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Science Global Warming & Climate Change

Some Like It Cold

The Politics of Climate Change in Canada

by (author) Robert C. Paehlke

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Apr 2008
Category
Global Warming & Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Environmental Science, Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897071397
    Publish Date
    Apr 2008
    List Price
    $22.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926662367
    Publish Date
    Apr 2008
    List Price
    $15.99

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Some Like It Cold plunges headlong into the political conundrum of Canada’s climatechange debate. Focusing on the past responses of both Liberal and Conservative governmentsto the looming crisis—ranging from negligence to complicity and connivance—Paehlke illuminatesthe issues surrounding compliance with global regulations such as Kyoto, includingthe dilemma of tar sands development. But he also lays out crucial political steps that could, if taken, lead towards a solution. While he presents a potentially positive projection for the future, Paehlke is not afraid topoint a finger at Canada’s fractured and flawed democracy—demonstrating that the country’sambivalence is our biggest hindrance to joining the international quest to move forward onthis unparalleled global challenge.

About the author

 

ROBERT C. PAEHLKE is a professor emeritus of Environmental and Resource Studies and Political Science at Trent University in Peterborough. The founding editor of the journal Alternatives: Canadian Ideas and Action, Paehlke is the author of Democracy’s Dilemma, Conservation and Environmentalism, and Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics.

 

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