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Natural allies [electronic resource] : environment, energy, and the history of US-Canada relations / Daniel Macfarlane

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Macfarlane, Daniel, 1979
Published
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
Physical Description
xiv, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Contents
Beginnings -- Early Water Relations -- Interwar Years -- Border Flows -- World War to Cold War -- Water Megaprojects -- Fossil Fuels after 1945 -- Great Lakes Issues -- Water from Coast to Coast -- Energy and Minerals -- Crossing Borders -- Trading Resources -- Energy and Climate Change.
Summary
"No two nations have exchanged natural resources, produced transborder environmental agreements, or cooperatively altered ecosystems on the same scale as Canada and the United States. Environmental and energy diplomacy have profoundly shaped both countries' economies, politics, and landscapes for over 150 years. Natural Allies looks at the history of US-Canada relations through an environmental lens. From fisheries in the late nineteenth century to oil pipelines in the twenty-first century, Daniel Macfarlane recounts the scores of transborder environmental and energy arrangements made between the two nations. Many became global precedents that influenced international environmental law, governance, and politics, including the Boundary Waters Treaty, Trail Smelter case, hydroelectric megaprojects, and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements. In addition to water, fish, wood, minerals, and myriad other resources, Natural Allies details the history of the continental energy relationship--from electricity to uranium to fossil fuels--showing how Canada became vital to American strategic interests and, along with the United States, a major international energy power and petro-state. Environmental and energy relations facilitated the integration and prosperity of Canada and the United States, but also made them responsible for the current climate crisis and other unsustainable forms of ecological degradation. Looking to the future, Natural Allies argues that the concept of national security must be widened to include natural security--a commitment to public, national, and international safety from environmental harms, especially those caused by human actions."--
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0228017599 hardcover
9780228017592 hardcover
9780228017608 paperback
0228017602 paperback
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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