This Changes Everything (97 page)
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Authors: Naomi Klein
scallop collapse in,
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Supreme Court of,
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British Social Attitudes survey,
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Bronx Zoo,
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Brookings Institution,
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Brower, Kenneth,
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Brownstein, Mark,
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Brown University,
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Brundtland, Gro Harlem,
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Brune, Michael,
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Buenos Aires,
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buildings:
greenhouse gas emissions from,
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Build Our Energy Barn,
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Bulgaria,
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Bunzl, Martin,
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Burkina Faso,
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad,
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Burnt Church, Canada,
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Bury the Chains
(Hochschild),
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Büscher, Bram,
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Bush, George H. W.,
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cadmium,
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California, University of:
at Davis, Institute of Transportation Studies at,
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at Irvine,
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Cameron, David,
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Cameron, James,
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divestment movement in,
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environmental legislation in,
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extractive industry
subsidies in,
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government attacks on Indigenous land rights in,
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government repression of environmental protest in,
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politics of climate change in,
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pro-mining policies of,
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S&P rating of,
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tar sands in,
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Alberta tar sands
weakening of environmental protections in,
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Canadian Association of
Petroleum Producers,
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Canadian Auto Workers Union,
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,
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Canadian Natural Resources,
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Canadian Security Intelligence Service,
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cancer, tar sands linked to,
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cap-and-trade system,
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cap and dividend,
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capitalism,
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and attempts to mitigate
climate change,
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climate change as argument against,
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climate change regulation seen as threat to,
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conservation and,
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Gaia,
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rebranding of,
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see also
free-market ideology
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
(Piketty),
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carbon:
atmospheric,
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high-risk,
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new sources of,
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carbon bubble,
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carbon budget, collective,
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carbon cowboys,
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carbon credits,
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carbon dioxide,
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recycling into products,
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caps on,
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climate debt and,
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cutting of,
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carbon reduction
of developing world,
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historical evidence for,
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Industrial Revolution and increase in,
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rising levels of,
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wartime activities and,
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wealth and,
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greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon Engineering,
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carbon footprint,
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carbon offsets,
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carbon sequestration,
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carbon-sucking machines,
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carbon taxes,
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Carbon Tracker Initiative,
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carbon trading,
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Cargill,
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caribou,
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Carleton College,
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Carmichael, Ruth,
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Carson, Rachel,
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Carter, Nick,
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Case for Climate Engineering, A
(Keith),
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Castro, Rodrigo,
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Caterpillar,
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Cato Institute,
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CBC,
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CBS This Morning,
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cell phones,
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Cenovus,
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Center for
American Progress,
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Center for Biological Diversity,
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Center for Strategic and International Studies,
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Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD),
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Central America, sweatshops in,
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Centre for Science and Environment,
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Centrica,
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Cha, J. Mijin,
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Chad,
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Chamber of Commerce, U.S.,
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chaos theory,
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Chappell, Ronnie,
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charitable foundations,
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extractive industries and,
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canadian,
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Chen Jiping,
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Ecuador’s lawsuit against,
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Gorgon project of,
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green groups funded by,
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Niger Delta operations of,
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Pungesti shale gas project of,
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Chicago, University of,
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Chilcotin River,
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children, impact of environmental toxins on,
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Childs, Mike,
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Chilko River,
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China,
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air pollution in,
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anti-coal movement in,
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carbon emissions from,
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Central Committee, Communist Party,
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coal exports
to,
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coolant factories in,
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Copenhagen nonbinding agreement signed by,
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as creditor,
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economic growth in,
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as emerging market,
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environmental contamination in,
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export-led development in,
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fast-growing economy of,
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human rights issues in,
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peasant uprisings in,
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renewable energy programs in,
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solar energy
and,
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wealth in,
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WTO challenges brought against,
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WTO challenges brought by,
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WTO membership of,
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Chisholm, Sallie,
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Chrétien, Jean,
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Chukchi Sea,
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CIA,
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civil disobedience,
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civil rights movement,
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–5,
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Clarkson, Thomas,
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Clatskanie, Oreg.,
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Climate Action Network,
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climate change,
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acceptable risk and,
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astronaut’s-eye view of,
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centrist organizations and,
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community and,
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computer models of,
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corporate deregulation and,
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defining of,
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democracy and,
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developing world on,
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disasters and,
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fracking and,
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as transformative force,
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Indigenous rights and,
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individual vs. corporate conservation in,
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marine infertility and,
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mitigation of,
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negotiations on,
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past and future generations in,
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as planetary emergency,
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planetary exodus as solution to,
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and power relation between humans and earth,
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as result of cumulative emissions,
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roots of,
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sacrifice zones and,
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“safe” limit of,
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