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Petrochemical planet : multiscalar battles of industrial transformation /

"In Petrochemical Planet Alice Mah examines the changing nature of the petrochemical industry as it faces the existential threats of climate change and environmental activism. Drawing on research from high-level industry meetings, petrochemical plant tours, and polluted communities, Mah juxtapo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mah, Alice (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Petroleum chemicals industry > Environmental aspects.
Environmental justice.
Environmental protection > International cooperation.
Justice environnementale.
Environnement > Protection > Coopération internationale.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Environmental justice
Environmental protection > International cooperation
Petroleum chemicals industry > Environmental aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The petrochemical game of war
  • Enduring toxic injustice and fenceline mobilizations
  • Multiscalar activism and petrochemical proliferation
  • The competing stakes of the planetary petrochemical crisis
  • Petrochemical degrowth, decarbonization, and just transformations
  • Toward an alternative planetary petrochemical politics.