The Age of Smoke: Environmental Policy in Germany and the United States, 1880–1970
A comparative history of environmental policy development in Germany and the United States from 1880 to 1970, and the rise of civic activism to combat air pollution.
A comparative history of environmental policy development in Germany and the United States from 1880 to 1970, and the rise of civic activism to combat air pollution.
A narrative of natural progression for environmentalism, from modest beginnings to a global force with the promise of a more sustainable future, is unconvincing in the early twenty-first century. In this issue of RCC Perspectives, Frank Uekoetter discusses the position of the environmental movement in society.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal, Dug sends greetings from the new EF! Journal headquarters in Tucson, Arizona, Karen Pickett gives an update on MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber’s (PL) lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), Leith Kahl comments on the structurelessness of the Earth First! movement, and Kieran Suckling discusses the connections between the biological and linguistic diversity crises.
This film examines the life of a German town some decades after a nuclear plant inspired nationwide resistance.
Earth First! 27, no. 2 features articles on nuclear resistance in Germany, Trinidad community’s fight against the Alcoa aluminum smelter, Molokai’i activists’ battle to “save the last Hawaiian island”, and the self-sustaining community Umoja Village Shantytown in Miami.
Earth First! 29, no. 1 reports on the movement’s victory against the Pacific Lumber Company, the climate and anti-racist camp in Germany, the Northeast Climate Confluence, the international movement of camps and convergences for climate action, and repression against animal activists in Austria.
This article applies new understandings of environmental justice theory to a specific local case study. It uses a broader conception of environmental justice theory to further our understanding of the rise of the German anti-nuclear movement.
Environmental Organizations in Modern Germany narrates the rise and adaptation of the German environmental movement, as well as its dilemmas and strategies to adjust to changing sociopolitical policies and contexts.
Nature of the Miracle Years traces the gradual development of the German conservation movement through the democratization perido of postwar German society.
Dolata brings to light how the conflicts faced by women has shaped their agency in energy transitions.