INDEX

Aboriginal peoples, and Arctic energy production, 158–70, 180, 182;

early history of, 158–60, 166 –67, 168;

and land claims/self-government, 166 –68, 180;

and Mackenzie River Valley gas pipeline project, 158–61, 165–70, 180

agribusiness, xiii–xv, 5, 27;

as oligopoly, xiv–xv;

and overconsumption, 119–22;

subsidies for, xiv, 9, 12, 13, 92–93, 121–22. See also agriculture, industrial;

beef industry;

food industry;

meat processing industry

agriculture, industrial, 3–18;

and artificial fertilizers, 7–12, 14, 15, 24, 27, 99, 120;

in Brazil, 89;

capital investment required for, 11–12, 22, 100;

and corn/grain as animal feed, 16 –17, 32, 85–86, 120, 121;

energy expended by, 15–17, 85–86, 119–21;

environmental impact of, 8–9, 13, 14, 24, 27, 119–21;

and factory farms, 3, 13–18;

and fossil fuel use, 15–16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 120;

and hybrid corn, 6 –7;

and impact on farmers, 11–12, 22, 99, 100, 103;

jobs created by, 15;

and mechanization, 7–8, 15, 99, 100;

and outside suppliers, 15;

and overconsumption, 119–22;

and pesticide/herbicide use, 12–13, 14, 99, 100, 120;

and rural depopulation, 3–6;

as unsustainable, xvi, 5–6, 8, 18, 106 –7. See also agribusiness

agriculture, industrial, alternatives to, 18–28;

co-operatives, 3, 4, 23–26;

local food, 18–21;

local infrastructure, 21–23, 26, 56;

organic farming, 10, 11, 19, 23–26, 27–28, 56;

subsidies for, 26 –38

agriculture, traditional: and crop rotation, 7, 10;

and fair trade movement, 106;

jobs created by, 15;

and local suppliers, 15;

and problem of inconvenience, 22;

sustainability of, 4, 6, 20, 21, 24 –26, 103–4, 106 –7

Agriculture, U.S. Department of (USDA), 93, 101, 111, 125, 133, 141

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 43, 47, 55

Alberta: beef industry in, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35;

BSE in, 23, 29, 37, 42, 45, 51;

and Kyoto Protocol, 260;

oil sands project in, 157–58, 164

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), 216

animal feed: cattle slaughtered for, 29, 50;

corn as, 16 –17, 32, 121;

and grain consumption, 85–86, 120, 121

anti-fur campaign, 74–75

aquaculture, 64, 66, 70–71, 74, 81. See also fishing;

oceans;

seafood industry

Arctic, energy consumption/production in, 158–70, 181–83;

and Aboriginal peoples, 158–70, 180, 182;

and costs/effects of fossil fuels, 170, 171;

and Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline project, 158–61, 165–70, 180;

and renewable energy projects, 164–65

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 213, 312n10

beef industry, 29–60;

in Alberta, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35;

and beef consumption, 36–37;

and bovine tuberculosis, 38–39;

and cattle-beef commodity chain, 30–37, 41, 49, 50–51, 56;

exports by, 36–37. See also agribusiness;

BSE;

meat processing industry

Berger Commission, 158

Borlaug, Norman, 99

bovine tuberculosis, 30, 38–39, 41

Brazil, vii–viii, 103, 112;

and control of arable land, 88–91;

Landless Workers Movement in, 90–91

Britain, 136, 229;

bovine tuberculosis in, 38–39, 41;

BSE in, 30, 39–42, 45, 46–47;

and nuclear energy, 195, 198, 201, 203

BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), xviii, 37;

in Alberta, 23, 29, 37, 42, 45, 51;

British response to, 30, 39–42, 45, 46–47;

Canadian response to, 30, 42–46, 58–59;

German response to, xvi–xvii;

and risk management, 30, 40–46, 58–59;

and specified risk materials, 45, 289n28;

and variant CJD, 40–41, 287n14. See also beef industry;

meat processing industry

Bush, George W., 108, 170, 171;

energy policy of, 213, 227–28, 280, 310n3, 311n7

bycatch, 66–68

California, electricity deregulation in, 215

Canadian Cattle Identification Program, 50

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), 43, 44, 47, 53, 55, 58, 59–60

