This Changes Everything (100 page)

publicly owned,
130

public mistrust of,
330
,
332
,
333
,
334

reserve-replacement ratio of,
146
–47

sacrifice zones in,
172
–73,
310
–15

self-preservation instinct of,
149
,
253

shareholders of,
111
,
112
,
128
,
129
,
146
–47,
148

spills and accidents in,
330
–34;
see also specific accidents

Steyer’s walking away from,
235

subsidies for,
70
,
115
,
118
,
127
,
418

tobacco companies compared to,
355

transient culture of,
343
–44

water requirements of,
346

see also
fossil fuels;
specific industries and operations

extractivism,
161
–87,
442
,
443
,
459
,
460
–61

colonialism and,
169
–70

defined,
169

postcolonial,
179
–82

progressive,
181
–82

sustainability and,
447

Exxon,
145
,
147

ExxonMobil,
44
–45,
111
,
113
,
150
,
192
,
196
,
234
,
236
,
238
,
282
,
283
,
314

Exxon Valdez
oil spill,
337
–39,
426

Eyre, Nick,
90

factories:

green credits for,
219

retrofitting of,
122
–23

fact resistance,
37

fairness:

austerity and,
117
–19

individual vs. corporate,
116
–18

see also
climate debt

famine,
270
,
272
,
273
,
274

Fanon, Frantz,
459

Farallon Capital Management,
234
–35

Farley, Joshua,
173

farming, farmers,
see
agriculture

Farrell, John,
99
–100

FedEx,
51
,
208
,
210

feedback loops,
14

feed-in tariffs,
67
,
131
,
133

Feely, Richard,
434

feminist movement,
177
,
453
–54

Fenberg, Steve,
98
–99

Ferguson, Brian,
349

Ferris, Deeohn,
314

fertility cycle, of ecosystems,
438
–39,
446
–48

fertility industry,
421
–22

Feygina, Irina,
57

Figueres, Christiana,
200
–201

financial crisis of 2008,
5
–6,
9
,
39
,
44
,
80
,
88
,
110
,
120
–26,
151
,
158
,
223
,
392

financial markets, instability of,
19

financial transaction tax,
114

Finkenthal, Daniel,
207

firefighting,
72
,
108
,
109

First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit,
205

First Nations:

in anti-pipeline campaigns,
340
,
345
,
365
–66

government
dismissal of pollution claims by,
326

water supplies of,
384

see also
Indigenous peoples;
specific peoples

fisheries collapses,
14

Flannery, Tim,
176

flaring, of natural gas,
219
,
305
–6

Fleming, James,
263
,
270

floods,
14
,
72

austerity budgets and,
106
–7

business opportunities in,
9

Florida,
330

Flounder Pounder,
425
,
427

Foley, Jonathan,
58

Foner, Eric,
456

Food & Water Watch,
197
,
356

food,
10

declining stocks of,
13

prices of,
9
,
239
n

sovereignty,
135
–36

see also
agriculture; famine

food chains, aquatic,
259

food miles,
78

Ford,
67

Ford Foundation,
198

Forest Ethics,
248

forests

carbon sequestering by,
304

clear-cutting of,
296
,
304
,
310

privatization of,
8

Forster, E. M.,
335

Fort Chipewyan, Canada,
327

Fort McKay First Nation,
386

Fort McMurray, Canada,
325
–26,
343

Fort St. James, Canada,
380

Fortune,
229

Fort Worth, Tex.,
329

fossil fuel economy,
23
,
45
–46,
121
,
173
,
456

fossil fuel emissions,
see
greenhouse gas emissions

fossil fuel era,
266
,
311

fossil fuels,
2
,
16
,
20
–21,
90

capitalism and,
176

depletion of,
233

extracted from nature preserves,
192
–96

extractivism and,
170

in fertilizers,
134

global economy’s dependence on,
39

and liberation from nature,
173
–75

phasing out of,
7
,
69
,
137
–38

regulation of,
71

search for new reserves of,
129
–30,
142
,
145

for transition to 100% renewables,
214
–15

viability of renewable energy vs.,
349
,
398
,
399
,
400
–401

see also
extractive industries

Fox, Josh,
217

Fox, Nick,
245

Fox News,
35
,
227

fracking (hydraulic fracturing),
2
,
57
,
71
,
94
,
129
,
142
–43,
144
,
147
,
213
–17,
235
n,
237
–38,
239
,
249
,
287
,
310
,
312
–13,
357
n,
446
,
451

