Earth First! 29, no. 4 features articles on the new Wilderness Act, the myth of clean coal, coal in West Virginia, the endangered species wolf and lynx in the United States, and fur farm raids and investigations in Utah.
Earth First! 29, no. 3 features the subjects of old-growth swamps in Florida, the Mexican Leather Expo, child education in a radical community, and the parallels between animal and earth defense.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal Atossa Soltani gives an update on the campaign to halt the construction of the Guri high-voltage transmission line in Venezuela. In addition, Vivian Stockman calls for attention to coal companies removing mountain tops in West Virginia, and Tim Ream reports about the successful actions in Watch Mountain.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal Ron Huber brings good news from the wild Maine coast about a new coal-fueled power plant in the area. In addition, Samuel LaBudde discusses endangered species and illegal wildlife trade in Taiwan, and Kimberly Dawn asks questions about activist Leroy Jackson’s death.
What does history tell us about energy transitions? What do energy transitions tell us about the history of colonialism? This volume of RCC Perspectives presents five histories of colonial projects that transformed potential energy sources in Africa, Europe, North America, and Greenland into mechanical energy for wealth production.
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American knowledge of British coal practices had at least two crucial implications for the timing and shape of the nation’s first fossil fuel energy transition. This story suggests that attention to transnational contexts can help us better understand how, when, and why energy transitions occur.
This paper looks at how the master-servant politics of British indirect rule (ruling the colonized through their traditional authorities and structures) related to the production of coal and coal-using industries in Nigeria.
The Centralia mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania is a massive underground fire that has been burning for more than 50 years. Beginning in 1962, it has since driven away all but ten (as of 2012) residents.
In the Middle Ages, the main energy sources were firewood, charcoal, animals, and human muscle power. By 1860, 93 percent of the energy expended in England and Wales came from coal. Why did the transition occur when it did and why was it so slow?
This article considers the various factors that hindered intensification of industrial activity and retarded national economic growth. Eventually the pressure of social and cultural factors encouraged abandonment of the use of an abundant and relatively cheap resource—peat—and promoted the use of a scarcer and more expensive alternative—coal.
