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Breaching the Peace : the Site C Dam and a valley's stand against big hydro / Sarah Cox.
Breaching the Peace tells the story of the ordinary citizens who stood up to the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that propelled it forward. Starting in 2013, journalist Sarah Cox travelled to the Peace River Valley to talk to locals about the Site C dam and BC Hydro's claim that the clean energy project was urgently needed. She discovered farmers, First Nations, and scientists caught up in a modern-day David and Goliath battle to save the valley, their farms, and traditional lands from wholesale destruction. Told in frank and moving prose, their stories stand as a much-needed cautionary tale at a time when concerns about global warming have helped justify a renaissance of environmentally irresponsible hydro megaprojects around the world.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780774890267
- ISBN: 0774890266
- Physical Description: xiii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver : On Point Press, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The announcement -- Treaty 8 stewards of the land -- Slapped by lawsuits -- The birth of a Goliath -- Treaty lands and corporate plans -- They call it progress, we call it destruction -- Subdivide and conquer -- The nature of the Peace -- Harnessing political power -- The renewal revolution -- Fight of flight? -- The decision. |
| Awards Note: | BC Book Prizes 2019 - Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize |
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| Prince Rupert Library | 333.91 Cox (Text) | 33294002048429 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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