Chemical Valley

Chemical Valley
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Publisher : Biblioasis
Total Pages : 138
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ISBN-10 : 9781771964487
ISBN-13 : 1771964480
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Chemical Valley by : David Huebert

Winner of the Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction • A Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award Finalist • A 2022 ReLit Award Finalist • A Siskiyou Prize Semi-Finalist • A Miramichi Reader Best Fiction Title of 2021 Oil-soaked and swamp-born, the bruised optimism of Huebert’s stories offer sincere appreciation of the beauty of our wilted, wheezing world. From refinery operators to long term care nurses, dishwashers to preppers to hockey enforcers, Chemical Valley’s compassionate and carefully wrought stories cultivate rich emotional worlds in and through the dankness of our bio-chemical animacy. Full-hearted, laced throughout with bruised optimism and sincere appreciation of the profound beauty of our wilted, wheezing world, Chemical Valley doesn’t shy away from urgent modern questions—the distribution of toxicity, environmental racism, the place of technoculture in this ecological spasm—but grounds these anxieties in the vivid and often humorous intricacies of its characters’ lives. Swamp-wrought and heartfelt, these stories run wild with vital energy, tilt and teeter into crazed and delirious loves.

Everyday Exposure

Everyday Exposure
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780774832663
ISBN-13 : 0774832665
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Everyday Exposure by : Sarah Marie Wiebe

Near the Ontario-Michigan border, Canada’s densest concentration of chemical manufacturing surrounds the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Living in the polluted heart of Chemical Valley, Indigenous community members express concern about a declining rate of male births in addition to abnormal incidences of miscarriage, asthma, cancer, and cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses. As this book reveals, Canada’s dark legacy of inflicting harm on Indigenous bodies persists through a system that fails to adequately address health and ecological suffering in First Nations’ communities like Aamjiwnaang. Everyday Exposure uncovers the systemic injustices faced on a daily basis in Aamjiwnaang. Exploring the problems that Canada’s conflicting levels of jurisdiction pose for the creation of environmental justice policy, analyzing clashes between Indigenous and scientific knowledge, and documenting the experiences of Aamjiwnaang residents as they navigate their toxic environment, this book argues that social and political changes require an experiential and transformative “sensing policy” approach, one that takes the voices of Indigenous citizens seriously.

Peninsula Sinking

Peninsula Sinking
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Publisher : Biblioasis
Total Pages : 141
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ISBN-10 : 9781771961936
ISBN-13 : 1771961937
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Peninsula Sinking by : David Huebert

Winner of the 2018 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction Runner-Up for the 2017 Danuta Gleed Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2018 Alastair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction In Peninsula Sinking, David Huebert brings readers an assortment of Maritimers caught between the places they love and the siren call of elsewhere. From submarine officers to prison guards, oil refinery workers to academics, each character in these stories struggles to find some balance of spiritual and emotional grace in the world increasingly on the precipice of ruin. Peninsula Sinking offers up eight urgent and electric meditations on the mysteries of death and life, of grief and love, and never shies away from the joy and horror of our submerging world.

Local Activism for Global Climate Justice

Local Activism for Global Climate Justice
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781000477993
ISBN-13 : 1000477991
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Local Activism for Global Climate Justice by : Patricia E. Perkins

This book will inspire and spark grassroots action to address the inequitable impacts of climate change, by showing how this can be tackled and the many benefits of doing so. With contributions from climate activists and engaged young authors, this volume explores the many ways in which people are proactively working to advance climate justice. The book pays special attention to Canada and the Great Lakes watershed, showing how the effects of climate change span local, regional, and global scales through the impact of extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, with related economic and social effects that cross political jurisdictions. Examining examples of local-level activism that include organizing for climate-resilient and equitable communities, the dynamic leadership of Indigenous peoples (especially women) for water and land protection, and diaspora networking, Local Activism for Global Climate Justice also provides theoretical perspectives on how individual action relates to broader social and political processes. Showcasing a diverse range of inspirational and thought-provoking case studies, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate justice, climate change policy, climate ethics, and global environmental governance, as well as teachers and climate activists.

