{"product_id":"fossilized-9780774863537","title":"Fossilized","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks to increasingly extreme forms of oil extraction, Canada's largest oil-producing provinces underwent exceptional economic growth from 2005 to 2015. Yet oil's economic miracle obscured its ecological costs. \u003cem\u003eFossilized\u003c\/em\u003e traces this development trajectory, assessing how the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador offered extensive support for oil-industry development, and exploring the often downplayed environmental effects of extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngela Carter investigates overarching institutional trends, such as the restructuring of departments that prioritized extraction over environmental protection, and identifies regulatory inadequacies related to environmental assessment, land-use planning, and emissions controls. Her detailed analysis situates these policy dynamics within the historical and global context of late-stage petro-capitalism and deepening neoliberalization of environmental policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFossilized\u003c\/em\u003e reveals a country out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e[Fossilized]\u003c\/em\u003e cast[s] a new and hopeful light on what political scientists sometimes call a super-wicked problem.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Donald Wright, University of New Brunswick * Literary Review of Canada *\u003cbr\u003eCarter... is optimistic. Instead of offering investments to the oil and gas industry, why not look to support a new, low-carbon economy? -- Mary Shortall, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour * Our Times Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: Talking about a House on Fire \/ \u003cem\u003eGraeme Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Situating Canada’s Petro-Provinces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Alberta: Provincial Life Blood and Anemic Environmental Regulation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Saskatchewan: Saskaboom and Environmental Policy Bust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Newfoundland and Labrador: Economic Miracle and Environmental Debacle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 From Boom to Bust: Doubling Down on Oil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes, Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404945203543,"sku":"9780774863537","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774863537.jpg?v=1730488146","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fossilized-9780774863537","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}