1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910531055003321

Autore

Avery Samuel

Titolo

Pipeline and the Paradigm [[electronic resource] ] : Keystone XL, Tar Sands, and the Battle to Defuse the Carbon Bomb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : Ruka Press, 2013

ISBN

0-9855748-3-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Disciplina

333.79

665.5/44/028

Soggetti

Keystone XL Pipeline Project

Petroleum pipelines -- Government policy -- United States -- Citizen participation

Pipelines - Environmental aspects - Alberta

Fuel trade - Environmental aspects

Petroleum industry and trade - Environmental aspects

Oil sands

Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)

Hydraulic fracturing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword by Bill McKibben; Introduction: Tar Sands and Mountaintops; The Paradigm; The Dance; The Paradigm; Sun Power; A Look at Life; Civil Disobedience; The Climate; The Ninety-Nine Percent; The Global Paradigm; The Practical Realm of Consciousness; Fracking; The Pipeline; The Dakotas; Nebraska; Oklahoma; Texas; Alberta; The Carbon Boycott; Epilogue: An Opening Skirmish; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

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 1960's. 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...

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019754403321

Autore

Evans Martin <1970->

Titolo

Geomorphology of upland peat : erosion, form, and landscape change / / Martin Evans and Jeff Warburton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-281-06906-X

9786611069063

1-4443-2507-8

0-470-79800-9

0-470-76599-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

RGS-IBG book series

Altri autori (Persone)

WarburtonJ (Jeff)

Disciplina

551.41

Soggetti

Peatlands

Peatland ecology

Soil erosion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-250) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Figure and Table Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Hydrology of Upland Peatlands; Chapter Three: Sediment Production; Chapter Four: Fluvial Processes and Peat Erosion; Chapter Five: Slope Processes and Mass Movements; Chapter Six: Wind Erosion Processes; Chapter Seven: Peat Erosion Forms - From Landscape to Micro-Relief; Chapter Eight: Sediment Dynamics, Vegetation and Landscape Change; Chapter Nine: Implications and Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Geomorphology of Upland Peat offers a detailed synthesis of existing literature on peat erosion, incorporating new research ideas and data from two leading experts in the field.Presents the most detailed and current work to date Written in a style that is both intelligent and accessible Fully illustrated with original drawings and photographs Relevant and information for a broad audience working on



organic sediments in various environments