The Big Stall: How Big Oil and Think Tanks Are Blocking Action on Climate Change in Canada

by Donald Gutstein

In fall 2015, the newly elected Trudeau government endorsed the Paris Agreement and promised to tackle global warming. In 2016, it released a major report which set out a national energy strategy embracing clean growth, technological innovation and carbon pricing. Rather than putting in place tough measures to achieve the Paris targets, however, the government reframed global warming as a market opportunity for Canada's clean technology sector.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459413474
• ISBN13: 9781459413474
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"