{"product_id":"line-in-the-tar-sands-joshua-kahn-9781629630397","title":"Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eTar sands \"development\" comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. In the tar sands of Alberta, the oil industry is using vast quantities of water and natural gas to produce synthetic crude oil, creating drastically high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and air and water pollution. But tar sands opponents--fighting a powerful international industry--are likened to terrorists, government environmental scientists are muzzled, and public hearings are concealed and rushed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet, despite the formidable political and economic power behind the tar sands, many opponents are actively building international networks of resistance, challenging pipeline plans while resisting threats to Indigenous sovereignty and democratic participation. Including leading voices involved in the struggle against the tar sands, \u003cem\u003eA Line in the Tar Sands\u003c\/em\u003e offers a critical analysis of the impact of the tar sands and the challenges opponents face in their efforts to organize effective resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include: Greg Albo, S稾ihitowin Aw龝is, Toban Black, Rae Breaux, Jeremy Brecher, Linda Capato, Jesse Cardinal, Angela V. Carter, Emily Coats, Stephen D'Arcy, Yves Engler, Cherri Foytlin, Sonia Grant, Harjap Grewal, Randolph Haluza-DeLay, Ryan Katz-Rosene, Naomi Klein, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Winona LaDuke, Crystal Lameman, Christine Leclerc, Kerry Lemon, Matt Leonard, Martin Lukacs, Tyler McCreary, Bill McKibben, Yudith Nieto, Joshua Kahn Russell, Macdonald Stainsby, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Brian Tokar, Dave Vasey, Harsha Walia, Tony Weis, Rex Weyler, Will Wooten, Jess Worth, and Lilian Yap.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe editors' proceeds from this book will be donated to frontline grassroots environmental justice groups and campaigns.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Kahn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162963039X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629630397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2014","brand":"Joshua Kahn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979444257023,"sku":"9781629630397","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83533b50-e7c4-4cfd-9b96-054d29c54a0d.jpg?v=1683245579","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/line-in-the-tar-sands-joshua-kahn-9781629630397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}