A line in the tar sands
Subtitle: struggles for environmental justice
By: edited by Toban Black, Tony Weis, Stephen D'Arcy, Joshua Kahn Russell
Contributors: Klein, Naomi, 1970- author of foreword; McKibben, Bill, author of foreword
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781629630397
Subjects: Oil sands; Oil sands industry; Environmental justice
Description: The fight over the tar sands in North America is among the epic environmental and social justice battles of our time, and one of the first that has managed to marry quite explicitly concern for frontline communities and immediate local hazards with fear for the future of the entire planet. Tar sands "development" comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents-fighting a powerful international industry-are likened to terrorists; government environmental scientists are muzzled; and public hearings are concealed and rushed. Yet, despite the formidable political and e.
Notes: Foreword by Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-356) and index.