{"product_id":"fossilized","title":"Fossilized","description":"\u003cp\u003eThanks to increasingly extreme forms of oil extraction, Canada’s largest oil-producing provinces underwent exceptional economic growth from 2005 to 2015. Yet oil’s economic miracle obscured its ecological costs. \u003cem\u003eFossilized\u003c\/em\u003e traces this development trajectory, assessing how the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador offered extensive support for oil-industry development, and exploring the often downplayed environmental effects of extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAngela Carter investigates overarching institutional trends, such as the restructuring of departments that prioritized extraction over environmental protection, and identifies regulatory inadequacies related to environmental assessment, land-use planning, and emissions controls. Her detailed analysis situates these policy dynamics within the historical and global context of late-stage petro-capitalism and deepening neoliberalization of environmental policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFossilized\u003c\/em\u003e reveals a country out of step with the transition unfolding in response to the climate crisis. As the global community moves toward decarbonization, Canada’s petro-provinces are instead doubling down on oil – to their ecological and economic peril.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UTP","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46293751300354,"sku":"9780774863537","price":32.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0012\/8514\/files\/BNCImageAPI_5dcc73e8-29b6-4392-97ff-bb54d0a4cb38.jpg?v=1750972344","url":"https:\/\/www.downtowncomics.ca\/products\/fossilized","provider":"Downtown Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}