Management Epilogue: Into the Future

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Book SynopsisBlending close readings of literature, films, and other artworks with analysis of texts of political philosophy, science, and social theory, Mieka Erley offers an interdisciplinary perspective on attitudes to soil in Russia and the Soviet Union from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. As Erley shows in On Russian Soil, the earth has inspired utopian dreams, reactionary ideologies, social theories, and durable myths about the relationship between nation and nature.In this period of modernization, soil was understood as the collective body of the nation, sitting at the crux of all economic and social problems. The soil question was debated by nationalists and radical materialists, Slavophiles and Westernizers, poets and scientists.On Russian Soil highlights a selection of key myths at the intersection of cultural and material history that show how soil served as a natural, national, and symbolic resource from Fedor Dostoevsky''s nativeTable of ContentsIntroduction: Groundwork 1. Native Soil: The Roots of the Organic Nation 2. Matter: Models of Soil and Society 3. Dirt: Dirty Literature 4. Sediment: Soviet Construction on Asian Soil 5. Wasteland: Platonov's Dialectics of Waste and Recuperation 6. Virgin Land: The Libidinal Economy of Virgin Land Epilogue: Beyond Earth

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Book SynopsisThe Counterhuman Imaginary proposes that alongside the historical, social, and institutional structures of human reality that seem to be the sole subject of the literary text, an other-than-human world is everywhere in evidence. Laura Brown finds that within eighteenth-century British literature, the human cultural imaginary can be seen, equally, as a counterhuman imaginaryan alternative realm whose scope and terms exceed human understanding or order.Through close readings of works by Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope, along with lapdog lyrics, circulation narratives that give agency to inanimate objects like coins and carriages, and poetry about the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, Brown traces the ways presence and power of the nonhumanweather, natural disasters, animals, even the concept of lovenot only influence human creativity, subjectivity, and history but are inseparable from them. Traversing literary theory, animal studies, new materiali

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Book SynopsisThe Counterhuman Imaginary proposes that alongside the historical, social, and institutional structures of human reality that seem to be the sole subject of the literary text, an other-than-human world is everywhere in evidence. Laura Brown finds that within eighteenth-century British literature, the human cultural imaginary can be seen, equally, as a counterhuman imaginaryan alternative realm whose scope and terms exceed human understanding or order.Through close readings of works by Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope, along with lapdog lyrics, circulation narratives that give agency to inanimate objects like coins and carriages, and poetry about the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, Brown traces the ways presence and power of the nonhumanweather, natural disasters, animals, even the concept of lovenot only influence human creativity, subjectivity, and history but are inseparable from them. Traversing literary theory, animal studies, new materiali

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Book SynopsisA sweeping, policy-oriented account of the private and public management of the world's essential natural resource. Governments dominated water management throughout the twentieth century. Tasked with ensuring a public supply of clean, safe, reliable, and affordable water, governmental agencies controlled water administration in most of the world. They built the dams, reservoirs, and aqueducts that store water when available and move that water to areas with increasing populations and economies. Private businesses sometimes played a part in managing water, but typically in a supporting position as consultants or contractors. Today, given the global need for innovative new technologies, institutions, and financing to solve the freshwater crisis, private businesses and markets are playing a rapidly expanding role, bringing both new approaches and new challenges to a historically public field. In Liquid Asset, Barton H. Thompson, Jr. examines the growing position of the private sector in the "business of water." Thompson seeks to understand the private sector's involvement in meeting the water needs of both humans and the environment, looks at the potential risks that growing private involvement poses to the public interest in water, and considers the obstacles that private organizations face in trying to participate in a traditionally governmental sector. Thompson provides a richly detailed analysis to foster both improved public policy and responsible business behavior. As the book demonstrates, the story of private businesses and water offers a window into the serious challenges facing freshwater today, and their potential solutions.Trade Review"An engaging and well-written blueprint for harnessing private sector ingenuity and profit-motive in order to protect and preserve our most precious natural resource."—Nicole Neeman Brady, Vice President of the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners"Liquid Asset, by one of the nation's preeminent water law scholars, presents a clarion call for greater involvement by the business community in global water management and security. This broad-ranging examination offers original insights for effective environmental stewardship."—Robert Glennon, University of Arizona College of Law, author of Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It"Liquid Asset explores the critical questions of why, where, and how the private sector owns and manages water. A gifted teacher, Barton H. Thompson, Jr is admirably evenhanded in highlighting the risks and explaining the opportunities. If you want to understand the future of water management in the United States, read this book."—James Salzman, UCLA Law School and author of Drinking Water: A History"Putting the words 'water' and 'privatization' in the same sentence can be a hazard. "But given the critical imbalance between water supply and demand, Thompson is willing to risk the hazard. In Liquid Asset, he argues that the private sector's capabilities for managing the resource and rebuilding crumbling systems are too important to ignore."—Felicity Barringer, Stanford Lawyer"Thompson has done a marvelous job surveying the many varied, transformational initiatives in the water sector in the United States and the world. There is much here to discuss and, hopefully, implement for the benefit of humanity and the environment. The water sector and the people who depend on it owe him a debt of gratitude."—G. Tracy Mehan III, Journal AWWA

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Book SynopsisFollowing the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, tsunamis engulfed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant located on Japan's Pacific Coast, leading to the worst nuclear disaster the world has seen since the Chernobyl crisis of 1986. Prior to this disaster, Japan had the third largest commercial nuclear program in the world, surpassed only by those in the United States and France—nuclear power significantly contributed to Japan's economic prosperity, and nearly 30% of Japan's electricity was generated by reactors dotted across the archipelago, from northern Hokkaido to southern Kyushu. This long period of institutional stasis was, however, punctuated by the crisis of March 11, which became a critical juncture for Japanese nuclear policymaking. As Akihiro Ogawa argues, the primary agent for this change is what he calls "antinuclear citizens"— a conscientious Japanese public who envision a sustainable life in a nuclear-free society. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic research conducted across Japan—including antinuclear rallies, meetings with bureaucrats, and at renewable energy production sites—Ogawa presents an historical record of ordinary people's actions as they sought to survive and navigate a new reality post-Fukushima. Ultimately, Ogawa argues that effective sustainability efforts require collaborations that are grounded in civil society and challenge hegemonic ideology, efforts that reimagine societies and landscapes—especially those dominated by industrial capitalism—to help build a productive symbiosis between industry and sustainability.Trade Review"What does Japanese civil society really think about Japan's nuclear energy policy after 3/11? There are many suggestions to be learned from this Antinuclear Citizens' approach to Japan's nuclear energy policy and ambiguous civil society. This action narrative analysis by a leading scholar of Japanese civil society should be read by many scholars of Japan studies."—Yuichi Sekiya, University of Tokyo"Describing himself as an 'action-oriented social anthropologist', Akihiro Ogawa draws on the experience of what he calls 'anti-nuclear citizens' to show how civil society organisations provide new and effective forms of accountability, innovation and public governance in post-Fukushima Japan. In doing so, he casts an interesting light not only on contemporary Japanese society but also on how anthropologists can interact with their subject matter that may shock some of those who believe that non-involvement is the only way for ethnographers to retain an objective lens."—Roger Goodman, University of OxfordTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Japan's Nuclear Policy and Antinuclear Activism 2. Young Precariat at the Forefront 3. The Right to Evacuation 4. Community Power 5. Unethical Politics 6. State of Exception Epilogue: Fostering the Chernobyl Law in Japan Notes for Anthropology of Policy

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Book SynopsisGlobal climate change poses an unprecedented challenge for governments across the world. Small wonder that many experts question whether democracies have the ability to cope with the causes and long-term consequences of a changing climate. Some even argue that authoritarian regimes are better equipped to make the tough choices required to tackle the climate crisis.In this incisive book, Daniel Fiorino challenges the assumptions and evidence offered by sceptics of democracy and its capacity to handle climate change. Democracies, he explains, typically enjoy higher levels of environmental performance and produce greater innovation in technology, policy, and climate governance than autocracies. Rather than less democracy, Fiorino calls for a more accountable and responsive politics that will provide democratically-elected governments with the enhanced capacity for collective action on climate and other environmental issues.Table of ContentsTables and box Acknowledgements Preface 1 The Challenge to Governance 2 Do Authoritarian Regimes Do Better? 3 Why Democracies Differ 4 How Democracies Will Handle Climate Change Notes Further Reading

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Book SynopsisWalmart. Coca-Cola. BP. Toyota. The world economy runs on the profits of transnational corporations. Politicians need their backing. Non-profit organizations rely on their philanthropy. People look to their brands for meaning. And their power continues to rise. Can these companies, as so many are now hoping, provide the solutions to end the mounting global environmental crisis? Absolutely, the CEOs of big business are telling us: the commitment to corporate social responsibility will ensure it happens voluntarily. Peter Dauvergne challenges this claim, arguing instead that corporations are still doing far more to destroy than protect our planet. Trusting big business to lead sustainability is, he cautions, unwise — perhaps even catastrophic. Planetary sustainability will require reining in the power of big business, starting now.Trade Review“Can the same corporations that have brought us violent overconsumption, endless growth, and inequality be trusted to fix those crises? Spoiler alert: not a chance. Rarely have the questions in this pithy book been framed so carefully, or answered so satisfyingly.” Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough and This Changes Everything."Peter Dauvergne's book is so reasonably argued it is hard to believe his conclusion is so radical. Put bluntly, without growth corporations will die, so they must keep selling us more stuff. It is in the system's DNA. But the organism is now devouring its host, and we need a mutation — fast."Clive Hamilton, Charles Sturt University, Canberra “[A] highly readable and caustic critique of ethical corporate behaviour ... a breath of fresh air.”New ScientistTable of Contents Acknowledgments 1 Total Destruction? No 2 The Rising Power of Big Business 3 The Business of CSR 4 The Dark Side of Big Business 5 The Consumption Problem 6 Less Destruction Further Reading Notes

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Book SynopsisWalmart. Coca-Cola. BP. Toyota. The world economy runs on the profits of transnational corporations. Politicians need their backing. Non-profit organizations rely on their philanthropy. People look to their brands for meaning. And their power continues to rise. Can these companies, as so many are now hoping, provide the solutions to end the mounting global environmental crisis? Absolutely, the CEOs of big business are telling us: the commitment to corporate social responsibility will ensure it happens voluntarily. Peter Dauvergne challenges this claim, arguing instead that corporations are still doing far more to destroy than protect our planet. Trusting big business to lead sustainability is, he cautions, unwise — perhaps even catastrophic. Planetary sustainability will require reining in the power of big business, starting now.Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1 Total Destruction? No 2 The Rising Power of Big Business 3 The Business of CSR 4 The Dark Side of Big Business 5 The Consumption Problem 6 Less Destruction Further Reading Notes

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Book SynopsisNow that Trump has turned the United States into a global climate outcast, will China take the lead in saving our planet from environmental catastrophe? Many signs point to yes. China, the world's largest carbon emitter, is leading a global clean energy revolution, phasing out coal consumption and leading the development of a global system of green finance. But as leading China environmental expert Barbara Finamore explains, it is anything but easy. The fundamental economic and political challenges that China faces in addressing its domestic environmental crisis threaten to derail its low-carbon energy transition. Yet there is reason for hope. China's leaders understand that transforming the world's second largest economy from one dependent on highly polluting heavy industry to one focused on clean energy, services and innovation is essential, not only to the future of the planet, but to China's own prosperity.Trade Review"A hugely informative and readable book about how much China is doing - and needs to do - to spur the clean energy revolution that is a crucial element in the fight against climate change. I highly recommend it."—Todd Stern, Former Special Envoy for Climate Change under President Obama "Finamore has written an impressively well-researched and truly fascinating account of China's fitful odyssey to climate consciousness. In an otherwise pretty bleak global tableau, this progress offers some welcome grounds for hope."—Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society "A must-read."—Make Wealth History "Barbara Finamore has written a highly readable and informative overview of China's role in the global climate change battle. Will China Save the Planet? is a good primer for environmental policy analysts and anyone else interested in studying feasible solutions to climate change, humanity's greatest threat."—Eurasia Review "If you want to read one book on China's energy and environmental transformation, Finamore's lucid volume is the one."—Asian Review of Books "Authoritative and comprehensive."—The South China Morning Post "Finamore is the right person to write such a concise and informative book. . . . She takes a balanced approach—being an outsider but drawing on her firsthand knowledge and experience of an insider, thus making the narrative and analysis concrete and convincing."—China Review International "For all its importance, it is quite hard to follow environmental developments in China. One the most useful resources I've come across is Barbara Finamore's book Will China Save the Planet?"—The Earthbound ReportTable of Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: China: The New Climate Torchbearer? Chapter One: China’s Climate Diplomacy Chapter Two: Dethroning Old King Coal Chapter Three: Catalyzing the Clean Energy Revolution Chapter Four: Jumpstarting the Electric Vehicle Industry Chapter Five: Greening China’s Financial System Epilogue: China in the Driving Seat

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Book SynopsisNow that Trump has turned the United States into a global climate outcast, will China take the lead in saving our planet from environmental catastrophe? Many signs point to yes. China, the world's largest carbon emitter, is leading a global clean energy revolution, phasing out coal consumption and leading the development of a global system of green finance. But as leading China environmental expert Barbara Finamore explains, it is anything but easy. The fundamental economic and political challenges that China faces in addressing its domestic environmental crisis threaten to derail its low-carbon energy transition. Yet there is reason for hope. China's leaders understand that transforming the world's second largest economy from one dependent on highly polluting heavy industry to one focused on clean energy, services and innovation is essential, not only to the future of the planet, but to China's own prosperity.Trade Review"A hugely informative and readable book about how much China is doing - and needs to do - to spur the clean energy revolution that is a crucial element in the fight against climate change. I highly recommend it."—Todd Stern, Former Special Envoy for Climate Change under President Obama "Finamore has written an impressively well-researched and truly fascinating account of China's fitful odyssey to climate consciousness. In an otherwise pretty bleak global tableau, this progress offers some welcome grounds for hope."—Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society "A must-read."—Make Wealth History "Barbara Finamore has written a highly readable and informative overview of China's role in the global climate change battle. Will China Save the Planet? is a good primer for environmental policy analysts and anyone else interested in studying feasible solutions to climate change, humanity's greatest threat."—Eurasia Review "If you want to read one book on China's energy and environmental transformation, Finamore's lucid volume is the one."—Asian Review of Books "Authoritative and comprehensive."—The South China Morning Post "Finamore is the right person to write such a concise and informative book. . . . She takes a balanced approach—being an outsider but drawing on her firsthand knowledge and experience of an insider, thus making the narrative and analysis concrete and convincing."—China Review International "For all its importance, it is quite hard to follow environmental developments in China. One the most useful resources I've come across is Barbara Finamore's book Will China Save the Planet?"—The Earthbound Report

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Book SynopsisWhy is it so difficult to control, or fix, pollution? How can we justify harvesting the world’s natural resources at unsustainable rates, even though these activities cause known harm to both people and ecosystems? Scientific knowledge and technological advances alone cannot tackle these environmental challenges; they also involve difficult political choices and trade-offs both locally and globally. What is Environmental Politics? introduces students to the different ways society attempts to deal with the political decisions needed to prevent or recover from environmental damage. Across its six chapters leading environmental scholar Elizabeth DeSombre explains what makes environmental problems, such as climate change, overfishing or deforestation, particularly challenging to address via political processes, what types of political structures are more or less likely to prioritize protecting the environment, and how effective political intervention can improve environmental conditions and the lives of people who depend on them.It will be a vital resource for students new to the field of environmental politics as well as readers interested in protecting the future of our planet.Trade Review“This accessible primer illuminates the complex political challenges that arise when actors with diverse interests, unequal power relations, and competing values confront the environmental crisis. DeSombre offers practical suggestions for engaging with environmental politics to foster broader social and economic change to benefit the planet.”Michele Betsill, Colorado State University “At a time when the problems can seem overwhelming, this highly readable and skilfully executed book makes a compelling case for understanding environmental politics as a way to engage in it more effectively.”Ken Conca, American UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Defining Environmental Politics 2. Uncertainty and Science 3. Political Structures 4. Political Actors 5. International Environmental Politics 6. Engaging with Environmental Politics Notes Selected Readings Index

