The Pipeline and The Paradigm: Keystone XL, Tar Sands, And The Battle to Defuse The Carbon Bomb

Avery, Samuel

ISBN 10: 0985574828 / ISBN 13: 9780985574826

Published by Ruka Press, 2013

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Ruka Press, First Edition, 2013. Paperback AS New. Foreword by Bill McKibben. B/w illustrations. Samuel Avery investigates the economic, ecological, political, and psychological issues behind the Keystone XL. There is enough carbon trapped in the Canadian tar sands to plunge the earth into irreversible climate change, and it is the Keystone XL Pipeline that is meant to set this carbon free=-a 2100-mile pipeline. Is it a vial piece of our nation's energy or a conduit for global climate disaster? Avery explores the competing interests. 225 pp. Epilogue. Notes. Index. 8vo. 2013, Ruka Press. ISBN 0985574828 9780985574826.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pipeline and The Paradigm: Keystone XL, Tar Sands, And The Battle to Defuse The Carbon Bomb
• Publisher: Ruka Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0985574828
• ISBN 13: 9780985574826
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Environment, Conservation, Ecology

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Synopsis

This thoroughly researched and wholly engaging book investigates the economic, ecological, political, and psychological issues behind the Keystone XL pipeline—a project so controversial it has inspired the largest expression of civil disobedience since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. With enough carbon trapped in the Canadian tar sands to plunge the Earth into irreversible climate change, it is the Keystone XL pipeline that will set that carbon free. The debate rages on over whether this 2,100-mile long steel pipeline is a vital piece America’s energy future or the conduit for global climate disaster. From the enormous tar sands mines in Alberta to a tree-top blockade in Texas, this book introduces the people and explores the competing interests that power the environmental issue of the current generation.

About the Author

Samuel Avery is a certified solar installer, longtime social activist, and trainer in nonviolent resistance techniques. He is the author of four books, including The Buddha and the Quantum and The Globalist Papers. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, an activist, and the cofounder and chairman of the board of 350.org. He is the author of Eaarth and The End of Nature. He lives in Vermont.