Sidestepping Environmental Controversy through a Rhetoric of Security: George W. Bush in Summerhaven, Arizona

Wolfe, Dylan

doi:10.1080/10570310701199178

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“…The Bush administration's effective framing of the wildfire issue as a process problem requiring accelerated fuels reduction projects, along with the specter of expensive and dangerous fires, created pressures on members of Congress that broke the typical logjam on environmental questions (Vaughn and Cortner 2007, p. 150;Wolfe 2007). While opposition from environmental groups and Senate Democrats moderated some "radical" provisions in the House version of the bill and won some protective provisions, this was a significant legislative victory for timber interests (Jalonick 2003a(Jalonick , p. 2901Jalonick 2003bJalonick , p. 1259; see also Vaughn and Cortner 2007, pp.…”

Section: Firementioning

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The resilience of the northwest forest plan: green drift?

Sousa

2011

J Environ Stud Sci

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Section: Firementioning

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The resilience of the northwest forest plan: green drift?

Sousa

2011

J Environ Stud Sci

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“…Thus, in the contemporary moment, discourses of terrorism and capitalism tend to develop symbiotically. The foundations for such connections already were present, evidenced when public and private officials justify projects like the drilling of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in terms of “resource security,” and in how, in the wake of September 11, 2001, President Bush urged Americans to spend and consume in order to “help the country get back on track” (Altheide, 2004: 289; Wolfe, 2007). Also, while on the surface, recent acts of US foreign policy may seem purely political, justified in terms of “fighting terror” and “bringing democracy to the people of Iraq,” clearly a key motivation was the procurement of new markets for development by US corporations.…”

Section: State Interestsmentioning

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Elves, environmentalism, and “eco-terror”: Leaderless resistance and media coverage of the Earth Liberation Front

Joosse

2012

Crime, Media, Culture

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Over the past decade and a half, North America has seen a rash of environmentally motivated arsons. One group in particular, the clandestine Earth Liberation Front (ELF), has targeted ski resorts, genetic research labs, SUV dealerships, and forestry buildings, leading James Jarboe of the FBI to declare the ELF the "number one" domestic terrorist threat facing the USA. This article analyses the social construction of the "ecoterrorist threat" in the pages of the New York Times. Various stakeholders-including ELF spokespersons, moderate environmentalists, corporate interests, and state agencies-have sought to influence the way that media covers the ELF. Ultimately, much to the chagrin of ELF spokespersons, discourses of ecoterrorism have normalized in mainstream media, which regularly frames the spokespersons and activists as "dangerous clowns." In turn, this coverage has prevented the expression of the ELF's ideology, foreclosing the potential for the mainstream media to represent as legitimate the concerns of the ELF. I argue that blame for this failure rests in part with certain implications of the ELF's organizational strategy of "leaderless resistance," which-unlike civil disobedience movements of the past-is predicated on having its actors remain unsympathetically faceless and nameless.

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“…Governmental framings of a variety of places influence understandings and experiences, such as in public parks (Oravec, 1981), monuments and memorials (Foss, 1986;Gallagher, 1995), and museums (Dickinson et al, 2006). In this process, government officials are particularly powerful in their ability to appropriate and mold environmental messages (Wolfe, 2007), and governmental agencies such as the NPS also play an important role. Additionally, government can promote commercial appropriations within public sites.…”

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(Re)appropriating The Petroglyphs: Commercial representations of a cultural landscape

Dickinson

2012

Journal of Consumer Culture

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This article examines the case of the Albuquerque Petroglyphs to explore how government and business commercially appropriate and reappropriate cultural landscapes for use in capitalistic development. The Petroglyph National Monument was established in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to protect an area and rock carvings from looting and development. Stakeholders evoked Pueblo and Spanish sacredness in their protection arguments to establish the monument. When governmental officials then controversially moved protected rock carvings to build a commuter road through the monument to access development, the rights of developers and consumers were privileged over Pueblo and environmental groups. Developers then drew from governmental framings and evoked a heightened Spanish colonial and commercial heritage to market nearby homes to consumers. This article argues that protection discourses can contribute to, rather than restrict, subsequent commercial development.

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Sidestepping Environmental Controversy through a Rhetoric of Security: George W. Bush in Summerhaven, Arizona

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

The resilience of the northwest forest plan: green drift?

The resilience of the northwest forest plan: green drift?

Elves, environmentalism, and “eco-terror”: Leaderless resistance and media coverage of the Earth Liberation Front

(Re)appropriating The Petroglyphs: Commercial representations of a cultural landscape

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