This book traces the rise of Republican challenges to environmental laws in the United States and shows what they mean for the future of environmentalism in the political arena.
An interdisciplinary collection of essays that investigates the various approaches and research fields of environmental history.
Examines the development of woodland ownership in Denmark from the Middle Ages to the first half of the nineteenth century.
John M. Francis examines the dilemma that arises from the British application of “voluntary principle” legislation to long-term land management strategies in support of nature conservation.
This film examines the environmental impact and uses of hemp, from nutrition to construction.
This film follows an 84-year old woman’s campaign to ban the sale of bottled water in the small American town of Concord, Massachusetts.
This film shows how the oil and gas industries, rich with political connections, obtained a position of almost untouchable power and how at-risk communities have united to fight back.
Animal rights prevailed over bullfights in a recent judgment of the Supreme Court of India.
This essay examines what the concept of the Anthropocene means for environmental law and policy. Humans can be viewed as both insider and outsider—as an integral part of nature, which we have a duty to protect, and as lord and master of the natural world, taking what we can for our own survival. Eagle explores how the choice of an insider or outsider view can influence political discussions regarding environmental regulation.
Chakrabarty responds to the contributors of this volume by addressing five issues he considers fundamental to discussions on climate change.
