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 juxtaposes the petrochemical industry’s
destructive corporate worldviews with environmental justice
struggles in the United States, China, and Europe. She argues that
amid intensifying public pressures, a profound planetary industrial
transformation is underway that is challenging the reigning age of
plastics and fossil fuels. This challenge comes from what Mah calls
multiscalar activism—a form of collective resistance that spans
local, regional, national, and planetary sites and scales and
addresses the interconnected issues of environmental justice,
climate, pollution, health, extraction, land rights, workers’
rights, systemic racism, and toxic colonialism. Reflecting on the
obstacles and openings for critical interventions in the
petrochemical industry, Mah offers important insights into the
possibilities for resistance and for developing alternatives to the
reliance on fossil fuels.
General
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Alice Mah
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4780-2512-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-4780-2512-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781478025122 |
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