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Book SynopsisWhy is it so difficult to control, or fix, pollution? How can we justify harvesting the world’s natural resources at unsustainable rates, even though these activities cause known harm to both people and ecosystems? Scientific knowledge and technological advances alone cannot tackle these environmental challenges; they also involve difficult political choices and trade-offs both locally and globally. What is Environmental Politics? introduces students to the different ways society attempts to deal with the political decisions needed to prevent or recover from environmental damage. Across its six chapters leading environmental scholar Elizabeth DeSombre explains what makes environmental problems, such as climate change, overfishing or deforestation, particularly challenging to address via political processes, what types of political structures are more or less likely to prioritize protecting the environment, and how effective political intervention can improve environmental conditions and the lives of people who depend on them.It will be a vital resource for students new to the field of environmental politics as well as readers interested in protecting the future of our planet.Trade Review“This accessible primer illuminates the complex political challenges that arise when actors with diverse interests, unequal power relations, and competing values confront the environmental crisis. DeSombre offers practical suggestions for engaging with environmental politics to foster broader social and economic change to benefit the planet.”Michele Betsill, Colorado State University “At a time when the problems can seem overwhelming, this highly readable and skilfully executed book makes a compelling case for understanding environmental politics as a way to engage in it more effectively.”Ken Conca, American UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1. Defining Environmental Politics2. Uncertainty and Science3. Political Structures4. Political Actors5. International Environmental Politics6. Engaging with Environmental Politics NotesSelected ReadingsIndex

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Book SynopsisFor decades, the world’s governments have struggled to move from talk to action on climate. Many now hope that growing public concern will lead to greater policy ambition, but the most widely promoted strategy to address the climate crisis – the use of market-based programs – hasn’t been working and isn’t ready to scale. Danny Cullenward and David Victor show how the politics of creating and maintaining market-based policies render them ineffective nearly everywhere they have been applied. Reforms can help around the margins, but markets’ problems are structural and won’t disappear with increasing demand for climate solutions. Facing that reality requires relying more heavily on smart regulation and industrial policy – government-led strategies – to catalyze the transformation that markets promise, but rarely deliver.Trade Review“Cullenward and Victor provide a refreshingly honest and pragmatic perspective on this complex field. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in climate policy and carbon pricing.”David Wright, University of Calgary “This is a must-read for policymakers, especially the climate intelligentsia who believe that market-based policies are a panacea for the existential threat of climate change. Cullenward and Victor shatter that myth and chart a better course based on proven models that achieve tangible results.”Kevin de León, California Senate President Emeritus “I have spent my career trying to answer the question posed by Cullenward and Victor – how to make climate policy work. This book provides a compelling answer: the deep decarbonization the world needs will only be achieved when governments commit to a vision of transformation that all actors can work towards.”Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation, Founder of IDDRI

