"This book examines the economic and political aspects of green trading and energy use from a global perspective. It also highlights the issues related to carbon trading, carbon credit, diplomatic conflicts in implementing environmental policies, energy use and energy efficiency, and the impact...

Introduction / Melissa Crane Draper and Jim Shultz -- The Cochabamba water revolt and its aftermath / Jim Shultz -- A river turns black : Enron and Shell spread destruction across Bolivia's highlands / Christina Haglund -- Oil and gas : the elusive wealth beneath their feet / Gretchen Gordon and...