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- catalog abstract ""The Corporate Planet brilliantly exposes the elaborate efforts of giant corporations to "greenwash" themselves, and it demonstrates how they are using free trade agreements and World Bank loans to build a world order where they are accountable only to themselves. From Tokyo, where Mitsubishi processes rain forest logs from around the world, to a polluting Chevron oil refinery in California, to India, China, and Brazil, where global chemical companies are setting up shop, Joshua Karliner takes us on a stunning world tour. Here is a fascinating account of corporate greed and the unexpected powers of local activists to combat it."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10478470.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""The Corporate Planet brilliantly exposes the elaborate efforts of giant corporations to "greenwash" themselves, and it demonstrates how they are using free trade agreements and World Bank loans to build a world order where they are accountable only to themselves. From Tokyo, where Mitsubishi processes rain forest logs from around the world, to a polluting Chevron oil refinery in California, to India, China, and Brazil, where global chemical companies are setting up shop, Joshua Karliner takes us on a stunning world tour. Here is a fascinating account of corporate greed and the unexpected powers of local activists to combat it."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. The Corporate Planet: Environment and the Crisis of Globalization -- Ch. 2. The Greening of Global Reach: Corporate Environmentalism Comes of Age -- Ch. 3. Surfing the Pipeline: The Chevron Corporation and the Environmental Impacts of Oil -- Ch. 4. Island of Dreams: Mitsubishi and Japan's Keiretsu -- Ch. 5. Toxic Empire: The World Bank, Free Trade and the Migration of Hazardous Industry -- Ch. 6. The Emerald City: Advertising, Public Relations and the Production of Desire -- Ch. 7. Grassroots Globalization: Reclaiming the Blue Planet.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "297 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0871564343 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco, Calif. : Sierra Club Books,".
- catalog subject "658.4/08 21".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy.".
- catalog subject "HD2755.5 .K375 1997".
- catalog subject "International business enterprises Environmental aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. The Corporate Planet: Environment and the Crisis of Globalization -- Ch. 2. The Greening of Global Reach: Corporate Environmentalism Comes of Age -- Ch. 3. Surfing the Pipeline: The Chevron Corporation and the Environmental Impacts of Oil -- Ch. 4. Island of Dreams: Mitsubishi and Japan's Keiretsu -- Ch. 5. Toxic Empire: The World Bank, Free Trade and the Migration of Hazardous Industry -- Ch. 6. The Emerald City: Advertising, Public Relations and the Production of Desire -- Ch. 7. Grassroots Globalization: Reclaiming the Blue Planet.".
- catalog title "The corporate planet : ecology and politics in the age of globalization / by Josh Karliner.".
- catalog type "text".