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Book SynopsisTraces a tradition of ironic and irreverent environmentalism, asking us to rethink the movement’s reputation for gloom and doomActivists today strive to educate the public about climate change, but sociologists have found that the more we know about alarming issues, the less likely we are to act. Meanwhile, environmentalists have acquired a reputation as gloom-and-doom killjoys. Bad Environmentalism identifies contemporary texts that respond to these absurdities and ironies through absurdity and irony—as well as camp, frivolity, irreverence, perversity, and playfulness. Nicole Seymour develops the concept of “bad environmentalism”: cultural thought that employs dissident affects and sensibilities to reflect critically on our current moment and on mainstream environmental activism. From the television show Wildboyz to the short film series Green Porno, Seymour shows that this tradition of thought is widespread—spanning animation, documentary, fiction film, performance art, poetry, prose fiction, social media, and stand-up comedy since at least 1975. Seymour argues that these texts reject self-righteousness and sentimentality, undercutting public negativity toward activism and questioning basic environmentalist assumptions: that love and reverence are required for ethical relationships with the nonhuman and that knowledge is key to addressing problems like climate change.Funny and original, Bad Environmentalism champions the practice of alternative green politics. From drag performance to Indigenous comedy, Seymour expands our understanding of how environmental art and activism can be pleasurable, even in a time of undeniable crisis.Trade Review"Bad Environmentalism confronts serious environmental problems by way of ‘unserious’ texts. Nicole Seymour takes on complex ideas with lucidity, economy, and a witty sense of humor. Against the familiar affects that tend to characterize both environmentalism and environmental studies—such as awe, love, guilt, reverence, and earnestness—Bad Environmentalism pits less solemn alternatives, including playfulness, impropriety, irreverence, irony, frivolity, and glee. I am a convert. Bad environmentalists, unite!"—Jennifer K. Ladino, author of Reclaiming Nostalgia: Longing for Nature in American Literature"In an era in which environmental crises have been normalized and environmentalists are viewed by many as overly earnest irritants, Nicole Seymour gives us something we crave (even if we’re loathe to admit it!). Bad Environmentalism offers stunningly original, creative, and playful readings of a diverse range of cultural forms, refuses the binaries of eco-purity politics, and advances a hearty support of ambiguity, irreverence, contradiction, humor, and pleasure, while holding firm against the racism and homophobia that often undergird mainstream environmentalist campaigns and logics. This is a challenging, often hilarious, and game-changing book."—David Naguib Pellow, author of What is Critical Environmental Justice? "As it turns out, climate change and the environment can be a laughing matter—at least, at an absurd or satirical level."—Foreword Reviews "Bad Environmentalism stands as an important example of the ways that humanities scholarship can make important interventions into issues of great political importance such as climate change."—LSE Review of Books "A valuable contribution to ecocriticism"—CHOICE "Given the increasingly flawed assumption that environmental knowledge will inevitably lead to action, Seymour’s Bad Environmentalism creates a space to engage with texts and critical approaches that question, ironize, and challenge the limits of environmental knowledge and feeling, and that open up new ways of thinking ecologically."—The Goose "One must give credit to Bad Environmentalism for creating space for such self-reflexivity among political activists, scholars, and students alike."—Social and Cultural Geography "Films... burden the environmental movement with demands for an unattainable and easily critiqued form of perfect environmental morality. Rather, as Bad Environmentalism unswervingly proposes, environmentalists do not need to be perfect. Demands of flawlessness often allow those who deny climate change to consistently define activists as hypocritical when those campaigners drive gas-powered cars to protests, use jet fuel to fly to movie premieres, or load trash bins with protest signs."—Interface "This book was a joy to read. That is not how I feel about anything Wendell Berry or Terry Tempest Williams ever wrote, however, and Nicole Seymour’s aim (in part) is to explain why, and why I should not feel ashamed about it. Environmentalism, she insists, is a performance, and, more often than not, its performance has featured suffocating earnestness, sanctimony, seriousness, and self-righteousness. Bad Environmentalism exposes and challenges this “good affect” by turning attention away from the mainstream and toward “dissident” cultural margins. "—Environmental History "Calling for alternative and expressive environmentalisms, Nicole Seymour’s Bad Environmentalism exposes the limited affects associated with mainstream environmentalism."—ISLE "She has crafted an important book that asks us—but also teaches us—to drop hierarchies of morality and identity and open our eyes to alternative visions of surviving on this planet, equitably, together."—Public Books "I consider Seymour’s analysis a crucial intervention in the privileging of the mainstream environmental messages found in documentaries by Al Gore, James Balog, and others. "—The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory "A crucial intervention in the privileging of the mainstream environmental messages found in documentaries by Al Gore, James Balog, and others."—Ecocriticism "Nicole Seymour’s Bad Environmentalism: Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age offers its archive of “bad environmentalism” to help dismantle the affective and ideological barriers that situate the environment as our sanctified, unfunny, nonhuman Other, one whose moral, ethical, and aesthetic standards we fail to live up to (even as we threaten to destroy it)."—H-Net Reviews "Bad Environmentalism, besides reminding us to check our privilege and our blind spots, gives us permission to employ affective modes that we might, in these troubling times, be tempted to suppress. Perhaps it’s not wrong to laugh as well as cry, even as the Amazon burns. Perhaps we can allow ourselves to be irritated by the sanctimony of some environmentalist voices. "—Ecozon@ "Theoretical in nature, the book never overwhelms the reader with deep dives into critical theorists unfamiliar to historians. Instead, it is funny, enjoyable and a call for a new type of action. "—Not Even Past Table of ContentsIntroduction1. “I’m No Botanist, but . . .”: Irony, Ecocinema, and the Problem of Expert Knowledge2. “So Much to See, So Little to Learn”: Perverting Nature/Wildlife Programming3. Climate Change Is a Drag and Camping Can Be Campy: On Queer Environmental Performance4. Animatronic Indians and Black Folk Who Don’t: Rewriting Racialized Environmental Affect5. Gas-Guzzling, Beer-Chugging, Tree Huggers: Toward Trashy EnvironmentalismsConclusion AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOne woman’s enlightening trek through the natural histories, cultural stories, and present perils of thirteen national monuments, from Maine to Hawaii This land is your land. When it comes to national monuments, the sentiment could hardly be more fraught. Gold Butte in Nevada, Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks in New Mexico, Katahdin Woods and Waters in Maine, Cascade–Siskiyou in Oregon and California: these are among the thirteen natural sites McKenzie Long visits in This Contested Land, an eye-opening exploration of the stories these national monuments tell, the passions they stir, and the controversies surrounding them today.Starting amid the fragrant sagebrush and red dirt of Bears Ears National Monument on the eve of the Trump Administration’s decision to reduce the site by 85 percent, Long climbs sandstone cliffs, is awed by Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings and is intrigued by 4,000-year-old petroglyphs. She hikes through remote pink canyons recently removed from the boundary of Grand Staircase–Escalante, skis to a backcountry hut in Maine to view a truly dark night sky, snorkels in warm Hawaiian waters to plumb the meaning of marine preserves, volunteers near the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States, and witnesses firsthand the diverse forms of devotion evoked by the Rio Grande. In essays both contemplative and resonant, This Contested Land confronts an unjust past and imagines a collaborative future that bears witness to these regions’ enduring Indigenous connections. From hazardous climate change realities to volatile tensions between economic development and environmental conservation, practical and philosophical issues arise as Long seeks the complicated and often overlooked—or suppressed—stories of these incomparable places. Her journey, mindfully undertaken and movingly described, emphasizes in clear and urgent terms the unique significance of, and grave threats to, these contested lands.Trade Review"In This Contested Land, McKenzie Long reframes national monuments in the American consciousness. With painterly language, superb historical research, and engaging boots-on-the-ground storytelling, this book explores crevices for meaning and truth in what for many is a gray area between politics and place. This is a vivid, smart, and overdue book."—Kathryn Aalto, author of Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World"This Contested Land takes readers deep into debates over national monuments. Through interviews, exploration, and vivid history, McKenzie Long unearths conflicting attitudes about human relationships to land and wildlife, tensions that go to the heart of our relationship with our country. This insightful book is essential reading for anyone who wants a better understanding of these fraught areas’ past and future."—Kim Todd, author of Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters""With intricately woven stories and stunningly artistic prose, This Contested Land invokes the intense power of relationships between humans and landscapes—a force that not only influences what people think should happen to a specific place but what the future of our Earth itself might become."—Katie Ives, editor-in-chief of Alpinist and author of Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams"McKenzie Long takes an evenhanded and compelling view of the complex nature of natural monuments both past, present, and future. She masterfully weaves the challenging history that precedes our current time—one of brutal Indigenous removal—with the current context of settler communities that are tied into these landscapes today. Her telling of her relationships with these places gives us deeper insight into the future we will share together on our public lands."—Len Necefer, Ph.D., CEO and founder, NativesOutdoors "This book is a must-read for anyone interested in national monuments today, their values, and the issues surrounding them. "—National Parks Traveler"Long's reporting is balanced, and her accounts are comprehensive, but the passages detailing her passion for these national treasures and for preserving and protecting them are the book's most compelling parts. A great storyteller, she has a knack for weaving in personal anecdotes and telling details, helping readers appreciate both the beauty of these monuments and the challenges they face."—BooklistTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Closer LookNational Monuments Visited in This BookPart 1 – Rock1. The Heart of Bears Ears: Bears Ears National Monument, Utah2. The Conflict of Dreams: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine3. The Meaning of Monuments: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, CaliforniaPart 2 – Rift4. Seeing: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon and California5. Digging: Castle Mountains National Monument, California6. Shifting: Sand to Snow National Monument, California7. Expanding: Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaii8. Layering: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UtahPart 3 – Ripple9. On Sharing: Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico10. On Reactions: Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington11. On Walls: Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico12. On Patterns: Basin and Range National Monument, Nevada13. On Possession: Gold Butte National Monument, NevadaEpilogue: Looking ForwardAmerican Antiquities Act of 1906List of Presidential Monument ProclamationsSelected ResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow contemporary environmental struggles and resistance to pipeline development became populist struggles Stunning Indigenous resistance to the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines has made global headlines in recent years. Less remarked on are the crucial populist movements that have also played a vital role in pipeline resistance. Kai Bosworth explores the influence of populism on environmentalist politics, which sought to bring together Indigenous water protectors and environmental activists along with farmers and ranchers in opposition to pipeline construction.Here Bosworth argues that populism is shaped by the “affective infrastructures” emerging from shifts in regional economies, democratic public-review processes, and scientific controversies. With this lens, he investigates how these movements wax and wane, moving toward or away from other forms of environmental and political ideologies in the Upper Midwest. This lens also lets Bosworth place populist social movements in the critical geographical contexts of racial inequality, nationalist sentiments, ongoing settler colonialism, and global empire—crucial topics when grappling with the tensions embedded in our era’s immense environmental struggles.Pipeline Populism reveals the complex role populism has played in shifting interpretations of environmental movements, democratic ideals, scientific expertise, and international geopolitics. Its rich data about these grassroots resistance struggles include intimate portraits of the emotional spaces where opposition is first formed. Probing the very limits of populism, Pipeline Populism presents essential work for an era defined by a wave of people-powered movements around the world.Trade Review "Pipeline Populism is an endlessly insightful, generative study of environmental populism as a response to extractivism and neoliberal environmentalism. Sensitive to multiracial populism’s democratic aspirations and its settler colonial desires, Kai Bosworth offers a vital guide to the limits of populist pipeline resistance and its resources for more revolutionary socialist transformation. This is essential reading for those interested in left-wing populism and climate justice alike."—Laura Grattan, author of Populism’s Power: Radical Grassroots Democracy in America "Environmental populism is a genre of white settler politics that may reiterate the worst parts of American hubris and anti-government individualism, but it may also have openings within it for transformation, through solidarity with indigenous people and more radical political action. Kai Bosworth’s wonderful analysis of the ‘affective infrastructures’ of environmental populism helps us see the politics of climate change, and of populism, with a sharper and more nuanced eye. This book is an indispensable guide to many of the problems plaguing left-wing environmental politics, and it also offers us a clearer vision with which to move forward, both as academics and political actors."—Lida Maxwell, author of Insurgent Truth: Chelsea Manning and the Politics of Outsider Truth-Telling "Pipeline’s focus on populism is a unique approach to defining and engaging with the climate movement, bringing together geographical and political concerns to approach questions of community organization and activist movements. "—H-Net Reviews Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Affective Infrastructures of Populist Environmentalism1. “This Land Is Our Land”: Private Property and Territorialized Resentment2. “Keystone XL Hearing Nearly Irrelevant”: Participation and Resigned Pragmatism3. Canadian Invasion for Chinese Consumption: Foreign Oil and Heartland Melodrama4. The People Know Best: Counter-Expertise and Jaded ConfidenceConclusion: The Desire to Be PopularNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis urgent book brings our cities to the fore in understanding the human input into climate change. The demands we are making on nature by living in cities has reached a crisis point and unless we make significant changes to address it, the prognosis is terminal consumption. Providing a radical new argument that integrates global understandings of making nature and making cities, the authors move beyond current policies of mitigation and adaption and pose the challenge of urban stewardship to tackle the crisis. Their new way of thinking re-orients possibilities for environmental policy and calls for us to reinvent our cities as spaces for activism.Table of ContentsDeclarations: Root and Branch Unthinking Alternate: Jane Jacobs’ Legacy Inside Out: Twelve Antithesis Authenticating Cities Reset: Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Urban Not Modern Action: Can We Stop Terminal Consumption?

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Book SynopsisThis urgent book brings our cities to the fore in understanding the human input into climate change. The demands we are making on nature by living in cities has reached a crisis point and unless we make significant changes to address it, the prognosis is terminal consumption. Providing a radical new argument that integrates global understandings of making nature and making cities, the authors move beyond current policies of mitigation and adaption and pose the challenge of urban stewardship to tackle the crisis. Their new way of thinking re-orients possibilities for environmental policy and calls for us to reinvent our cities as spaces for activism.Table of ContentsDeclarations: Root and Branch Unthinking Alternate: Jane Jacobs’ Legacy Inside Out: Twelve Antithesis Authenticating Cities Reset: Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Urban Not Modern Action: Can We Stop Terminal Consumption?