CANDU nuclear reactors, 194

Cargill Foods, 35–36, 49, 93

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 96

Carter, Jimmy, 210–12

cattle: as animal feed, 29, 50;

and energy expended to turn into food, 15–17, 85–86, 120;

feeding of, 16–17, 32, 85–86, 120, 297n5;

and growth hormones, 31, 58, 120. See also beef industry;

BSE;

meat processing industry

cattle-beef commodity chain, 30–37, 41, 48, 50–51, 56

Chernobyl, 194, 195, 197, 254

children, as targeted by food industry: in advertising, 110, 111, 122–23, 125, 128–29, 136, 140–41;

and public change, 136–37, 140–41;

in schools, 122–23, 131–32, 134, 136–37, 141, 142;

and scientific opinion, 128–31, 132–33

China, 70, 179;

fishing by, 64, 65–66;

hunger and obesity in, 112, 113, 119;

nuclear energy in, 186;

pipeline project in, 170–81;

renewable energy in, 224–25, 226. See also Xinjiang Province (China), gas pipeline project in

CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), variant, 40–41, 287n14

Coca-Cola, 120, 125

coffee, fair prices for, 104–6

Community Intellectual Rights Act, 102

co-operatives, 3, 4, 23–26

corn, 6–7, 18, 96, 98;

as animal feed, 16–17, 32, 121;

and ethanol, vi–ix;

subsidies for, 93, 121–22

corn syrup, high fructose (HFCS), 121, 130

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), 211

dairy farms, 9–10, 31

Davis-Besse nuclear power plant (Ohio), 192, 196

democracy. See hunger, and absence of democracy

depopulation, rural, 3–6

E. coli O157:H7, 30, 50

economic models/measurement, inadequacy of, xi–xii

Eisenhower, Dwight D., xv

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), 269

Energy, Department of (U.S.), 210, 227–28

energy conservation, 240, 253, 255–56, 259

energy consumption: in capitalist society, 150, 153–55;

and Chinese pipeline project, 171, 175–76, 180–83;

of industrial agriculture, 15–17, 85–86, 119–21;

and ingenuity, 147–57;

true costs of, 150–53. See also green/renewable energy;

hydrogen energy;

nuclear energy and entries following

energy crises, 209–11, 217–19, 238–39

energy efficiency, 208–36;

and California electricity crisis, 215;

Carter initiatives on, 211–12;

vs. curtailment, 310n3;

economics of, 226–29;

and fuel efficiency, 212–15, 255–56;

and productivity, 219, 314n18;

as real supply technology, 216–19;

and renewable energy, 219–26, 229–35

and soft path approach, 241 247–48, 253, 255–56;

success of, 212–16, 218–19;

and U.S. energy policy, 209–16

energy industry: in Arctic, 158–70, 180–83;

in China, 170–83;

and indigenous peoples/cultures, 158–83;

size/political clout of, 156–57;

subsidies for, 150–53, 226–28, 316n34, 316–17n35

Energy-Intelligent Europe initiative, 230

energy policy, U.S., 209–16;

under Bush, 213, 227–28, 280, 310n3, 311n7;

under Carter, 210–12;

and fossil fuels, 209, 212, 213, 227–28;

and hydrogen energy, 280;

under Nixon, 209–10;

under Reagan, 212, 310–11n5. See also soft path approach, to energy policy

ethanol, vi–ix

European Union, 31, 41, 58, 256, 265, 279;

efficiency/renewables strategy of, 229–31;

hydrogen energy strategy of, 265, 279–80;

renewable energy in, 220, 256;

wind energy in, 220–22, 256

factory farms, 3, 13–18;

and corn as animal feed, 16–17;

and corporate land ownership, 92;

economic impact of, 13–14;

and economies of scale, 18;

