Book ID: CBB586297086

Natural Allies: Environment, Energy, and the History of US-Canada Relations (2023)

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Macfarlane, Daniel (Author)


McGill-Queen's University Press


Publication Date: 2023
Physical Details: 280
Language: English

No two nations have exchanged natural resources, produced transborder environmental agreements, or cooperatively altered ecosystems on the same scale as Canada and the United States. Environmental and energy diplomacy have profoundly shaped both countries’ economies, politics, and landscapes for over 150 years. Natural Allies looks at the history of US-Canada relations through an environmental lens. From fisheries in the late nineteenth century to oil pipelines in the twenty-first century, Daniel Macfarlane recounts the scores of transborder environmental and energy arrangements made between the two nations. Many became global precedents that influenced international environmental law, governance, and politics, including the Boundary Waters Treaty, the Trail Smelter case, hydroelectric megaprojects, and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements. In addition to water, fish, wood, minerals, and myriad other resources, Natural Allies details the history of the continental energy relationship – from electricity to uranium to fossil fuels –showing how Canada became vital to American strategic interests and, along with the United States, a major international energy power and petro-state. Environmental and energy relations facilitated the integration and prosperity of Canada and the United States but also made these countries responsible for the current climate crisis and other unsustainable forms of ecological degradation. Looking to the future, Natural Allies argues that the concept of national security must be widened to include natural security – a commitment to public, national, and international safety from environmental harms, especially those caused by human actions.

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Authors & Contributors
Black, Brian C.
Brown, Marilyn A
Brysse, Keynyn
Doel, Ronald E.
Doern, Bruce G.
Friedman, Robert Marc
Journals
Agricultural History
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
Environmental History
Historical Records of Australian Science
Journal of Historical Geography
Technology and Culture
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
McGill-Queen's University Press
Duke University Press
Rowman & Littlefield
University of Calgary Press
University of California Press
Concepts
Climate change
Environmental policy
Energy resources and technologies
National security
Cross-national interaction
Natural resources
People
Foucault, Michel
Trump, Donald H.
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
18th century
17th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Canada
Arctic regions
Soviet Union
Appalachian region (North America)
Australia
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Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS)
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