bans and moratoria on,
348

Big Green’s failure to critique,
199
–201

earthquakes and,
329

Environmental Defense Fund policy on,
355
–56

as exempt from EPA regulations,
328

high risk in,
324

infant health and,
428

local ordinances against,
361
,
365

methane emissions from,
143
–44,
214
,
217
,
304

in New York State,
316
–17,
361

proposed
Europe-wide ban on,
353

public opposition to,
see
anti-fracking movements

regulations permitting,
145

water required by,
346

water supply contamination from,
328
–29,
332
,
344
,
346

France,
218
,
457

anti-fracking movement in,
303
–4,
317
–18,
335
,
348

EDF spying case in,
362

fracking ban in,
318
,
348

heat wave of 2003 in,
47

public transit in,
109

Frankenstein
(Shelley),
278

Frankfurt,
Germany,
97

Fraser River,
345

free-market ideology,
24
,
60
,
63
,
64
–95,
121
,
173
,
284
,
291
,
465

capacity to respond and,
72
–73

carbon reduction and,
21

climate change increased by,
55
–56,
412

climate change’s disruption to,
40
–44

disasters and,
107

energy subsidies and,
70

Heartland Institute and,
34

and the imagination of the elites,
154
,
186

impact of inequality and corruption on,
465

and inability to say no to corporations,
119
,
124
–25,
141
–52

re-municipalization and,
99

Freese, Barbara,
171

free trade agreements,
7
,
39
,
81

climate movement vs.,
64
–95,
460

long-distance shipping and,
40
,
210

and multiplication of emissions,
80
–83

responsibility vs.,
48

as threat to democracy,
358
–60

free trade zones, in Asia,
19

French Revolution,
177

Frente de Defensa de la Amazonía
(Amazon Defense Front),
291

Friedman, David,
237

Friedman, Milton,
44
,
62

Friends of the Earth,
84
,
197
,
201
,
213
,
356

Friends of the Earth U.K.,
250

Friends of Nature (China),
351

Frosch, Robert A.,
282

fuel prices,
112

fuel quality standards,
71

Fukushima nuclear disaster,
136
,
268

G20 summits,
115

gardening,
93

gas companies,
see
extractive industries

Gasland,
217
,
304

Gass, Heather,
38

Gates, Bill,
135
,
235
,
236
–37,
252
,
254
,
263
,
264
,
268
–69,
276
–77,
280
,
281
,
289

Gates Foundation,
236

Gauger, Ralf,
100

Gearon, Jihan,
398
–99

Gemmill, Faith,
375
–76

General Electric,
226

General Motors,
67
,
196
,
210
,
221
,
282

Geneva,
6

gentrification,
156

Geoclique,
263
,
264
,
268
–69

geoengineering,
57
–58,
154
,
236
,
255
,
256
–90,
447

as bridging tool,
257
,
281

complexity of biosphere
ignored by,
267
–68,
290
,
422

dangers of,
266
–67,
279
–80

ethics of,
277

extractive industries and,
281
–84

moral hazard and,
261

negative public view of,
290

Royal Society conference on,
256
–61,
263
–67,
280
–81,
284
–85,
451

as shock doctrine,
276
–78

see also
Pinatubo Option; Solar Radiation Management

“Geoengineering: The Horrifying Idea Whose Time Has Come” (forum),
263

geologists, economic,
46

Geophysical Research Letters,
329

George, Russ,
268

Georgia Institute of Technology,
432

Georgia Strait,
374

geothermal energy,
127

Geraghty, Jim,
52

German National Center for Aerospace, Energy and Transport Research (DLR),
138

Germany,
75
,
132
,
133
,
162
,
218
,
225

energy privatization reversal in,
96
–98,
127
–28

feed-in tariffs in,
131
,
133

growth of dirty coal use in,
136
–39,
144
,
224

nuclear energy phased out in,
97
,
136
–38

renewable energy in,
97
–98,
130
–31,
136
–39,
224
,
237
,
398
,
451

travel habits and wealth in,
113

Gerze, Turkey,
349

Gillette, Wyo.,
343
,
344
,
395
,
396

Gilman, Nils,
189

Gindin, Sam,
122
–23

Gingrich, Newt,
35

glacier melt,
14
,
15
,
175

global feed-in tariff,
413
–14

Global Frackdown,
304

globalization,
22
,
64