Libby, Montana
A small town in northwestern Montana is beset by the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in US history.
A small town in northwestern Montana is beset by the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in US history.
The Polynesian community of Takuu, a tiny low-lying atoll in the South Western Pacific, experiences the devastating effects of climate change first-hand.
This is a portrait of an environmental migrant from the Sundarbans, West Bengal, who, like thousands before her, is vulnerable and powerless against the fury of the sea.
This exploration of the deepening crisis of food security in India looks at four case studies, dealing respectively with Punjab, Warangal, Kalahandi, and Bellary. These are interspersed by insights into a movement in the Himalayas that may offer alternatives in the form of sustainable agricultural systems, which revive traditional agricultural practices (Beej Bachao Andolan).
This is the story of the Wayana people in French Amazonia, whose future is threatened following the arrival of gold miners.
Released almost 30 years later, this documentary examines events surrounding the major industrial accident at the trichlorphen plant ICMESA, near Seveso (“Seveso chemical disaster”).
A glowing review of a synthesis of some of the key themes in the study of environmental history as it relates to Latin America.
This documentary approaches global warming with relation to the human and cultural dimension in several Pacific inslands.
Covering a wide geographical range of European countries, the articles in this edited collection investigate urban disasters such as floods, fires, earthquakes, and epidemic diseases.
This book is the first comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States, which occurred at Three Mile Island.