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Ethical oil [electronic resource] : the case for Canada's oil sands / Ezra Levant.

Summary:

Discusses the issue of oil resources in Canada and the ethical aspects of importing oil from Saudi Arabia where human rights violations are commonplace as opposed to developing domestic oil resources at the potential cost of our continent's environmental health.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780771046421 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0771046421 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 p.)
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ont. : McClelland & Stewart, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : the shocking truth about the oil sands -- What are the oil sands and why are they important? -- The very short list of democracies that sell oil -- Then what? The sad case of Talisman in Sudan -- If America doesn't buy oil sands oil, who will? -- A moral checklist for oil companies -- Say one thing, do another : ethical funds and the oil sands -- The most scrutinized industry on earth : environmental protection and the oil sands -- Greenpeace's best fundraiser ever -- The cancer scare that wasn't -- Propaganda wars -- Saudi Arabia's war against the oil sands -- Green jobs : the Enron of environmentalism.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Oil sands industry > Alberta.
Oil sands > Environmental aspects > Alberta.
Petroleum industry and trade > Moral and ethical aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Human rights.
Sables bitumineux > Industrie > Alberta.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect moral.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect de l'environnement.
Sables bitumineux > Aspect de l'environnement > Alberta.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique.
Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Genre: Electronic books.


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