Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation

Alice Mah's book Petrochemical Planet explores the petrochemical industry's challenges due to climate change and environmental activism, highlighting the need for a planetary industrial transformation to address environmental justice, climate, pollution, health, extraction, land rights, workers rights, systemic racism, and toxic colonialism.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 22 September 2023
Publisher: Duke University Press

In her book Petrochemical Planet, Alice Mah delves into the evolving landscape of the petrochemical industry, navigating the profound challenges posed by climate change and environmental activism. Through extensive research encompassing high-level industry meetings, petrochemical plant tours, and firsthand experiences in polluted communities, Mah juxtaposes the destructive corporate ideologies of the petrochemical industry with the ongoing struggles for environmental justice across the United States, China, and Europe. She argues that amidst mounting public pressures, a transformative shift is underway, challenging the dominant era of plastics and fossil fuels. This transformative challenge arises from the emergence of multiscalar activism, a collective resistance that spans local, regional, national, and planetary sites, addressing the interconnected issues of environmental justice, climate change, pollution, health, extraction, land rights, worker rights, systemic racism, and toxic colonialism. Reflecting on the barriers and opportunities for critical interventions within the petrochemical industry, Mah provides valuable insights into the potential for resistance and the development of alternative solutions to our reliance on fossil fuels.

In her book Petrochemical Planet, Alice Mah delves into the evolving landscape of the petrochemical industry, navigating the profound challenges posed by climate change and environmental activism. Through extensive research encompassing high-level industry meetings, petrochemical plant tours, and firsthand experiences in polluted communities, Mah juxtaposes the destructive corporate ideologies of the petrochemical industry with the ongoing struggles for environmental justice across the United States, China, and Europe. She argues that amidst mounting public pressures, a transformative shift is underway, challenging the dominant era of plastics and fossil fuels. This transformative challenge arises from the emergence of multiscalar activism, a collective resistance that spans local, regional, national, and planetary sites, addressing the interconnected issues of environmental justice, climate change, pollution, health, extraction, land rights, worker rights, systemic racism, and toxic colonialism. Reflecting on the barriers and opportunities for critical interventions within the petrochemical industry, Mah provides valuable insights into the potential for resistance and the development of alternative solutions to our reliance on fossil fuels.

Weight: 364g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781478025122