Prior to 2014, oil made up 50 percent of Russia’s budget revenues
James Henderson and Ekaterina Grushevenko, “Russia Oil Production Outlook to 2020,” Oxford Institute for Energy Studies website, February 2017, https://www.oxfordenergy.org/?wpcms/?wp-content/?uploads/?2017/?02/?Russian-Oil-Production-Outlook-to-2020-OIES-Energy-Insight.pdf.
2015 World Bank data on Russia
World Bank, Russian Federation data, 1960–2015, WorldBank.org, http://data.worldbank.org/?country/?russian-federation.
Alexander Temerko article on Russia, Syria, and oil prices
Alexander Temerko, “Putin’s Syria Strikes Are a Long-Term Play for Higher Oil Prices,” Guardian, October 10, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/?world/?2015/?oct/?10/?putin-russia-syria-oil-prices.
Russia and Syria’s ports
Edward Delman, “The Link between Putin’s Military Campaigns in Syria and Ukraine,” Atlantic, October 2, 2015, https://www.theatlantic.com/?international/?archive/?2015/?10/?navy-base-syria-crimea-putin/?408694/.
Exxon–Rosneft deal worth $500 billion
Douglas Busvine and Vladimir Soldatkin, “Exxon, Rosneft Unveil $500 Billion Offshore Venture,” Reuters.com, April 18, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/?article/?us-exxon-rosneft-idUSBRE83H0UE20120418.
Shell and Total back away from Arctic drilling
Robinson Meyer, “Will Any Oil Company Ever Drill in the Arctic?” Atlantic, March 17, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/?technology/?archive/?2016/?03/?will-any-oil-company-ever-drill-in-the-arctic/?474234/.
Break-even price of Arctic oil
Hannah Hoag, “Arctic Development Stalls with Tumbling Oil Prices,” Huffington Post, January 22, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/?entry/?arctic-development-stalls_us_56a2b40be4b076aadcc6c444.
Economic Shocks
Paul Krugman: “the shock doctrine is on full display”
Paul Krugman, “Shock Doctrine, U.S.A,” New York Times, February 24, 2017, http://www.nytimes.com/?2011/?02/?25/?opinion/?25krugman.html.
Weather Shocks
Lag time between emissions and climate disruptions
Katharine L. Ricke and Ken Caldeira, “Maximum Warming Occurs About One Decade after Carbon Dioxide Emission,” Environmental Research Letters 9:12 (2014), accessed from: http://iopscience.iop.org/?article/?10.1088/?1748-9326/?9/?12/?124002.
Rancher: “our Hurricane Katrina”
Jack Healy, “Burying Their Cattle, Ranchers Call Wildfires ‘Our Hurricane Katrina,’?” New York Times, March 20, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/?2017/?03/?20/?us/?burying-their-cattle-ranchers-call-wildfires-our-hurricane-katrina.html.
Luxury Disaster Response
New Yorker: “Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich”
Evan Osnos, “Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich,” New Yorker, January 30, 2017, http://www.newyorker.com/?magazine/?2017/?01/?30/?doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich.
Help Jet
Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2007), 499.
Manhattan condominium: “submarine-style”
Julie Satow, “The Generator Is the Machine of the Moment,” New York Times, January 11, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/?2013/?01/?13/?realestate/?post-sandy-the-generator-is-machine-of-the-moment.html.
Trump International Golf Links and Hotel in Ireland: wall
Caelainn Hogan, “Trump’s Other Wall: Is His Irish Resort a Sign He Believes in Climate Change?” Guardian, November 17, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/?us-news/?2016/?nov/?17/?donaldtrump-ireland-golf-resort-wall-climate-change.
Evan Osnos: high-end survivalists are “hedging” against climate disruption
Evan Osnos, “Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich,” New Yorker, January 30, 2017, http://www.newyorker.com/?magazine/?2017/?01/?30/?doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich.
Seasteading: “vote with your boat”
Seasteading Institute, “Vote with Your Boat,” Seasteading.org, December 13, 2012, https://www.seasteading.org/?2012/?12/?new-promotional-video-vote-with-your-boat/.
Peter Thiel: “not quite feasible”
Maureen Dowd, “Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself,” New York Times, January 11, 2017, https://mobile.nytimes.com/?2017/?01/?11/?fashion/?peter-thiel-donaldtrump-silicon-valley-technology-gawker.html.
FEMA: “Foolishly Expecting Meaningful Aid”
Evan Osnos, “Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich,” New Yorker, January 30, 2017, http://www.newyorker.com/?magazine/?2017/?01/?30/?doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich.
In fire-prone states, insurance companies provide a “concierge” service to their high-end clients
Kimi Yoshino, “Another Way the Rich Are Different: ‘Concierge-Level’ Fire Protection,” Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2007, http://www.latimes.com/?business/?la-fi-richfire26oct26-story.html.
“Wildfire Protection Unit,” American International Group, Inc., accessed April 16, 2017, https://www-200.aigprivateclient.com/?index.php?Page=wildfire-protection-how-it-works.
Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014), 52.
California wildfire fighting: inmates
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, “Conservation (Fire) Camps,” accessed March 29, 2017, from http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/?Conservation_Camps/.
OPEC Staff, “Homeowners Praise Inmate Firefighters for Battling Blazes,” California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation News, September 3, 2015, http://www.insidecdcr.ca.gov/?2015/?09/?homeowners-praise-inmate-firefighters-for-battling-blazes/.
California savings with inmate wildfire fighters
Amanda Chicago Lewis, “The Prisoners Fighting California’s Wildfires,” Buzzfeed, October 30, 2014, https://www.buzzfeed.com/?amandachicagolewis/?the-prisoners-fighting-californias-wildfires?utm_term=.vg379QBvk#.mmZwPzo5J.
I Don’t Feel Hot—Do You Feel Hot?
Steve King: “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies”
Matthew Haag, “Steve King Says Civilization Can’t Be Restored with ‘Somebody Else’s Babies,’?” New York Times, March 12, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/?2017/?03/?12/?us/?steve-king-white-nationalism-racism.html.
A World of Green Zones and Red Zones
13,000 people drowned in the Mediterranean
“Missing Migrants Project—Mediterranean,” International Organization for Migration website, accessed March 28, 2017, from https://missingmigrants.iom.int/?mediterranean.
Camp in Calais, France, nicknamed “the jungle”
Alice Whitwham, “Closing Calais,” Browsings: The Harper’s Blog, February 3, 2017, http://harpers.org/?blog/?2017/?02/?closing-calais/.
Detention camps on the islands of Nauru and Manus: tantamount to torture
Amnesty International, Island of Despair: Australia’s “Processing” of Refugees on Nauru (London: Amnesty International, 2016), accessed from: https://uploads.guim.co.uk/?2016/?10/?17/?AMNESTY_INTERNATIONAL___ISLAND_OF_DESPAIR_FINAL.pdf.