If you are wondering why so many green transition promises do not seem to get us closer to a more sustainable planet, read this fantastic book. Le Billon provides a cutting-edge overview of the problems but also shows what a post-extractivist, just transition could look like. -- Bram Büscher, Chair of the Sociology of Development and Change Group, Wageningen University, and author of The Truth About Nature Le Billon pinpoints an uncomfortable paradox: how the green ideal of decarbonisation is implicated in new modes of resource extraction. With up-to-the-minute research, he tackles a dazzling array of issues, from the geopolitics of rare earth minerals to carbon offsets to the greening of nuclear energy. -- Rob Nixon, Thomas A. and Currie C. Barron Family Professor in Humanities and the Environment, Princeton University, and author of Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor A well-documented, comprehensive view of the state of the energy transition and its key debates and challenges. A compelling and provocative book. -- Javiera Barandiaran, Associate Professor of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Living Minerals: Nature, Trade, and Power in the Race for Lithium