Carbon Dioxide as Chemical Feedstock

Carbon Dioxide as Chemical Feedstock
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 3527629920
ISBN-13 : 9783527629923
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Carbon Dioxide as Chemical Feedstock by : Michele Aresta

Filling the need for an up-to-date handbook, this ready reference closely investigates the use of CO2 for ureas, enzymes, carbamates, and isocyanates, as well as its use as a solvent, in electrochemistry, biomass utilization and much more. Edited by an internationally renowned and experienced researcher, this is a comprehensive source for every synthetic chemist in academia and industry.

The Industrial Structure of American Cities

The Industrial Structure of American Cities
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9781317501350
ISBN-13 : 1317501357
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Industrial Structure of American Cities by : Gunnar Alexandersson

This book analyzes the distribution of the urban population in an industrialized country. The USA was chosen as the object of the study because it had, at the time of writing, in 1956, the largest population for which homogeneous and comparable statistics were available. The first step in the quantitative analysis of population distribution, according to the method suggested here, is the breaking up of the total population into its components: the industries in which people earn their living. Extensive maps support the text as it discusses the problem of industrial location which has attracted much attention from geographers and economists.

Speaking for Ourselves

Speaking for Ourselves
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9780774858885
ISBN-13 : 0774858885
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Speaking for Ourselves by : Julian Agyeman

The concept of environmental justice has offered a new direction for social movements and public policy in recent decades, and researchers worldwide now position social equity as a prerequisite for sustainability. Yet the relationship between social equity and environmental sustainability has been little studied in Canada. Speaking for Ourselves draws together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars and activists who bring equity issues to the forefront by considering environmental justice from multiple perspectives and in specifically Canadian contexts.

Clean Air Act Amendments

Clean Air Act Amendments
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 944
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ISBN-10 : PURD:32754078647652
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Clean Air Act Amendments by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment

Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945

Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9781317319696
ISBN-13 : 1317319699
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945 by : Nathalie Jas

The number of substances potentially dangerous to our health and environment is constantly increasing. The papers in this volume examine the concurrent rise of pollutants and the regulations designed to police their use.

Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law

Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law
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Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9781781003299
ISBN-13 : 1781003297
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law by : Yves Le Bouthillier

'The alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment are both critical challenges for the vindication of basic human rights for all of humankind. This relationship is however not necessarily an easy one. While there is an inextricable link between poverty and the degradation of the environment, a sophisticated analysis of a problem needs to deal with those cases where the need to increase economic opportunity for poor communities may appear to conflict with fragile ecosystems or the preservation of traditional practices. This collection provides the most sustained engagement with these problems. Drawing on the expertise of a range of distinguished authors, this book presents the reader with an integrated global engagement with these problems. In doing so, it represents a landmark effort towards the creation of a coherent literature to deal with one of humankind's most pressing challenges.' – Dennis Davis, Judge of the High Court, South Africa 'The complex, uneven and challenging relationships between poverty alleviation and environmental regulation are impossible to trace in a single book but this collection brings a carefully selected set of policy-relevant, context-responsive, practical legal analyses to bear in a fresh examination of the present and future challenges involved. This is a timely contribution in the search for regulatory responses that alleviate rather than exacerbate the myriad forms of adaptation apartheid now so painfully evident in the relationship between poverty, injustice and environmental degradation.' – Anna Grear, University of Waikato, New Zealand 'The subject of poverty cannot be ignored by environmentalists as the poor are the most affected by the diverse impacts of environmental degradation and climate change such as on water, natural resources and cultural heritage sites. In addition, slum dwellings exacerbate the plight of the poor. The book is a collection of diverse topics by renowned environmental legal experts which deal with the relationship between the alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment. Each writer addresses the challenges raised in various issues and recommends solutions which range from linking with human rights, the need for public participation, the role of environmental courts and other mechanisms.' – Koh Kheng-Lian, National University of Singapore This timely book explores the complex relationship between the alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment. There is every reason to believe that these issues are in many ways interdependent. However this book demonstrates that there are situations where alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment appear to be in a fraught relationship. The contributing authors illustrate that the role played by law in this relationship, whether at the international or national level, will vary depending on the situation and will be more successful at pursuing environmental justice in some cases than in others. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to academics and students in environmental law and other environmental disciplines, environmental policymakers and NGOs interested in issues of poverty, environment and indigenous peoples.