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Extractive Industries
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAustralian Mining Companies Digging A Deadly Footprint in Africa Schilis-Gallego, Cecile Article 2015 Schilis-Gallego discusses Australian mining companies' involvement in violence and human rights violations in Africa. Beyond capitalist green economy: In defence of Mother Earth and the commons Democratic Left Front Article 2012 The Democratic Left Front calls for action against destructive corporate interests that are driving the commercialisation and commodification of the natural environment. Bolivian reality versus the 'extractivism' debate Fuentes, Federico Article 2014 Some left critics of progressive governments in South America point to differences between 'pro-extractivists' and 'anti-extractivists.' Federico Fuentes says that framework hinders real understanding... Climate Change as a Class Issue Coles, Nick Article 2013 Protesting PNC Bank in Pittsburgh financing of mountain-top removal (MTR) coal mining across Appalachia. MTR causes increased cancer rates and birth defects, as well as massive environmental degradati... Climate Crisis, the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment Dilemma  Smith, Richard Article 2014 So long as we live under capitalism, today, tomorrow, next year and every year thereafter, economic growth will always be the overriding priority till we barrel right off the cliff to collapse. Coal plant threatens world's largest mangrove forest - and Bangladesh's future Rahman, Mowdud; Aitken, Greg Article 2015 As COP21 reaches its endgame, there are plans to build 2,440 coal-fired power plants around the worl. Their completion would send global temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the worl... Fatal Extraction: Australian Mining's Damaging Push Into Africa Unclassified 2015 Australian-listed mining companies are linked to hundreds of deaths and alleged injustices which wouldn’t be tolerated in better-regulated nations. The stories are from people across Africa, and are r... Australian Mining Companies Digging A Deadly Footprint in Africa: Fatal Extraction: Australian Mining's Damaging Push Into Africa Fitzgibbon, Will; Hamilton, Martha M.; Schilis-Gallego, Cécile Unclassified 2015 A pattern of links between mining activities and deaths, disfigurement, environmental destruction and displacement suggests a troubling track record for Australian companies seeking wealth from Africa... In China's Inner Mongolia, mining spells misery for traditional herders Denyer, Simon Article 2015 China's relentless drive for minerals is wreaking havoc on pastoral lifestyles. Investigation Reveals 'Environmental Ruin' And Workers Rights Abuses Fitzgibbon, Will Article 2015 Broken promises to impoverished communities, serious environmental concerns and poor health and safety records linked to Australian mining companies have all been revealed by Africa’s largest ever col... Latin American progressives and environmental duplicity Macmillen, Daniel Article 2014 Left wing governments across the Americas are faced with a dilemma - high social spending programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a slower but sustainable d... Mozambique's Movement to End Land Grabs Lemos, Anabela; Adler, Simone (eds.) Article 2016 To corporations, the forest is only business. To communities, the forest is everything: trees, medicine, culture, spirituality. Land-grabbing and the removal of communities from forests and land break... The Politics of Pachamama: Natural Resource Extraction vs. Indigenous Rights and the Environment in Latin America Dangel, Benjamin Article 2014 While many economies and citizens have benefitted from the state’s larger involvement in the extraction of these resources, extractivism under progressive governments, as it had under neoliberalism, s... Reclaiming the Commons in Appalachia: Property is Theft Mincy, Grant Article 2014 The extractive resource industry has a firm hold on the wild, wonderful, but wounded Appalachians. The use of eminent domain and compulsory pooling has robbed communities of their cultural and natural... Salvadorans Warn Canadians about World Bank's Kangaroo Court Guerra, Rene Article 2015 In anticipation of an imminent ruling from the World Bank's little known investor-state arbitration tribunal that could force El Salvador to pay Canadian mining firm OceanaGold US$301 million, a Salva... South America: How ‘Anti-Extractivism’ Misses The Forest ForThe Trees Fuentes, Federico Article 2014 A recent spate of high-profile campaigns against projects based on extracting raw materials has opened up an important new dynamic within the broad processes of change sweeping South America. Understa... This Changes Everything Lewis, Avi (director); Klein, Naomi (narrator) Film/Video 2015 Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything, the film presents portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar S... Voices of Resistance to the Northern Gateway Pipeline Bowles, Paul; Veltmeyer, Henry Article 2013 The National Energy Board's Joint Review Panel (JRP) has just published its recommendation that the Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway to transport Alberta's tar sands oil to the northwest coast of ... Sources LibraryPolish farmers threaten uprising over opencast coalmine Neslen,Arthur 2014 Heinz unites with farmers in rebellion against plan to build a vast lignite mine and power plant on farming land in western Poland. |
