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2016., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD 363.7 B416b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A documentary presenting a riveting account of the dramatic changes occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions individuals and society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on this planet.
![Before the flood [DVD] (2016). Directed by Fisher Stevens.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Before the flood [DVD] (2016). Directed by Fisher Stevens.")
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-- Weather :2023., Adult, Knopf Canada Call No: NEW 363.37 V131f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A stunning, panoramic exploration of the symbiotic relationship between humans and combustion and why we are entering a new century of fire. In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta--the seat of the Canadian oil industry, from which the U.S. derives almost half its oil imports--burned to the ground. The unprecedented disaster forced 88,000 people from their homes and showed us what the fires of the future look like: increasingly destructive, already here. While the chemistry and physics of wildfires remain unchanged over the last century and a half, climate change has created conditions that give fire exponentially more opportunity to burn. And yet there is no other natural force or element over which we have such a compelling illusion of control. Fire yearns, above all, for freedom, and takes at any opportunity and at any cost. In our unchecked consumption of fossil fuels, it has enabled the same impulses in us. In masterly prose and cinematic style, John Vaillant weaves together an enthralling, multifaceted story of how Fort McMurray revealed a new normal of fires burning longer and with greater intensity than at any other time this planet has ever known. From the large-scale histories of North American resource extraction and climate science, to the intimate tales of lives scarred by the Fort McMurray disaster, Valliant's urgent work is a book for--and from--our new century of fire.
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2014., Adult, Greystone Books Call No: Bio M466w Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Elizabeth May reflects on her life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs. From daughter of activist parents, to waitress and cook on Cape Breton Island, to Dalhousie University law student, lawyer, and environmentalist, and finally to leader of the Green Party and first elected Canadian Green Member of Parliament. May believes that Canadians must rescue our threatened democracy, return to our traditional role as a world leader, develop a sustainable economy, and take immediate and decisive action to address the climate crisis. A portrait of a remarkable woman and an urgent call to action. Elizabeth May is leader of the Green Party of Canada, and the Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands. She lives in Sydney-by-the-Sea on Vancouver Island. Her previous books include: Losing Confidence: Power, Politics, and the Crisis in Canadian Democracy; How to Save the World in Your Spare Time; Global Warming for Dummies; and Budworm Battles."--Provided by publisher.