and fossil fuel use, 15–16, 17, 18;

jobs created by, 15

fair trade movement, 104–6

Fallboard, Dean, 23, 25–26

Farmers Diner (Barre, Vt.), 20–21, 27

“farm to fork” programs, 30, 50, 60

fast-breeder nuclear reactors, 194, 197–98, 202

fast food industry: and children, 110, 111, 122–23, 124, 130;

and portion sizes, 121–24, 133, 141;

and pricing incentives, 123–24;

and trans fats, 110–11, 133. See also food industry;

obesity;

overconsumption

fertilizers, artificial, 7–12, 14, 15, 24, 27, 99, 120. See also nitrogen

Finland, 136, 139, 190, 199, 200

fishing: and bycatch, 66–68;

by country, 64, 65–66;

and ecosystem damage, 69–70;

illegal, unregulated, and unreported, 78;

over-reporting of, 65–66, 78;

and postwar technology, 62–63, 65. See also aquaculture;

oceans;

seafood industry

Flexible Alternative Current Transmission System (FACTS), 269

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 64, 65, 66, 70, 85, 97–98

Food Guide Pyramid (USDA), 111, 125

food industry, 125–34;

and appearance of social responsibility, 110, 125–26, 127–28, 132;

and children, 110, 111, 122–23, 125, 128–34, 136–37, 140–41;

and collusion with government, 133, 143;

environmental impact of, 119–22;

major players in, 125;

playbook of, 127–28, 137–38;

and portion sizes, 111, 121–24, 132, 141;

and promotion of unhealthy eating, 110, 111, 116–17, 122–24, 125;

and public change, 134–37;

recommended actions for, 137–43;

and subsidized corn, 93, 121–22;

and tobacco industry, 126–28, 134;

and trans fats, 110–11, 133;

and USDA, 111, 125, 133;

and WHO, 132–33. See also agribusiness;

obesity;

overconsumption

food prices, viii–ix

food production. See agribusiness;

agriculture, industrial

food safety: and bovine tuberculosis, 38–39;

in Britain, 46–47;

and BSE, 39–46;

and meat inspection, 46–57;

and quality assurance protocols, 30, 48–51;

and risk management, 30, 40–46, 48, 49, 53, 57–60;

and scientific autonomy/freedom, 46–47

food taxes, 138–39, 140, 142

Ford, Henry, vi–vii

Forgues, Travis, 24, 28

fossil fuels: costs/effects of, in Arctic, 164, 165;

and electricity demand, 184–85;

and industrial agriculture, 15–16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 120;

and modern lifestyle, 263–65;

and nuclear energy, 185, 186, 187–89;

uncontrolled demand for, 157–59;

and U.S. energy policy, 209, 212, 213, 227–28. See also natural gas;

oil sands project (Alberta)

France, 124, 190–91, 198, 200, 203

Fresh From the Farm (Toronto), 20, 27

fuel-cell technology, 161, 224, 266–68, 276, 277–78

fuel efficiency, 212–15, 255–56

genetically modified food (GMOs): and contamination of other varieties, 96, 98;

and control of seeds, 96–98;

and cost of food, 98–99;

and non-food production, 97;

and scarcity scare, 84

Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), 87

Germany, xvi–xvii, 186, 198, 200, 221, 226

Giddens, Anthony, 57, 58

Goldstein, Fritz, 61–62, 63, 70, 81–82

Grandin, Dr. Temple, 52–53

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Australia), 80–81

green/renewable energy: Arctic projects involving, 164–65;

in China, 224–25, 226;

and energy efficiency, 219–26, 229–35;

in Europe, 220–22, 256;

in Germany, 221;

and hydrogen, 161, 265–66;

in India, 225;

obstacles to, 150–57;

trends in, by source, 220;

in U.S., 227. See also soft path approach, to energy policy;

see also specific types of energy

green/renewable energy, obstacles to: consumption, 150, 153–55;

costs, 150–53;

political/bureaucratic systems, 155–56;

