The Coal Trap

The Coal Trap
Author: James M. Van Nostrand
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2022-07-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108904459

Between 2009 and 2019, West Virginian politicians aligned themselves with the interests of the coal industry to the substantial detriment of the citizens and economy of the state. Despite the undeniable low-carbon transformation that was occurring in the energy industry in the US during this period, state political leaders doubled down on coal. Rather than provide the leadership necessary to manage the transition of the state's economic drivers away from fossil fuels, they largely blamed the demise of the coal industry on the federal government. At every turn, the interests of the coal industry were placed above the economic and environmental health of West Virginians. James Van Nostrand tells the story of why West Virginia now faces overwhelming obstacles to competing in the economic marketplace of the twenty-first century. The book serves as a warning of how a fair energy transition can be derailed by political failure.

The Coal Trap

The Coal Trap
Author: James M. Van Nostrand
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2022-07-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108830587

A cautionary tale for the many other jurisdictions around the world that are resisting the transition to clean energy resources.

Under Pressure

Under Pressure
Author: Jen Schneider
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2016-05-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137533153

This book examines five rhetorical strategies used by the US coal industry to advance its interests in the face of growing economic and environmental pressures: industrial apocalyptic, corporate ventriloquism, technological shell game, hypocrite’s trap, and energy utopia. The authors argue that these strategies appeal to and reinforce neoliberalism, a discourse and set of practices that privilege market rationality and individual freedom and responsibility above all else. As the coal industry has become the leading target and leverage point for those seeking more aggressive action to mitigate climate change, their corporate advocacy may foreshadow rhetorical strategies available to other fossil fuel industries as they manage similar economic and cultural shifts. The authors’ analysis of coal’s corporate advocacy also identifies contradictions and points of vulnerability in the organized resistance to climate action as well as the larger ideological formation of neoliberalism.

The Efficiency Trap

The Efficiency Trap
Author: Steve Hallett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1616147253

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Trapped by Coal

Trapped by Coal
Author: Constance Horne
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2000
Genre: Coal mines and mining
ISBN:

Transactions

Transactions
Author: Iron and Steel Institute
Publisher:
Total Pages: 490
Release: 1886
Genre:
ISBN:

Power

Power
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1024
Release: 1912
Genre: Machinery
ISBN: