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The Struggle for Air: Mining, Dust, and Death on the South African Rand
Underground mining on South Africa’s Rand transformed the air.
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Boar-der Fencing: Human-Animal Conflicts in the Danish Borderlands
Fencing for biosecurity reasons is a contentious topic among pig farmers, environmental organizations, politicians, and borderland communities.
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Nuclear Ghosts and the Atomic Landscape of the American South
“Nuclear Ghosts” explores the history of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s failed nuclear power project in rural Tennessee, the enviro-technological controversy the plant generated, and why nuclear power was seen as a threat not only to lives but also a way of life, one intimately connected to the American South’s culture and environment.
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Rothschild's Wilderness: How a Primeval Forest Survived the Timber Industry
History of the primeval forest Urwald Rothwald and how it survived through time.
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Wildfire Stories: Framing a Complicated Relationship
In 2014 and 2015 the Methow Valley in Washington State experienced the largest wildfires in the state’s history.
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Brewing, Industrialization, and London Water Supplies
Making more beer for eighteenth-century London’s growing population increased the need for clean water. Efforts to guarantee supplies to the brewers had an effect on both urban and rural landscapes.
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The Sidoarjo Mudflow and the Muddiness of an Environmental Disaster
This article describes an ongoing environmental disaster in Indonesia, where a mud volcano has been inundating an ever-increasing area.
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The Australia Day Floods, January 1974
Brisbane’s 1974 floods substantially damaged Brisbane, accelerating the government’s plans for a second flood mitigation dam.