small-scale/local advocacy of, 156–57

Green Revolution, 9, 11–12, 28, 99–100, 103

Grocery Manufacturers of America, 130

Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 86–88, 273

growth hormones, 31, 58, 120

Haines, Roland, 55

Halweil, Brian, 16, 19, 21, 22, 26

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), 48–51

heart disease, 113, 114

high-temperature gas (HTGR) nuclear reactors, 196–97, 202

hog and poultry barns. See factory farms

hunger, and absence of democracy, 83–109;

in Brazil, 88–91;

and control of arable land, 88–93;

and control of seeds, 94–104;

and fair trade movement, 104–6;

and GDP, as flawed measurement, 86–88;

and overconsumption/obesity, 88;

and scarcity scare, 83–84, 108–9

hybrid crops, 6–7, 99

hydrogen energy, 161, 184, 224, 226, 259, 263–82;

benefits of, 264–65;

in Canada, 273, 274, 275, 276, 280–83;

and consumers as producers, 267, 270, 271–72, 279;

cost of, 272;

and developing world, 276–79;

and distributed generation, 268–73, 278;

economy built on, 273–76;

in Europe, 265, 279–80;

and fuel-cell technology, 161, 224, 266–68, 276, 277–78;

how it works, 265–66;

and organized labour, 274–75;

sustainability of, 275–76;

in U.S., 280;

for vehicles, 267, 268;

webs (HEWs) for, 267, 270–72, 277–78, 281

Imperial Oil, 159, 166–67

India, 85, 120, 225;

farmers’ network in, 100–4;

Green Revolution in, 99–100, 103;

nuclear energy in, 186, 201

indigenous peoples/cultures, and energy production: in Arctic, 158–70, 180, 182;

in China, 171–75, 176–79, 180–81

ingenuity, and energy use, 147–57;

and green energy, 150–57. See also energy consumption;

green/renewable energy

International Institute for Sustainable Development, 151–52

Inuvik, 159, 162, 163, 165

Japan: atomic bombing of, 195;

and fuel efficient cars, 214;

cost of nuclear energy in, 190–91;

fishing by, 64;

and nuclear waste disposal, 198;

obesity in, 117;

solar energy in, 226

The Jungle (Sinclair), 30, 46

Kaiser Family Foundation, 129, 130

Kakfwi, Stephen, 168

Kennedy, Robert F., 86–87

Kessler, David, 126

Kirschenmann, Fred, 4, 17–18, 22, 23–24, 25, 26

Kraft Foods, 111, 125, 133

Kuenast, Renate, xvi–xvii

Kyoto Protocol, 220, 258, 260

Lakeside Packers, 35–36

land, ownership/control of, 92, 93;

in Brazil, 88–91

Landless Workers Movement (MST), in Brazil, 90–91

Leiss, William, 44, 58–59

Leopold, Aldo, 75

Livestock Commission of Saskatchewan, 52

local food, 18–21

local infrastructure, for farmers, 21–23, 26, 56

Lovins, Amory B., 240–41, 245, 258, 259

Maastricht, Treaty of, 58

Mackenzie River Valley gas pipeline project: Aboriginal involvement in, 158–61, 165–70, 180;

early opposition to, 158–60, 166–67, 168;

funding of, 168;

and non-renewable energy issues, 162–66, 169–70

mad cow disease. See BSE;

see also beef industry;

meat processing industry

Manitoba, 39;

and alternatives to agribusiness culture, 3–5, 6, 14, 23, 25, 26

Mao Zedong, 182

McDonald’s, 110–11, 125, 130, 133

Meat and Canned Foods Act (1907), 46, 52

meat inspection, 46–57, 289n28;

in Britain, 46–47;

and “farm to fork” programs, 30, 50, 60;

federal, 46–47, 51–53, 55;

legislation governing, 46, 52;

organoleptic, 48;

provincial, 51–57;

and quality assurance protocols, 30, 48–51;

and scientific autonomy/freedom, 46–47

meat processing industry, xv, 20–21, 29–60;

and bovine tuberculosis, 38–39;

and BSE, 39–46;

and cattle-beef commodity chain, 30–37, 41, 48, 50–51, 56;

dominant firms in, xv, 35–36;

and downer cattle, 53;

history of, 35–36;

and meat inspection, 46–47;

and quality assurance protocols, 30, 48–51;

and risk management, 30, 40–46, 48, 49, 53, 57–60;

