This Changes Everything (106 page)

Skocpol, Theda,
229

Skouries forest (Greece), mining project in,
293
–94,
296
–98,
303
,
314
,
342
,
347
,
445

Slate,
263

slavery, slaves,
154
,
177

compensation
paid to owners of,
415
–16,
457

economic case against,
462

economic impact of,
415
–16,
455
–57

reparations for,
414
–15

see also
abolition movement

Slett, Marilyn,
340

Slottje, Helen,
361

smart energy grids,
108

Smart Growth America,
126

Smith, Adam,
173
,
462

Smith, Brendan,
401
,
402

smog,
176

social democracy,
132
,
179

socialism,
38
,
40
,
75
,
159
,
177
,
184
,
210
n

authoritarian,
44
,
178
–79

centralization under,
179

Chávez’s “Twenty-first Century,”
182

extractivism and,
178

5-year plans under,
133

social isolation,
105

social justice,
36
,
59
,
61
,
117

social media, in Blockadia movement,
303
,
466

social movements,
83
,
121
,
124
,
177
,
204
–5,
450
,
453
–57,
459
–61,
463
–64

social programs,
10
,
119

cuts in,
8

Social Security,
454

social spending, cuts
in,
8

Society of Petroleum Engineers,
193

Solangi, Moby,
432
–33

solar heaters,
393
–96

solar panels, solar arrays,
70
,
122
,
131
,
132
,
142
,
223
,
237
,
287
,
402

global oversupply of,
66
n

rooftop,
100

trade restrictions on manufacturers of,
65
–69

Solar Pathfinder,
393

solar power,
24
,
25
,
72
,
97
,
102
,
110
,
118
,
124
,
127
,
131
,
147
,
156
,
215
,
237
,
395
,
396

in combined-cycle plant,
129

fracking’s
negative impact on,
129
,
144

in Ontario,
67
–68

private sector and,
100
–101

Solar Radiation Management (SRM),
257
–61,
277
,
282

computer models of,
270
–71

Governance Initiative (SRMGI) for,
263

historical record as predictive tool in,
271
–75

“proof of harmlessness” argument in,
271
,
272

unequal geopolitical risk in,
269
,
275
–76,
287

untestability of,
269
–70

see also
Pinatubo Option

solastalgia,
165

Solazyme,
240

solidarity,
62
–63

Solnit, Rebecca,
62
–63

Solomon, Ilana,
86
,
359

Solón, Pablo,
18

Sompeta, India,
350

Soon, Willie,
33

South Africa,
11
,
127
,
412

apartheid in,
454
–55

fracking in,
347
,
348

South Asia,
13

Pinatubo eruption and,
272

Southeast Asia,
14

South Korea,
81
,
82

South Pacific,
162

Soviet Union,
75
,
178

collapse of,
88
,
178

see also
Russia

space mirrors,
258

Spaceship Earth,
286

Spain,
132
,
225

opposition movement in,
9

renewables subsidies cut in,
110

Spatharidou, Dimitra,
132

Spencer, Baldwin,
415

Speth, Gus,
120
,
205

Standard & Poor’s,
367
–69,
383

Stanford University,
101
,
102
,
137
,
214
,
354

Starbucks,
49

starfish,
27
–28

“Star Wars” missile defense system,
268
n

State Department, U.S., Keystone XL and,
140
,
375

Statoil,
130
,
179
,
198
,
246

steam power,
171
–74,
266
,
410

steamships,
175

Steinberger, Julia,
124

Steingraber, Sandra,
214
,
317
,
335
,
427

Stephen, Marcus,
168

Stern, Nicholas,
88

Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change,
70

Steshia Hubert, Nerida-Ann,
161
,
162
,
164

stewardship,
169
,
383
,
444
–45

Steyer, Tom,
49
,
234
–35

Stiglitz, Joseph,
72

stimulus program,
121
–22,
124

green initiatives in,
124

Stockholm,
179
,
202

Stockholm Environment Institute,
417
–18,
465

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,
114

Stockman, Steve,
161

stock market crash of 1929,
10

Stone, Ed,
449

Stone, I. F.,
153
,
201

storm barriers,
108
,
109

Strahl, Chuck,
362

stranded assets,
146

StratoShield,
262
,
268
n,
271

stratosphere, sulfur dioxide in:

from volcanic eruptions,
258
–59,
273
–74

see also
Pinatubo Option

strontium-90,
203

structural inequity,
40

Stuffed and Starved
(Patel),
135

Stutz, John,
94

Suckling, Kierán,
206

Sudan,
270

sulfur dioxide emissions,
208

Suncor Energy,
234
,
246

sunlight, reflection of,
see
Solar Radiation Management

SuperFreakonomics
(Levitt and Dubner),
262
–63,
271
–72

Superfund Act of 1980,
202

super-rich,
19

supply lines, length of,
76

Supreme
Court, Canada:

Haida Nation case in,
369

Indigenous land rights affirmed by,
368
,
371
–72

sustainability,
55
,
77
,
447

Sustainable Energy Blueprint,
213

Swarthmore College,
355

Swearengin, Paula,
310

Sweden,
179

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,
34

Swiss Re Americas,
49

SWN Resources,
299

Sydney, Australia,
446

Syngenta,
9

Syriza party (Greek),
181
–82,
297

Take, The,
123

Tambococha oil
field,
410

tarmac, melting of,
1
–2

Tar Sands Blockade,
302

tar sands oil (bitumen),
2
,
94
,
139
,
140
,
144
,
145
,
234
,
237
,
252
–53,
254
,
310
,
349
,
352
,
358
,
446

call for global moratorium on,
353

diluted (dilbit),
325
,
331

grassroots opposition to,
321
–22

high risk in,
324

Indigenous opposition to,
322
,
375

open-pit extraction of,
329

opposition to,
234

water use in mining of,
346

see
also
Alberta tar sands; pipelines

tax cuts,
39
,
72

for consumers,
112

taxes,
19
,
39
,
42
,
117
,
119

airline,
250
–51

carbon,
112
,
114
,
125
,
157
,
218
,
250
,
400
,
461

corporate,
19
,
115

financial transaction,
114

luxury,
93

pollution-based,
284

on the rich,
113
–14,
118
,
153

transition,
418

tax havens, closure of,
114

Tax Justice Network,
114

tax refunds,
118

Tea Party,
3
,
38
,
227

technology,
16
,
24
,
76
,
142
,
186
,
236

and domination of nature,
56
–57

extreme extraction and,
310

see also
geoengineering

TED Talks,
211
,
236

Tellus Institute,
94

temperatures, extreme,
2

Temple, William,
183

Tercek, Mark,
208
n

TerraPower,
264

Texaco,
309

Texas:

drought of 2011 in,
47
,
440

fracking in,
347

Keystone XL and,
361

water pollution in,
329

Texas, University of,
329

Texas City Prairie
Preserve, oil and gas drilling on,
192
–95,
196
,
215

Thames River,
446

Thatcher, Margaret,
39
,
42
,
60

Thie, Hans,
131

think tanks, conservative,
38
,
203

Third World Network,
77

Thomas-Flurer, Geraldine,
367

Thompson, Lonnie G.,
15

Thoreau, Henry David,
184
,
286

350.org,
140
,
156
,
233
n,
353
,
356

tidal power,
127

Tiger Management,
208

tight-rock formations,
311
;
see also
shale, fracking
of

Tillerson, Rex,
111
,
314

Time
magazine, Planet Earth on cover of,
74
,
204

Tiputini oil field,
410

Tjelmeland, Aaron,
192
,
195

Tongue River,
389
,
390

Tongue River Railroad (proposed),
389

tornados,
406

Toronto,
55
,
65
,
67
,
73
,
126

Total,
246

Totnes, England,
364

Toyota,
196

trade,
see
free trade agreements; international trade

trade unions,
81
,
83
,
177
,
204
,
454

job creation and,
126
–27

job protection by,
126
,
178

NAFTA opposed by,
84

transaction tax,
418

TransCanada,
149
,
346
,
359
,
361
,
362

see also
Keystone XL pipeline

Transition Town movement,
364

Transocean,
330

Trans-Pacific Partnership,
78

transportation infrastructure,
85
,
90
,
127

travel, wealth and,
113

Treaty 6,
372

tree farms,
222

Trenberth, Kevin,
272
,
275

Trent River,
300

trickle-down economics,
19

Trinity nuclear test,
277

triumphalism,
205
,
465

Tropic of Chaos
(Parenti),
49

tropics, techno-fixes and risk to,
49

Trump, Donald,
3

Tschakert, Petra,
269

Tsilhqot’in First Nation,
345

Tsipras, Alexis,
181
–82,
466

Tsleil-Waututh First Nation,
323

Tutu, Desmond,
464