Working Across Lines: Resisting Extreme Energy Extraction

How are communities uniting against fracking and tar sands to change our energy future?

Working across Lines offers a detailed comparative analysis of climate justice coalitions in California and Idaho--two states with distinct fossil fuel histories, environmental contexts, and political cultures. Drawing on ethnographic evidence from 106 in-depth interviews and three years of participant observation, Corrie Grosse investigates the ways people build effective energy justice coalitions across differences in political views, race and ethnicity, age, and strategic preferences. This book argues for four practices that are critical for movement building: focusing on core values of justice, accountability, and integrity; identifying the roots of injustice; cultivating relationships among activists; and welcoming difference. In focusing on coalitions related to energy and climate justice, Grosse provides important models for bridging divides to reach common goals. These lessons are more relevant than ever.


Author: Corrie Grosse
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 07/12/2022
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520388413
ISBN10: 0520388410
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Science | Energy

About the Author
Corrie Grosse is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, where she teaches, researches, and organizes at the intersection of energy and climate justice.