Author: James M. Van Nostrand
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108904459
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Between 2009 and 2019, West Virginian politicians aligned themselves with the interests of the coal industry to the substantial detriment of the citizens and economy of the state. Despite the undeniable low-carbon transformation that was occurring in the energy industry in the US during this period, state political leaders doubled down on coal. Rather than provide the leadership necessary to manage the transition of the state's economic drivers away from fossil fuels, they largely blamed the demise of the coal industry on the federal government. At every turn, the interests of the coal industry were placed above the economic and environmental health of West Virginians. James Van Nostrand tells the story of why West Virginia now faces overwhelming obstacles to competing in the economic marketplace of the twenty-first century. The book serves as a warning of how a fair energy transition can be derailed by political failure.
The Coal Trap
Author: James M. Van Nostrand
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108904459
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Between 2009 and 2019, West Virginian politicians aligned themselves with the interests of the coal industry to the substantial detriment of the citizens and economy of the state. Despite the undeniable low-carbon transformation that was occurring in the energy industry in the US during this period, state political leaders doubled down on coal. Rather than provide the leadership necessary to manage the transition of the state's economic drivers away from fossil fuels, they largely blamed the demise of the coal industry on the federal government. At every turn, the interests of the coal industry were placed above the economic and environmental health of West Virginians. James Van Nostrand tells the story of why West Virginia now faces overwhelming obstacles to competing in the economic marketplace of the twenty-first century. The book serves as a warning of how a fair energy transition can be derailed by political failure.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108904459
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Between 2009 and 2019, West Virginian politicians aligned themselves with the interests of the coal industry to the substantial detriment of the citizens and economy of the state. Despite the undeniable low-carbon transformation that was occurring in the energy industry in the US during this period, state political leaders doubled down on coal. Rather than provide the leadership necessary to manage the transition of the state's economic drivers away from fossil fuels, they largely blamed the demise of the coal industry on the federal government. At every turn, the interests of the coal industry were placed above the economic and environmental health of West Virginians. James Van Nostrand tells the story of why West Virginia now faces overwhelming obstacles to competing in the economic marketplace of the twenty-first century. The book serves as a warning of how a fair energy transition can be derailed by political failure.
Under Pressure
Author: Jen Schneider
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137533153
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book examines five rhetorical strategies used by the US coal industry to advance its interests in the face of growing economic and environmental pressures: industrial apocalyptic, corporate ventriloquism, technological shell game, hypocrite’s trap, and energy utopia. The authors argue that these strategies appeal to and reinforce neoliberalism, a discourse and set of practices that privilege market rationality and individual freedom and responsibility above all else. As the coal industry has become the leading target and leverage point for those seeking more aggressive action to mitigate climate change, their corporate advocacy may foreshadow rhetorical strategies available to other fossil fuel industries as they manage similar economic and cultural shifts. The authors’ analysis of coal’s corporate advocacy also identifies contradictions and points of vulnerability in the organized resistance to climate action as well as the larger ideological formation of neoliberalism.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137533153
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book examines five rhetorical strategies used by the US coal industry to advance its interests in the face of growing economic and environmental pressures: industrial apocalyptic, corporate ventriloquism, technological shell game, hypocrite’s trap, and energy utopia. The authors argue that these strategies appeal to and reinforce neoliberalism, a discourse and set of practices that privilege market rationality and individual freedom and responsibility above all else. As the coal industry has become the leading target and leverage point for those seeking more aggressive action to mitigate climate change, their corporate advocacy may foreshadow rhetorical strategies available to other fossil fuel industries as they manage similar economic and cultural shifts. The authors’ analysis of coal’s corporate advocacy also identifies contradictions and points of vulnerability in the organized resistance to climate action as well as the larger ideological formation of neoliberalism.
The Efficiency Trap
Author: Steve Hallett
Publisher:
ISBN: 1616147253
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
Publisher:
ISBN: 1616147253
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
Trapped by Coal
Author: Constance Horne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Records of the School of Mines and of Science Applied to the Arts
Author: Royal School of Mines (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
A Geological Manual
Author: Henry Thomas De La Beche
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Power
The Mining and Smelting Magazine
Annual Report of the Department of Mines, Queensland
Author: Queensland. Department of Mines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description