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Book SynopsisTo reduce emissions and address climate change, we need to invest in renewables and rapidly decarbonise our energy networks. However, decarbonisation is often seen as a technical project, detached from questions of politics and social justice. What if this is leading to unfair transitions, in which some people bear the costs of change while others benefit? In this timely and expansive book, Ed Atkins asks: are we getting decarbonisation right? And how could it be made better for people and communities? In doing so, this book proposes a different type of energy transition. One that prioritises and takes opportunities to do better – to provide better jobs, community ownership and improve people’s homes and lives.Trade Review"A Just Energy Transition elucidates the major theoretical discussions pertaining to the relationship between decarbonisation and social justice…The book’s discussion of the root factors of NIMBYism and the wide-ranging repercussions of energy poverty are comprehensive and convincing." LSETable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Transition 3. Scale 4. Ownership 5. Community 6. Home 7. Work 8. Global 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn the teeth of climate emergency, hope has to remain possible, because life insists on it. But hope also has to be realistic. And doesn’t realism about our plight point towards despair? Don’t the timid politicians, the failed summits and the locked-in consumerism all just mean that we have left things far too late to avoid catastrophe? There is a deeper realism of transformation which can keep life powerful within us. It comes at the price of accepting that our condition is tragic. That, in turn, calls for a harsher, more revolutionary approach to the demands of the emergency than most activists have yet been prepared to adopt. This is a book to think with, to argue and disagree with – and to hope with.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hope, Realism and the Climate Crisis 1. The Demands of Realism 2. Transformation? 3. Creating Possibility 4. Responsibility Beyond Morality 5. The Bounds of Utopia 6. Climate Crisis as Tragedy 7. On the Way to Revolution 8. The New Revolutionary Dynamic 9. The Vanguard of Hope

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Book SynopsisIn the teeth of climate emergency, hope has to remain possible, because life insists on it. But hope also has to be realistic. And doesn’t realism about our plight point towards despair? Don’t the timid politicians, the failed summits and the locked-in consumerism all just mean that we have left things far too late to avoid catastrophe? There is a deeper realism of transformation which can keep life powerful within us. It comes at the price of accepting that our condition is tragic. That, in turn, calls for a harsher, more revolutionary approach to the demands of the emergency than most activists have yet been prepared to adopt. This is a book to think with, to argue and disagree with – and to hope with.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hope, Realism and the Climate Crisis 1. The Demands of Realism 2. Transformation? 3. Creating Possibility 4. Responsibility Beyond Morality 5. The Bounds of Utopia 6. Climate Crisis as Tragedy 7. On the Way to Revolution 8. The New Revolutionary Dynamic 9. The Vanguard of Hope

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Book SynopsisDespite frequent claims that waste is being reduced, consumer-reliant economies, everyday consumption and the waste industry continue to produce and demand more waste. Combining a lucid style with robust empirical and theoretical research, this book examines the root causes of the global waste problem, rather than simply the symptoms. It challenges existing waste policies, highlighting what needs to change if we are to get serious in tackling this global problem. It concludes with policy implications for shifting waste from an ‘end-of-pipe’ concern to being at the heart of the debate over decarbonization.Table of Contents1. The Global Waste Problem and How to Think About It: Or, How to Understand the ‘Too Much Waste’ Problem 2. Discard, Social Order and Social Life: Or, Discard is Foundational to Understanding Waste 3. Consumption, Consumer Practices and Consumer Discard: Or, How Consumer Discard Relates to Economies 4. Conduits, Value Regimes and Valuation: Or, Following Consumers’ Discarded Things 5. Recommodifying Discard: Or, the Challenges of Turning Discard into an Economic Good 6. Waste, Money and Finance: Or, How Turning Discard into Waste Turns Waste into an Energy Resource and an Asset 7. Future Directions: Or, Rewiring Waste through the Three Ds (Decarbonization, Digital and Discard)

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Book SynopsisLife on Earth is facing a mass extinction event of our own making. Human activity is changing the biology and the meaning of extinction. What Is Extinction? examines several key moments that have come to define the terms of extinction over the past two centuries, exploring instances of animal and human finitude and the cultural forms used to document and interpret these events. Offering a critical theory for the critically endangered, Joshua Schuster proposes that different discourses of limits and lastness appear in specific extinction events over time as a response to changing attitudes toward species frailty. Understanding these extinction events also involves examining what happens when the conceptual and cultural forms used to account for species finitude are pressed to their limits as well. Schuster provides close readings of several case studies of extinction that bring together environmental humanities and multispecies methods with media-specific analyses at the terminus of life. What Is Extinction? delves into the development of last animal photography, the anthropological and psychoanalytic fascination with human origins and ends, the invention of new literary genres of last fictions, the rise of new extreme biopolitics in the Third Reich that attempted to change the meaning of extinction, and the current pursuit of de-extinction technologies. Schuster offers timely interpretations of how definitions and visions of extinction have changed in the past and continue to change in the present.Table of ContentsIntroduction | 1 Part I 1 Photographing the Last Animal | 43 2 Indigeneity and Anthropology in Last Worlds | 69 Part II 3 Literary Extinctions and the Existentiality of Reading | 109 4 Concepts of Extinction in the Holocaust | 134 Part III 5 Critical Theory for the Critically Endangered | 167 6 What Is De-Extinction? | 198 Conclusion | 231 Acknowledgments | 247 Notes | 251 Index | 279

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Book SynopsisBased on the author’s eight years of fieldwork with the United Nations-led Conference of Parties (COP), In Quest of a Shared Planet offers an illuminating first-person ethnographic perspective on climate change negotiations. Focusing on the Paris Agreement, anthropologist Naveeda Khan introduces readers to the only existing global approach to the problem of climate change, one that took nearly thirty years to be collectively agreed upon. She shares her detailed descriptions of COP21 to COP25 and growing understanding of the intricacies of the climate negotiation process, leading her to ask why countries of the Global South invested in this slow-moving process and to explore how they have maneuvered it. With a focus on the Bangladeshi delegation at the COPs, Khan draws out what it means to be a small, poor, and dependent country within the negotiation process. Her interviews with negotiators within country delegations uncover their pathways to the negotiating tables. Through observations of training sessions of negotiators of the Global South, Khan seeks to reveal understandings of what is or is not achievable within negotiated texts and the power of deal-making and deferrals. She profiles individuals who had committed themselves to the climate negotiation process, moving between the Secretariat, Parties, activists, and the wider UN system to bring their principles, strategies, emotions, and visions into view. She explores how the newest pillar of climate action, loss and damage, emerged historically and how developed countries attempted to control it in the process. Khan suggests that we understand the Global South’s pursuit of loss and damage not only as a politics of forcing the issue of a conjoined future upon the Global North, but as a gift to the youth of the world to secure that future. With this book Khan hopes to rekindle an older way of doing politics through the tenets of diplomacy upheld by the UN that have been overshadowed of late by the politics of confrontation. She stresses that while the tension between efforts of equity and solidarity and global economic competition, which have run through the negotiation process, might undercut the urgency to carry out climate mitigation, it needs to be addressed for meaningful and sustainable climate action. Deeply insightful and highly readable, In Quest of a Shared Planet is a stirring call to action that highlights the key role responsive and active youth have in climate negotiations. It is an invitation not only to understand the climate negotiation process, but also to navigate it (for those planning to attend sessions themselves) and to critique it—with, the author hopes, sympathy and an eye to viable alternatives. In Quest of a Shared Planet: Negotiating Climate from the Global South is available from the publisher on an open-access basis.Table of ContentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations | ix Bodies under the UNFCCC | xiii Introduction: The Climate Regime | 1 1 How to COP | 11 2 The Voice of Bangladesh | 38 3 Who Wants to Be a Negotiator? | 59 4 Politics in Between-Spaces | 78 5 Accounting for Change in the Paris Agreement | 104 6 A Thrice-Told Tale of Negotiations | 123 7 The House of Loss and Damage | 154 Conclusion: The Gift of the Global South | 173 Acknowledgments | 181 Notes | 185 Bibliography | 195 Index | 219

