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Breaching the peace : the Site C Dam and a valley's stand against big hydro

Cox, Sarah Katharine, 1963- author

Overview

\"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.\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: On Point Press
• Subject: Dams Environmental aspects Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) / Water resources development Environmental aspects Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) / Protest movements Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) / Farmers Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) / TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General. / Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.)
• ISBN: 0774890266, 9780774890267

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
TD195.D35 C69 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE