Toxic futures : South Africa in the crises of energy, environment and capital / David Hallowes.

• Introduction. Unequal South Africa; Carbon economy; The global scale of ecological debt -- 1. Elite crisis. Imperial crisis; Energy in crisis; Environmental crisis; Dust and ashes -- 2. The Vaal in South Africa. The concentration of power; Fronts of environmental injustice; Another Vaal -- 3. New South Africa. Negotiating the future; Environmental policy; Paint it green -- 4. The toxic cradle of production. The sacrifice to mining; Steeling the future; Power to aluminum; Toxics to cement; Leaving ruin -- 5. Peak poison. Failing future -- 6. The chains of petro production. Africa's oil rush; Refining environmental justice; Chemicals and plastic -- 7. Power trip. Centralising power; Darkest Cape; The logic of an elite future -- 8. Future power. Things fall apart; Remaking the coal economy; Terminal logic -- 9. Driving climate change. False dealings; South Africa's offer. 10. Change coming. For people's power.

Ämnesord

Energy policy  -- South Africa. (LCSH)

Energy policy  -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa. (LCSH)

Environmental justice  -- South Africa. (LCSH)

Power resources  -- South Africa. (LCSH)

Power resources  -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa. (LCSH)

Economic development  -- Environmental aspects. (LCSH)

Climatic changes  -- South Africa. (LCSH)

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