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UNINA9910531055003321 |
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Autore |
Avery Samuel |
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Titolo |
Pipeline and the Paradigm [[electronic resource] ] : Keystone XL, Tar Sands, and the Battle to Defuse the Carbon Bomb |
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Washington, : Ruka Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (367 p.) |
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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. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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 |
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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 |
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over whether this 2,100-mile long steel pipeline is a vital piece... |
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UNINA9911019754403321 |
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Autore |
Evans Martin <1970-> |
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Geomorphology of upland peat : erosion, form, and landscape change / / Martin Evans and Jeff Warburton |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
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1-281-06906-X |
9786611069063 |
1-4443-2507-8 |
0-470-79800-9 |
0-470-76599-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Peatlands |
Peatland ecology |
Soil erosion |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-250) and indexes. |
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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 |
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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 |
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organic sediments in various environments |
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