Sinclair exposé of, 30, 46;

and smaller abbatoirs, 51–47, 292n50. See also agribusiness;

beef industry

megaprojects, 237–38, 257. See also pipeline projects

Mexico, 12, 17, 112

Mexico, Gulf of, environmental “dead zone” in, 9, 120

monoculture, 7, 10–11

Monsanto, 96, 97, 104

Murphy, Tod, 20–21

Musyoka, Mumo, 104–5

Nanhai (China), petrochemicals refinery in, 178

National Energy Board, 168

National Soft Drink Association (U.S.), 131

natural capital, xi

natural gas, 161–62, 181–83;

and Alberta oil sands project, 162–63;

and Chinese pipeline project, 170–80;

and Mackenzie Valley pipeline project, 158–70;

world reserves of, 180

Navdanya (Indian farmers’ network), 100–4;

and community intellectual property rights, 101–2, 104;

and organic farming, 103;

patent challenges by, 101;

and seed saving/sharing, 100–1, 102, 104

9/11, terrorist attacks of, 176, 204, 254

nitrogen, 7–12, 15;

environmental effects of, 8–9, 12, 14, 120;

and grain prices, 9;

and monoculture, 7, 10–11;

subsidies for, 9, 12

Nixon, Richard, 209–10

Northeast blackout of 2003, x, 273

nuclear energy, 185–91, 213, 260;

cost of, 191–93;

decline/phasing out of, 186, 187, 205;

and electricity demand/supply, 184–85;

expansion of, 186–87, 189–90, 195;

and greenhouse gases, 184, 185, 187–89;

and restructuring/consolidation of utilities, 186–87

nuclear energy, obtacles to expansion of, 190–207;

cost, 190–93, 205;

safety, 195–198, 205;

theft and sabotage, 202, 204–5;

waste disposal, 189, 191–92, 198–200, 203, 205, 206;

weapons proliferation, 201–3, 205, 206–7, 259

nuclear reactors, 152, 184–87, 238, 257;

aging, 192, 195–96;

CANDU, 194;

cost of building, 191;

decommissioning of, 192, 205, 231–32;

fast-breeder, 194, 197–98, 202;

gas-cooled, 194;

high-temperature gas, 196–97, 202;

light water, 188, 189, 192, 193, 196, 197, 201–2;

PIUS, 204;

RMBK, 194;

and thorium, 201;

types of, 193–94, 196;

and uranium enrichment process, 188, 193–94

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.), 186, 192

nuclear waste, 191–92, 198–200, 203, 205;

repositories for, 189, 192, 199–200, 206

nuclear weapons, 195, 201–3, 205, 206–7, 259

nutrition: programs on, 110, 142;

“superfund” for, 138, 140;

and transition to modern society, 118–19;

and USDA, 111, 125, 133

obesity, 110–44;

actions to reduce/prevent, 137–43;

and fattening environment, 117–18;

and food production, 119–22;

and food taxes, 138–19, 140, 142;

global increase in, 113;

health care costs of, 114;

medical conditions associated with, 113, 114, 116;

and overconsumption, 88, 110–12, 118–19;

as personal responsibility, 134–36, 139, 143;

and physical inactivity, 111–12, 113, 118–19, 140;

and poor diet, 88, 111–12, 113–14, 116–7, 142;

and portion sizes, 111, 121–24, 133, 141;

and promotion of unhealthy eating, 116–17, 122–24, 125, 128–34;

as social justice issue, 139;

and soft drinks, 130–31;

stigma of, 111, 115–16;

and transition to modern society, 118–19. See also food industry;

overconsumption

obesity, and issues to address, 137–43;

advertising to children, 140–41;

coalitions of concerned groups, 143;

