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category: Political Science
published: Oct 2020
ISBN:9780774863520
publisher: UBC Press

Fossilized

Environmental Policy in Canada's Petro-Provinces

by Angela V. Carter

tagged: environmental policy, economic conditions
Description

Thanks to increasingly extreme forms of oil extraction, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador underwent exceptional economic growth from 2005 to 2015. Fossilized investigates the environmental policy trends that supported this development trajectory, such as institutional restructuring that prioritizes extraction over environmental protection, alongside inadequate environmental assessment, land-use planning, and emissions controls. Angela Carter’s detailed analysis situates the policy dynamics of Canada’s largest oil-producing provinces within the historical and global context of late-stage petro-capitalism and deepening neoliberalization. As the global community moves toward decarbonization, Canada's petro-provinces are instead doubling down on oil – to their ecological and economic peril.

About the Author

Angela V. Carter

Contributor Notes

Angela V. Carter is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and a fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

Awards
  • Winner, Book Awards, Canadian Political Science Association
Editorial Reviews

[Fossilized] cast[s] a new and hopeful light on what political scientists sometimes call a super-wicked problem.

— Literary Review of Canada

Carter... is optimistic. Instead of offering investments to the oil and gas industry, why not look to support a new, low-carbon economy?

— Our Times Magazine

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