Breaching the Peace - The Site C Dam and a Valley's Stand against Big Hydro (Paperback)

Breaching the Peace tells the story of the ordinary citizens who are standing up to the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has 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 found 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.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	May 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Sarah Cox
Foreword by:	Alex Neve
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-9026-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Hydraulic engineering > Dams & reservoirs Promotions
LSN:	0-7748-9026-6
Barcode:	9780774890267

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