economic issues, 142;

food industry-government interaction, 142;

food industry play-book, 137–38;

food taxes, 138–39, 140, 142;

global priorities, 139–40;

nutrition “superfund,” 138, 140;

physical activity, 140;

portion sizing, 141;

social attitude change, 139;

soft drinks/snack foods in schools, 141, 142

oceans: damage to, 68–70;

endangered/vulnerable species of, 62–66, 67–68, 72–74, 76–77;

management of, 77–81;

and need for ethic of, 75–77;

zoning of, 79–81. See also aquaculture;

fishing;

seafood industry

oil embargo of 1973, 209, 217, 238

oil sands project (Alberta), 161–62, 170

oil supply, and tensions in Middle East, 217, 239, 264–65

Olson, Mancur, 156

Ontario, 11, 19, 20;

beef industry in, 31, 32;

cost of electricity in, 150–52;

meat processing in, 54–55, 292n50

organic farming, 10, 11, 19, 23–26, 27–28, 56

Organic Valley Farms, 23–26, 28

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 211, 238, 264

overconsumption: and food production, 119–22;

and obesity, 88, 110–12, 118–19;

as personal responsibility, 134–36, 139, 143;

and subsidies, 121–22;

and transition to modern society, 118–19. See also food industry;

obesity

Paley Commission on energy, 209

Peaster, Marwyn, 29

PepsiCo, 120, 125

Peru, 64, 65, 66

pesticides and herbicides, 12–13, 14, 99, 100, 120

Petro-Canada, 179

Philip Morris, 93, 128

Pioneer Hy-Bred Corn Company, 6

pipeline projects: in Arctic, 158–70;

in China, 170–80;

importance/implications of, 180–83

plants, patent and protection legislation governing, 95

plutonium, 190, 194, 197–98, 201–2, 203, 206

Pollan, Michael, 17, 120

portion sizes, 121–24, 141;

in France, 124;

Kraft’s promise to cut, 111, 133;

and pricing incentives, 123–24

precautionary principle, 58–59, 60, 79

Process Inherent Ultimate Safe (PIUS) nuclear reactors, 205

Prusiner, Dr. Stanley, 40

Quebec, 31, 33, 292n52

Rancho Seco nuclear reactor (Sacramento), 231–32, 236

Reagan, Ronald, 105;

energy policy of, 212, 310–11n5

renewable energy. See green/renewable energy

risk management, and food safety, 30, 40–46, 48, 49, 53, 57–60;

and precautionary principle, 58–59, 60

Royal Dutch Shell, 166, 178–79, 225–26, 271. See also Shell Canada

Russia, 67, 174, 178, 179;

nuclear energy in, 186, 194;

nuclear waste in, 198, 203

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), closure of nuclear facility, 231–32, 235;

cool roof program, 233;

economic value of, 233, 235;

efficiency/renewables strategy of, 231–35;

geothermal/biomass technology, 234;

photovoltaic technology, 232, 233–34;

tree planting, 232;

wind turbine, 232

scarcity of food, as manufactured crisis, 83–84, 107–8. See also hunger, and absence of democracy

Schmucker, Tim, 20, 21

Schori, Jan, 231–32, 234

seafood farming (aquaculture), 64, 66, 70–71, 74, 81. See also fishing;

oceans;

seafood industry

seafood industry, 61–82;

and bycatch, 66–68;

and consumer education, 72–75, 76–77;

and ecosystem damage, 68–70;

and ecosystem management, 77–81;

and endangered/vulnerable species, 62–63, 67–68, 72–74, 76–77;

and fish consumption, 64;

as global phenomenon, 63–64, 65–66;

and need for Sea Ethic, 75–77;

and ocean zoning, 79–81;

and postwar technology, 62–63, 65;

sustainability of, 72–75. See also fishing;

oceans

seeds, control of, 94–104;

by corporations, 94, 95–96, 97;

early sharing and saving of, 94–95;

and extinction of early varieties, 96;

and GMOs, 96–98;

lawsuits over, 97;

legislation governing, 95

Sen, Amartya, 104

Senate, Canadian, and investigation of BSE, 42–43

Shell Canada, 159, 166, 178. See also Royal Dutch Shell

Shiva, Vandana, 101, 102

Sinclair, Upton, 30, 46

Slow Food movement, xvi

soft drinks: and groundwater damage, 120;

in schools, 131–32, 134, 136, 141;

scientific opinion on, 130–31;

and subsidized corn, 121–22;

tax on, 138

soft path approach, to energy policy, 232–66;

analysis of, 248–51;

