Title Climate change counter movement : how the fossil fuel industry sought to delay climate action / Ruth E. McKie

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Fossil Fuel Capitalism and Ecological Degradation -- 1.2 Climate Change: Challenges to the "Status Quo" -- 1.3 Challenges to the Status Quo: The Emergence of a Climate Change Countermovement -- 1.4 Structure of the Book -- References -- 2 The Foundations of the Climate Change Counter Movement: United States of America -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Fossil Industry Activated (1950-1980) -- 2.3 Proliferation of the Counter Movement: 1990s-Early 2000s 2.4 The Republican Party and Success in a Legislative Context (2001-2008) -- 2.5 The Obama Years: (2008-2016) -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Disseminating Ideas: European Countermovement Activity -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Economic Liberalism, Neoliberalism: European Influence on the Climate Change Counter Movement -- 3.3 Think Tank Opposition: Atlas Network European Quarter -- 3.4 On Government Doorsteps: 55 Tufton Street -- 3.5 Individuals, Government Officials, and the Diffusion of Climate Delay in Europe -- 3.6 Dutch Shell, Frits Böttcher, and Public Relations 3.7 Libertarianism, Political Education, and Dissemination of Discourses of Delay -- 3.8 Consolidating Networks: European Climate Realist Network -- 3.9 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Australia and New Zealand: Fossil Fuels and Climate Mitigation Failings -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Coal and Gas Mining -- 4.3 The Howard Government: The Power of the Extractive Industry (1995-2007) -- 4.4 Combatting Kevin Rudd's Government: The Institute for Public Affairs -- 4.5 Fringe Groups, Coal Links, and Public Engagement -- 4.6 The Abbott Government, Murdoch, and the Media 4.7 New Zealand: Think Tanks and Astroturfing and Agriculture -- 4.8 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Canada and Petro-Nationalism -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Hegemony of Fossil Fuels -- 5.3 The Fraser Institute (1989-2006) -- 5.4 Think Tanks, Ideology and Expanding Opposition -- 5.5 Fringe Groups and Public Relations: Responding to Harper's Government (2006-2012) -- 5.6 Industry Groups, Extractive Populism and the Paris Agreement -- 5.7 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Manifestations of the Climate Change Counter Movement in the Global South 6.1 Understanding the CCCM in the Context of the Global South -- 6.2 CCCM Operations and the Mont Pelerin Society: 2000-2007 -- 6.3 The Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change and Think Tank Networks (2007-2009) -- 6.4 Energy Independence, Economic Development, and South-South Cooperation -- 6.5 Industry Associations, Domestic and Transnational Organizations -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Conclusion -- Reference -- Index Summary This book provides an historical account of the emergence and spread of the climate change counter movement across the globe. Drawing on an extensive database developed by the author, the book recounts the development of an international network, taking the reader on a journey through the history of the movement before looking closely at a series of comparative case studies examining movement organisations in different countries. Ruth E. McKie is a sociologist and received her PhD in January 2018. The dissertation titled Rebranding the Climate Change Counter Movement through a Criminological and Political Economy Lens, is the basis for this book along with subsequent work in the field. Ruths other research interests include animal, feminist animal studies, natural disasters and community resilience. Analysis Environmental Engineering Technology & Engineering Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 06, 2023) Subject Climate change mitigation. Climate justice. Denialism. Petroleum industry and trade -- Corrupt practices. Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects. Climate change mitigation Climate justice Denialism Petroleum industry and trade -- Corrupt practices Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects Form Electronic book ISBN 3031335929 9783031335921

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