This Changes Everything (99 page)
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Authors: Naomi Klein
greenhouse gas emissions from,
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and move to low-emissions economy,
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poverty in,
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n,
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trade access to,
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dirty energy,
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extractive industries
disaster:
austerity and,
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climate change and,
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infrastructure for,
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as opportunities for change,
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–7,
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public spending and,
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response to,
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disaster denialism,
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dispersants,
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Divest Harvard,
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divestment movement,
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Dixson, Bob,
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Doe, Aria,
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dolphins, die-off of,
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Donahue, Bill,
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Donohue, Thomas J.,
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Douglass, Frederick,
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Dow Chemical,
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Downie, Ewan,
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Pinatubo Option and,
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volcanic eruptions and,
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Dubner, Stephen J.,
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Dust Bowl,
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Earth Mother/Mother Earth concept,
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earthquakes, fracking and,
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East Bay Tea Party,
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Eastern Bloc,
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Eckersley, Robyn,
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Eckhart, Michael T.,
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EcoEquity,
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ecological amnesia,
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Ecological Economics,
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Ecological Economics
(Daly and Farley),
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economic disruption:
extractive industries and,
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minimizing of,
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economic geologists,
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atmospheric limits vs.,
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in capitalism,
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climate change denial and,
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corporate deregulation and,
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dirty model of,
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limits on,
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economic justice,
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see also
climate debt
economy:
climate action and,
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decentralized,
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elite control over,
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fracking and,
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fossil fuel,
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planned,
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post-growth,
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resource-intensive,
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wage and price controls in,
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ecosystems:
fertility cycle of,
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loss of,
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ectopic pregnancy,
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climate debt and,
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constitutional rights of nature in,
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EDF Energy,
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Edmonton, Canada,
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Edwards, Murray,
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“effervescence of rebellion,”
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Egypt,
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El Chichón eruption (1982),
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Eldorado Gold, Skouries forest project of,
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elections:
of 1992,
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of 2008,
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of 2012,
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electronic waste,
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Ellis-Lamkins, Phaedra,
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Elsipogtog First Nation,
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Elwha River,
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Elysium,
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
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emission credits,
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emission reduction,
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historical responsibility vs. capacity to contribute to,
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voluntary,
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climate treaty negotiations
Enbridge:
Canadian Security Intelligence Service as lobbyist for,
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Michigan pipeline
rupture of,
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–32,
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profit-over-safety culture of,
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,
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see also
Northern Gateway pipeline
Enbridge NB,
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endocrine disruptors,
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energy, public ownership of,
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energy conservation,
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Energy Department, U.S.,
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energy efficiency,
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energy nationalization,
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,
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energy plants, “combined-cycle,”
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energy sources, zero-carbon,
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EnergyWire,
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Engelfried, Nick,
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Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR),
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Environics,
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Environment Agency (EA), U.K.,
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Environmental Action,
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Environmental Coalition for NAFTA,
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Environmental Defense Fund (EDF),
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n,
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carbon trading supported by,
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fracking supported by,
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n,
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pro-business
makeover of,
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–10,
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environmental impact assessments,
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environmentalism:
acceptable risk and,
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astronaut’s-eye view adopted by,
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–87,
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command and control,
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grassroots,
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see also
Big Green; Blockadia
Keystone pipeline and revival of,
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top-down, failures of,
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“environmentalism of the poor,”
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see also
climate debt
cap-and-trade and,
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golden age of environmental law in,
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green consumerism and,
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insider strategy of,
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NAFTA supported by,
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political timidity in,
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privileged origins of,
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pro-business ideology in,
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radicalism in,
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in Reagan era and following,
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schisms in,
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singlemindedness
of,
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see also
Big Green
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
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Environmental Rights Action (Nigeria),
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ethane,
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eucalyptus,
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eugenics, taboo against,
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Europe:
program cuts in,
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“squares movement” in,
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wealth in,
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European Community, environmental law in,
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European Transport Workers Federation,
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European Union,
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airline taxes considered by,
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Emissions Trading System (ETS) of,
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fuel quality standards of,
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renewable energy in,
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U.S. oil and gas exports restriction and,
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WTO challenges brought against,
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WTO challenges brought by,
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extinctions,
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extractive industries,
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alienation of onetime friends by,
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Big Green and,
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billionaires’ investments in,
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climate change deniers funded by,
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depletion of conventional reserves in,
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divestment movement and,
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donations to environmental groups by,
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early victories against,
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ecologically and socially responsible,
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as economic disrupters,
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economic and political power of,
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emissions regulations blocked by,
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extreme projects of,
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free trade agreements and,
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geoengineering and,
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government collusion with,
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grassroots
opposition to,
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see also
Blockadia; climate movement
growth as measure of,
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Indigenous land rights and,
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Indigenous peoples, land rights of
infrastructures of,
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lawsuits against,
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lax regulation of,
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lobbying by,
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local ecology ignored by,
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new
technologies developed by,
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polluter pays principle and,
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