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"Environmental Pollution and Professional Responsibility: Ibsen's A Public Enemy as a Seminar on Science Communication and Ethics"

Zwart, Hub

Hub Zwart presents an environmental analysis of Henrik Ibsen’s A Public Enemy.

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"Are There Any Environmental Rights?"

Lercher, Aaron

This paper extends the argument in H.L.A. Hart’s “Are there any natural rights?” to argue that there is an environmental moral right against pollution.

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Arcadia

The St. Petersburg Cholera Riot of 1831: Water Pollution and Social Tension

by Alexei Kraikovski

The 1831 cholera riot in St. Petersburg was an extreme result of the city’s immense water pollution problem and led to social conflict between the educated classes and the poor people.

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Multimedia | film profile

Silent Snow. The Invisible Poisoning of the World

This film documents the effect of chemical and pesticide residuals on the Inuit community of Greenland, where they are carried by oceans and snow. It also examines the situations of those around the globe who must use these pesticides to survive.

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"'Getting Rich Is Glorious': Environmental Values in the People's Republic of China"

Harris, Paul G.

Paul G. Harris analyzes the reasons for pollution and overuse of resources in China which have profound implications for the Chinese people and the world.

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State of the World 2006: Special Focus: China and India

Worldwatch Institute, ed.

State of the World 2006 provides a special focus on China and India and their impact on the world as major consumers of resources and polluters of local and global ecosystems.

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International Organizations and Environmental Protection: Conservation and Globalization in the Twentieth Century

Kaiser, Wolfram, and Jan-Henrik Meyer, eds.

International Organizations and Environmental Protection comprehensively explores the environmental activities of professional communities, NGOs, regional bodies, the United Nations, and other international organizations during the twentieth century. It follows their efforts to shape debates about environmental degradation, develop binding intergovernmental commitments, and—following the seminal 1972 Conference on the Human Environment—implement and enforce actual international policies.

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