Breaching the Peace
Author | : Sarah Cox |
Publisher | : On Point Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2018-05-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780774890281 |
ISBN-13 | : 0774890282 |
Rating | : 4/5 (282 Downloads) |
Download or read book Breaching the Peace written by Sarah Cox and published by On Point Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaching the Peace tells the story of the ordinary citizens who are standing up to the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has propelled it forward. Starting in 2013, journalist Sarah Cox travelled to the Peace River Valley to talk to locals about the Site C dam and BC Hydro’s claim that the clean energy project was urgently needed. She found farmers, First Nations, and scientists caught up in a modern-day David-and-Goliath battle to save the valley, their farms, and traditional lands from wholesale destruction. Told in frank and moving prose, their stories stand as a much-needed cautionary tale at a time when concerns about global warming have helped justify a renaissance of environmentally irresponsible hydro megaprojects around the world.