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"The global consumption of fossil fuels is dramatically rising, while inversely, the supply is in permanent decline. The "end of oil" threatens the very future of Western civilization. Oil, Globalization, and the War for the Arctic Refuge examines the politics of drilling for oil in A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Standlea, David M., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Since 2001
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > United States.
Petroleum > Prospecting > Environmental aspects > Alaska > Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Oil well drilling > Environmental aspects > Alaska > Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Petroleum industry and trade > Military aspects > United States.
Corporate state > United States.
Energy policy > United States.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Pétrole > Prospection > Aspect de l'environnement > Alaska > Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Pétrole > Puits > Forage > Aspect de l'environnement > Alaska > Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect militaire > États-Unis.
Corporatisme > États-Unis.
Politique énergétique > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Corporate state
Energy policy
Diplomatic relations
Oil well drilling > Environmental aspects
Petroleum industry and trade > Military aspects
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects
Petroleum > Prospecting > Environmental aspects
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 2001-
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-
Alaska > Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Oil and the corporate state
  • Globalism, oil, and the power elites
  • Background to battle: the thirty years' war
  • The oil companies: a legacy of global power
  • The corporate state
  • The culture of corporate spin
  • Sustainability and justice
  • The environmentalists: visions under siege
  • The Gwich'in: a fight to the end
  • The religious community: philosophers of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  • Prophets vs. profits: future scenarios and outcomes.

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