Canadian study of, 246, 251–54;

and climate change, 257–58;

economics of, 240–41;

and energy conservation, 240, 253, 255–56, 259;

and energy crises, 237–39;

and energy demand reduction, 241, 244, 255–56, 258;

and energy efficiency, 241, 247–48, 253, 255–56;

and energy exports to U.S., 256;

and energy quality matched to end-use needs, 245–48, 249–50;

and era of energy “normalcy,” 254, 260;

flaws/limitations of, 259–61;

and hard path technologies, 240, 257;

implications of, 261;

origins of term, 239–40;

political influences on, 260;

in post-1985 world, 253–57;

and renewable energy, 240, 244, 254, 256, 259, 260;

re-visioning, 257–62;

and secure energy supply vs. social/environmental costs, 238–39, 240, 258–59;

and soft technologies, 243–48;

strategy of, 242–43;

and supply options, 250–51;

and values-based choices, 241–42, 243–44

solar energy, 210, 226, 232, 233–34, 256

South Africa, nuclear reactor project in, 196–97

soy and soybeans, 10, 18, 86, 89, 96, 98

subsidies, government: for agribusiness, xiv, 9, 12, 13, 92–93;

for corn, 93, 121–22;

for energy, 150–53, 286–28, 316n34, 316–17n35;

for inefficient vehicles, 213, 311n7;

for sustainable farms, 26–28

SUVs, ix, 164, 214, 255–56, 311n7

Third World Network, 102

Thompson, Tommy, 133

Three Mile Island, 195

tobacco industry, 126–28, 134

Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative, 155–56

Torrie, Ralph, 253–54, 258, 260

TransFair USA, 106

trans fats, 110–11, 133

Trudeau, Pierre, 159

tuberculosis, bovine, 38–39

tuna fishing, 66–67

Tyson Foods, xv

Uighurs of Xinjiang, China, 172–75, 176–79, 180–81. See also Xinjiang Province (China)

unhealthy eating, 122–24;

actions to combat, 137–43;

factors affecting, 116–17;

and need for change in public opinion, 134–37;

and pricing incentives, 123–24;

as promoted to children, 110, 111, 122–23, 125, 128–34, 136–37, 140–41;

in schools, 122–23, 131–32, 134, 136–37, 141, 142;

and taste, 123

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 169

United States: Canadian energy exports to, 256;

energy policy of, 209–16, 280;

fishing by, 63;

renewable energy in, 227;

solar energy in, 226, 232;

wind energy in, 222–223, 232

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 93, 101, 111, 125, 133, 141

uranium, 188, 193–94, 197, 198, 201–3, 238

Urumqi (China). See Uighurs of Xinjiang, China;

Xinjiang Province (China)

Van Acker, Rene, 4, 18

Via Campesina (international peasants’ organization), 104

Wallace, Henry, 6–7

WhaTi, N.W.T., 165

wind energy projects, 220–24, 256;

in Arctic, 164, 165;

and Cape Cod proposal, 228;

in Germany, 221;

in India, 225;

resistance to, 228–29;

in Sacramento, 232;

in Toronto, 155–56

World Health Organization (WHO), 112, 113, 129, 132–33, 140

Xinjiang Province (China), gas pipeline project in, 170–81;

and economic boom, 171–73, 174–75;

and energy consumption, 173, 175–76, 180–83;

and intranational conflict, 176–80;

and Uighur majority, 171–75, 176–79, 180–81

Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository (Nevada), 189, 192, 200