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Book SynopsisBased on the author’s eight years of fieldwork with the United Nations-led Conference of Parties (COP), In Quest of a Shared Planet offers an illuminating first-person ethnographic perspective on climate change negotiations. Focusing on the Paris Agreement, anthropologist Naveeda Khan introduces readers to the only existing global approach to the problem of climate change, one that took nearly thirty years to be collectively agreed upon. She shares her detailed descriptions of COP21 to COP25 and growing understanding of the intricacies of the climate negotiation process, leading her to ask why countries of the Global South invested in this slow-moving process and to explore how they have maneuvered it. With a focus on the Bangladeshi delegation at the COPs, Khan draws out what it means to be a small, poor, and dependent country within the negotiation process. Her interviews with negotiators within country delegations uncover their pathways to the negotiating tables. Through observations of training sessions of negotiators of the Global South, Khan seeks to reveal understandings of what is or is not achievable within negotiated texts and the power of deal-making and deferrals. She profiles individuals who had committed themselves to the climate negotiation process, moving between the Secretariat, Parties, activists, and the wider UN system to bring their principles, strategies, emotions, and visions into view. She explores how the newest pillar of climate action, loss and damage, emerged historically and how developed countries attempted to control it in the process. Khan suggests that we understand the Global South’s pursuit of loss and damage not only as a politics of forcing the issue of a conjoined future upon the Global North, but as a gift to the youth of the world to secure that future. With this book Khan hopes to rekindle an older way of doing politics through the tenets of diplomacy upheld by the UN that have been overshadowed of late by the politics of confrontation. She stresses that while the tension between efforts of equity and solidarity and global economic competition, which have run through the negotiation process, might undercut the urgency to carry out climate mitigation, it needs to be addressed for meaningful and sustainable climate action. Deeply insightful and highly readable, In Quest of a Shared Planet is a stirring call to action that highlights the key role responsive and active youth have in climate negotiations. It is an invitation not only to understand the climate negotiation process, but also to navigate it (for those planning to attend sessions themselves) and to critique it—with, the author hopes, sympathy and an eye to viable alternatives. In Quest of a Shared Planet: Negotiating Climate from the Global South is available from the publisher on an open-access basis.Table of ContentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations | ix Bodies under the UNFCCC | xiii Introduction: The Climate Regime | 1 1 How to COP | 11 2 The Voice of Bangladesh | 38 3 Who Wants to Be a Negotiator? | 59 4 Politics in Between-Spaces | 78 5 Accounting for Change in the Paris Agreement | 104 6 A Thrice-Told Tale of Negotiations | 123 7 The House of Loss and Damage | 154 Conclusion: The Gift of the Global South | 173 Acknowledgments | 181 Notes | 185 Bibliography | 195 Index | 219

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Book SynopsisThe Greens have been not only a political force and social conscience for Germany before reunification and after but also an inspiration to political groups and movements in many other countries. The Greens have raised the issues of ecology, gender, and grassroots democracy in protest against government. They have also had the rare opportunity to try converting themselves into a political party that works within the system. This is a book about their paradoxical situation and about the dilemmas all advocates of change face when they become powerful enough to negotiate with the status quo. The critical essays by German social scientists and activists also provide a detailed picture of the dynamics of the German Greens -- where their support has come from, the nature of the competing factions, and the place of feminism. The editors provide a substantial introduction. The flavor and texture of the Greens -- including their raucous public arguments and their innovative campaign tactics -- are suggested by the political posters included in the book and by a whole section of primary documents. The documents and the essays (except for one originally written in English) have been translated from the German. The result is to make available to English-speaking readers a view of a complex movement whose very name and color have become synonymous with social action in favor of the environment and the empowerment of people.Trade Review"...virtually all [essays] provide useful treatments of important questions relevant to the movement-party 'paradox.' ...The German Greens merits the attention not only of students of Green and German parliamentary politics, but of anyone interested in a case study of the adaptation of an outsider group to insider and institutionalized status." -Environmental HistoryTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction 1. Success and Dilemmas of Green Party Politics - Margit Mayer and John Ely Part II. Emergence and Characteristics of the West German Green Party 2. A Brief History of the German Green Party - Horst Mewes 3. From Competing Factions within the Green Party to the Rise of Realos - Roland Roth and Detlef Murphy 4. Who Votes Green? Sources and Trends of Green Support - Lutz Mez Part III. In Parliament: Green Principles in Real Politics 5. What Happens to Green Principles in Electoral and Parliamentary Politics? - Lilian Klotzsch, Klaus Konemann, Jorg Wischermann, and Bodo Zeuner 6. Green Feminism in Parliamentary Politics - Claudia Pinl 7. The Phantasm of Grassroots Democracy - Alex Demirovic Part IV. Positions in the Debate: How to Resolve the Paradox 8. From Youth to Maturity: The Challenge of Party Politics - Claus Offe 9. A Party Is Not a Movement and Vice Versa - Joachim Hirsch Part V. Beyond Germany 10. Green Politics in Europe and the United States - John Ely Part VI. Documents 11. Founding Documents 12. Position Papers of the Main Factions within the Green Party 13. New Themes in Old Parliaments: Parliamentary Speeches and Party Statements 14. Programmatic Texts and Resolutions Selected Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Publications Selected Annotated Bibliography of German-Language Publications About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa. Conflict over natural resources has made Africa the focus of international attention, particularly during the last decade. From oil in Nigeria and diamonds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to land in Zimbabwe and water in theHorn of Africa, the politics surrounding ownership, management, and control of natural resources has disrupted communities and increased external intervention in these countries. Such conflict has the potential to impact natural resource supply globally, with both local and wide-reaching consequences. The United States, for example, estimates that a quarter of its oil supply will come from Africa by 2015. Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa is the first book to offer a detailed look at conflict over various natural resources in several African countries. Abiodun Alao undertakes this broad survey by categorizing natural resources into four groups: land [including agricultural practices and animal stock], solid minerals, oil, and water. Themes linking these resources to governance and conflict are then identified and examined with numerous examples drawn from specific African countries. Alao's approach offers considered conclusions based on comparative discussions and analysis, thus providing the first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa. Abiodun Alao is professor of African studies at King's College London.Trade ReviewAn excellent survey bursting with facts, figures and interesting case studies. Its structure is wonderful. . . . It would be a valuable addition to any undergraduate syllabus. * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW *Alao provides good chapters on solid minerals, oil, and water conflicts with considerable detail on specific situations . . . This book is useful for those wanting a deeper understanding of how an endowment of a natural resource can harm a country rather than be a source of wealth. -- J.E. Weaver * CHOICE, May 2008 *Here is another important work from one of Africa's finest scholars on Conflict and Security Studies. Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa is a treasure of scholarship and insight, with great depth and thoroughness, and it will put us in Abiodun Alao's debt for quite some time to come. -- Amos Sawyer, Co-director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana UniversityAs extensive in information as it is rich in analysis, Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa should help this generation of scholars appreciate the enormity and complexity of Africa's conflicts and provide the next generation with a methodology that breaks down disciplinary boundaries. -- Akanmu G. Adebayo, Executive Director, Institute for Global Initiatives, Kennesaw State UniversityTable of ContentsNatural Resources and Conflict in Africa: Framework for Understanding a Linkage Political Geography of Natural Resources in Africa Land and Conflict The Conflicts over Solid Minerals Conflicts Involving Oil Water and Conflict Governance and Natural Resource Conflicts

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Book SynopsisWhen citizens take collaborative action to meet the needs of theircommunity, they are participating in the social economy. Co-operatives,community-based social services, local non-profit organizations, andcharitable foundations are all examples of social economies thatemphasize mutual benefit rather than the accumulation of profit. Whilesuch groups often participate in market-based activities to achievetheir goals, they also pose an alternative to the capitalist marketeconomy. Contributors to Scaling Up investigated innovativesocial economies in British Columbia and Alberta and discovered thatachieving a social good through collective, grassroots enterpriseresulted in a sustainable way of satisfying human needs that was also,by extension, environmentally responsible. As these case studiesillustrate, organizations that are capable of harnessing the power of asocial economy generally demonstrate a commitment to three outcomes:greater social justice, financial self-sufficiency, and environmentalsustainability. Within the matrix of these three allied principles lienew strategic directions for the politics of sustainability.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction: Social Economics and Sustainability / MikeGismondi, Sean Connelly, Mary Beckie, Sean Markey, and MarkRoseland 1 Towards Convergence: An Exploratory Framework 7 / SeanConnelly, Mike Gismondi, Sean Markey, and Mark Roseland 2 The Green Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta 27 /Mike Gismondi, Lynda Ross, and Juanita Marois 3 The Role of the Social Economy in Scaling Up Alternative FoodInitiatives 59 / Mary Beckie and Sean Connelly 4 Human Services and the Caring Society 83 / JohnRestakis 5 Towards Sustainable Resource Management: Community Energy andForestry in British Columbia and Alberta 113 / Julie L.MacArthur 6 Evolving Conceptions of the Social Economy: The Arts, Culture, andTourism in Alert Bay 147 / Kelly Vodden, Lillian Hunt, and RandyBell 7 Non-Profit and Co-operative Organizations and the Provision ofSocial Housing 171 / George Penfold, Lauren Rethoret, and TerriMacDonald 8 Land Tenure Innovations for Sustainable Communities 195 /Marena Brinkhurst and Mark Roseland 9 Sustaining Social Democracy Through Heritage-Building Conservation223 / Noel Keough, Mike Gismondi, and ErinSwift-Leppäkumpu 10 Strong Institutions, Weak Strategies: Credit Unions and the RuralSocial Economy 249 / Sean Markey, Freya Kristensen, and StewartPerry Conclusion "Social Economizing" Sustainability 271 /Mike Gismondi, Sean Connelly, and Sean Markey List of Contributors 299

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Book SynopsisCourts, regulatory tribunals, and international bodies are often seen as a last line of defense for environmental protection. Governmental bodies at the national and provincial level enact and enforce environmental law, and their decisions and actions are the focus of public attention and debate. Court and tribunal decisions may have significant effects on environmental outcomes, corporate practices, and raise questions of how they may best be effectively and efficiently enforced on an ongoing basis.Environment in the Courtroom, Volume II examines major contemporary environmental issues from an environmental law and policy perspective. Expanding and building upon the concepts explored in Environment in the Courtroom, it focuses on issues that have, or potentially could be, the subject of judicial and regulatory tribunal processes and decisions. This comprehensive work brings together leading environmental law and policy specialists to address the protection of the marine environment, issues in Canadian wildlife protection, and the enforcement of greenhouse gas emissions regulation.Drawing on a wide range of viewpoints, Environment in the Courtroom, Volume II asks specific questions about and provides detailed examination of Canada's international climate obligations, carbon pricing, trading and emissions regulations in oil production, agriculture, and international shipping, the protection of marine mammals and the marine environment, Indigenous rights to protect and manage wildlife, and much more. This is an essential book for students, scholars, and practitioners of environmental law.

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Book SynopsisCourts, regulatory tribunals, and international bodies are often seen as a last line of defense for environmental protection. Governmental bodies at the national and provincial level enact and enforce environmental law, and their decisions and actions are the focus of public attention and debate. Court and tribunal decisions may have significant effects on environmental outcomes, corporate practices, and raise questions of how they may best be effectively and efficiently enforced on an ongoing basis.Environment in the Courtroom, Volume II examines major contemporary environmental issues from an environmental law and policy perspective. Expanding and building upon the concepts explored in Environment in the Courtroom, it focuses on issues that have, or potentially could be, the subject of judicial and regulatory tribunal processes and decisions. This comprehensive work brings together leading environmental law and policy specialists to address the protection of the marine environment, issues in Canadian wildlife protection, and the enforcement of greenhouse gas emissions regulation.Drawing on a wide range of viewpoints, Environment in the Courtroom, Volume II asks specific questions about and provides detailed examination of Canada's international climate obligations, carbon pricing, trading and emissions regulations in oil production, agriculture, and international shipping, the protection of marine mammals and the marine environment, Indigenous rights to protect and manage wildlife, and much more. This is an essential book for students, scholars, and practitioners of environmental law.

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Book SynopsisCapitalism’s addiction to fossil fuels is heating our planet at a pace and scale never before experienced. Extreme weather patterns, rising sea levels and accelerating feedback loops are a commonplace feature of our lives. The number of environmental refugees is increasing and several island states and low-lying countries are becoming vulnerable. Corporate-induced climate change has set us on an ecocidal path of species extinction. Governments and their international platforms such as the Paris Climate Agreement deliver too little, too late. Most states, including South Africa, continue on their carbon-intensive energy paths, with devastating results. Political leaders across the world are failing to provide systemic solutions to the climate crisis. This is the context in which we must ask ourselves: how can people and class agency change this destructive course of history? Volume three in the Democratic Marxism series, The Climate Crisis investigates ecosocialist alternatives that are emerging. It presents the thinking of leading climate justice activists, campaigners and social movements advancing systemic alternatives and developing bottom-up, just transitions to sustain life. Through a combination of theoretical and empirical work, the authors collectively examine the challenges and opportunities inherent in the current moment. This volume builds on the class-struggle focus of Volume 2 by placing ecological issues at the center of democratic Marxism. Most importantly, it explores ways to renew historical socialism with democratic, ecosocialist alternatives to meet current challenges in South Africa and the world.Trade Review‘This volume reminds us that fossil fuel corporations, petro states and ruling elites are the key forces deepening the climate crisis. Hurricanes like Harvey and Irma have once again demonstrated the ways that extreme weather events disproportionately impact working people, the poor and Black lives. The wealthy, meanwhile, take cover in their wine cellars on private islands. Only systemic change, led from below, holds out the hope for a safe and sturdy future. This volume features some of the best thinking we have from the climate justice forces who are already mapping the way to that next world.’ — Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough, This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo. ‘This volume convincingly explains how capitalism has caused the climate crisis and why it cannot solve the crisis. Its perspectives take us beyond fatalism and provide a way forward for a thorough-going just transition anchored in people driven systemic transformation. Its democratic eco-socialist vision is rational, absolutely necessary and urgent as a basis to sustain life.’ — Mazibuko Jara activist and Director of Ntinga Ntaba kaNdoda. ‘South Africa’s National Development Plan supports resource nationalism, particularly more coal mines. Together with our carbon intensive economy, addiction to fossil fuels and now the push for an expensive nuclear deal we are heading down the wrong path. Our drought is a window into the future. This volume provides systemic alternatives for a feminist, climate justice and radical non-racial future for present and future generations. It should be read by all concerned about a climate driven world.’ — Makoma Lekalakala, Climate Justice Activist and Director of Earthlife Africa, Johannesburg.Table of Contents Tables, figures and box Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations 1 The Climate Crisis and Systemic Alternatives PART ONE :THE CLIMATE CRISIS AS CAPITALIST CRISIS 2 The Limits of Capitalist Solutions to the Climate Crisis 3 The Anthropocene and Imperial Ecocide: Prospects for Just Transitions PART TWO: DEMOCRATIC ECO-SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVES IN THE WORLD 4 The Employment Crisis, Just Transition and the Universal Basic Income Grant 5 The Rights of Mother Earth 6 Buen Vivir: An Alternative Perspective from the Peoples of the Global South 7 Challenging the Growth Paradigm: Marx, Buddha and the Pursuit of ‘Happiness’ 8 Ubuntu and the Struggle for an African Eco-socialist Alternative 9 The Climate Crisis and the Struggle for African Food Sovereignty PART THREE: DEMOCRATIC ECO-SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA 10 The Climate Crisis and a ‘Just Transition’ in South Africa: An Eco-Feminist-Socialist Perspective 11 Energy, Labour, and Democracy in South Africa 12 Capital, Climate and the Politics of Nuclear Procurement in South Africa 13 Climate Jobs at Two Minutes to Midnight 14 Deepening the Just Transition Through Food Sovereignty and the Solidarity Economy 15 Eco-Capitalist Crises in the ‘Blue Economy’: Operation Phakisa’s Small, Slow Failures CONCLUSION Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDaniel Press brings his considerable experience to light in this excellent book, and it should be a required read for every scholar and student of environmental studies and science. He convincingly leverages an evidence based approach by digging into the data on toxic release, acid rain, non-point source water pollution, and industrial recycling to challenge the conventional wisdom that environmental regulation in the United States has been settled and is successful. Issuing a clarion call to those who care about environmental values, he urges us to redirect our action and discourse and to rethink how we can be more effective, with his specific recommendations for policy and regulatory reform.'- Toddi A. Steelman, University of Saskatchewan, Canada'Those of us who work on environmental policy should never let the grind of our day-to-day challenges turn us away from the ultimate question of whether we are leaving a better environment to the next generation. Daniel Press looks at the current state of environmental regulation and probes just this question. It s worth a read for anyone who cares about the decisions we must make - and the processes we now use to get to those decisions - that will shape the world for years to come.'- John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources'In American Environmental Policy Daniel Press guides the reader through not only the motivations and concepts that have been employed to set land, water, and air pollution policies, but also a dive into the details of both the environmental science and the legal and regulatory science that determines the success or failure of these actions. This book is instrumental for all those interested in both the why and the how - and the how much - of the legacy of Rachel Carson and the past five decades of environmental management.'- Daniel Kammen, University of California, Berkeley, US'Daniel Press's new book is an excellent one. By focusing on implementation - what happens after policy has been adopted - Press demonstrates the weaknesses of pollution control policy in the United States. Case studies of acid rain, nonpoint source water pollution, and paper recycling illuminate 'regulatory failure,' the structural problems of American regulatory approaches. He concludes with recommendations to move us ahead, a path forward that focuses on performance, information, incentives, and source reduction. Strongly recommended.'- Christopher McGrory Klyza, Middlebury College, USMore than 40 years after the United States launched bold efforts to curb pollution and waste, American environmental management has stalled. Drawing extensively on recent environmental science, engineering, regulatory agency data and trade information, American Environmental Policy explores how environmental management in the US has fallen short of its early promise and reputation.Arguing that policies need to be redesigned for the 21st century, this book offers examples and principles of effective environmental policy reforms. It concludes with suggestions for how new policies should be designed, as well as examples of successful regulatory innovations already in practice around the world.Environmental policy scholars, students and science and environment journalists interested in evaluating environmental policy over time will find this to book of value. The approaches discussed in this book will also be useful for environmental and natural resource agency officials.Trade Review‘This is a well-researched, lucidly written book.? ?It is a magnificent addition to the existing literature on environmental policies and regulations. I believe this book? ?should motivate the academic community to conduct further research in several other environmental domains, both? ?within the USA and in other countries. I highly recommend? ?this book to scholars, policy-makers and other stakeholders, who are interested in environmental regulations? ? -- and governance.’– Science and Public Policy?‘The book would be a valuable text for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course in environmental policy.’ -- Maria Manta Conroy, Town Planning Review‘Daniel Press brings his considerable experience to light in this excellent book, and it should be a required read for every scholar and student of environmental studies and science. He convincingly leverages an evidence based approach by digging into the data on toxic release, acid rain, non-point source water pollution, and industrial recycling to challenge the conventional wisdom that environmental regulation in the United States has been settled and is successful. Issuing a clarion call to those who care about environmental values, he urges us to redirect our action and discourse and to rethink how we can be more effective, with his specific recommendations for policy and regulatory reform.’ -- Toddi A. Steelman, University of Saskatchewan, Canada‘Those of us who work on environmental policy should never let the grind of our day-to-day challenges turn us away from the ultimate question of whether we are leaving a better environment to the next generation. Daniel Press looks at the current state of environmental regulation and probes just this question. It’s worth a read for anyone who cares about the decisions we must make – and the processes we now use to get to those decisions – that will shape the world for years to come.’ -- John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources‘In American Environmental Policy Daniel Press guides the reader through not only the motivations and concepts that have been employed to set land, water, and air pollution policies, but also a dive into the details of both the environmental science and the legal and regulatory science that determines the success or failure of these actions. This book is instrumental for all those interested in both the why and the how – and the how much – of the legacy of Rachel Carson and the past five decades of environmental management’ -- Daniel Kammen, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Daniel Press’s new book is an excellent one. By focusing on implementation – what happens after policy has been adopted – Press demonstrates the weaknesses of pollution control policy in the United States. Case studies of acid rain, nonpoint source water pollution, and paper recycling illuminate “regulatory failure,” the structural problems of American regulatory approaches. He concludes with recommendations to move us ahead, a path forward that focuses on performance, information, incentives, and source reduction. Strongly recommended.’ -- Christopher McGrory Klyza, Middlebury College, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Measuring Pollution 3. At The End of the Pipe, or Why Acid Rain Will be a Problem as Long as We Burn Coal 4. Failure When There Is No Pipe 5. Failure Before The End of the Pipe: Missed Opportunities in American Paper Recycling 6. Regulation Beyond Compliance, Abatement and Mitigation References Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental governance encompasses our relations to nature, spanning institutions and policies in fields such as biodiversity loss, climate change, land use and pollution. This book offers tools for the study of environmental conflicts, analyzes the current status of environmental policies and discusses why we are so far from resolving many of the issues we face. It also offers alternative directions for future environmental governance.Key features include:- an interdisciplinary and integrated approach- an overview of the field of environmental governance- a focus both on local and global challenges and policies- the positioning of environmental governance within the wider field of economic policy and development.This book will be ideal for interdisciplinary masters programs in environmental studies and environmental policy and management. It will also be of great value to practitioners in the field exploring alternative solutions for governance of environmental resources.Trade Review'With Environmental Governance Arild Vatn succeeds in building a bridge between textbook, reference work and an original contribution to public debate. The various uses find support through the index and clear structure. The book is thus unconditionally recommended to every interested institutional and ecological economist. In addition, readers with other disciplinary backgrounds will find an easily accessible work that deals with socio-ecological and governance research.' --Okologisches Wirtschaften'Arild Vatn, the leading classical institutional economist, adopts a novel critical realist perspective and brings insights from a lifetime of work to bear on our social ecological economic crises. In a balanced guide through the diverse interdisciplinary literature, markets are explained as contested socially created governance structures. Mainstream economists and pragmatic environmentalists will discover why their favoured market concepts and solutions are flawed. The environmental crisis requires a fundamental restructuring of the economy and new institutions. Vatn helps us understand the dilemmas and ways forward.' --Clive L. Spash, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria'The sweep, clarity, and elegance of Arild Vatn's treatment of institutions and governance is unrivaled. His focus on profound environmental threats-in this era of unbridled self-interest and income inequality-is both a moral triumph and a robust challenge to the hegemony of economistic justificationism in our daily life. Vatn shows that facile application of individualistic models of choice will always fail to reveal what ought to be done. Here we find a comprehensive treatment of all the difficulties-and possibilities-in crafting social rules to live by.' --Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I: HUMAN ACTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2. The Environment 3. The Environment – An Arena for Conflict and Coordination PART II: THE THEORY OF INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN ACTION 4. What are Institutions? 5. Theories of Motivation and Human Action PART III: THE THEORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE 6. A Framework for Analyzing Environmental Governance Systems 7. Evaluating and Changing Governance Structures PART IV: MARKETS AND GOVERNANCE 8. The Market 9. A Brief History of Markets and T heir Actors PART V: ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE 10. The Policy Process 11. Evaluating What is Better to Do 12. Policy Instruments – Institutions for Environmental Governance 13. The Turn to the Market 14. Environmental Governance – The Need for New Institutions Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and accessible textbook addresses important relationships between economics and environmental policy, especially highlighting the role of taxation. It also connects environmental policy to social accounting by describing how measures of welfare and sustainable development depend on whether policies successfully internalize market failures.The authors discuss how the modern literature on environmental taxation and tradable permits has evolved. Environmental taxation is examined from a purely corrective perspective, and as part of a broader system of optimal taxation that reflects distributional objectives. Cost benefit rules of environmental policy reforms are also examined in various contexts. Key features include: ? Examination of optimal tax policy in static and dynamic general equilibrium models with environmental externalities? Examination of cost benefit rules for environmental policy reforms? Essential historical background to the modern literature on environmental policy? Discussion of measures of welfare and sustainable development? Environmental policy from a fiscal federalism perspective. This textbook will be essential reading for those studying environmental economics and environmental policy, working effectively as both an in-depth supplementary text in general courses on environmental economics and a strong main source for environmental policy courses.Trade Review'This new textbook presents a detailed analysis of the theoretical insights which economics has been able to shed on the issue of pollution control in both static and dynamic models. The text will be very useful to PhD students who are interested in modelling pollution taxes and tradeable permit markets. A fascinating extension to how governments can correct market failures with respect to possible ''catastrophic'' problems brought about by investments in nuclear energy is also presented. The second part of the book extends the analysis, looking at the problem of measuring social welfare over time, and in particular how a genuine savings indicator can be produced, and then adjusted for imperfections in the economy. This links to current theoretical and policy work on ''inclusive wealth'' and natural capital, which is proving very influential within and beyond economics. The issues of commodity taxes, environmental policy within a federal system, and how best to respond to transboundary externalities such as climate change are also analysed. For those readers looking for a detailed, thoughtful and technical treatment of these subjects, this book will provide a valuable resource.' --Nick Hanley, University of St Andrews, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Economics and Environmental Policy 3. Markets and Externalities 4. Welfare and the Environment: General Equilibrium Models 5. Nuclear Power and Externalities 6. Welfare Comparisons, Public Policy, and Sustainable Development 7. Heterogeneity and Redistribution 8. Efficiency, Inefficiency, and Transboundary Externalities Index

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