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Lenz, Garth, "The True Cost of Oil"
Garth Lenz has played a major part in the fight against Alberta Tar Sands Mining through his photojournalism.
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Jackson, Jeremy, “How We Wrecked the Ocean”
A leader in the study of the ecology and evolution of marine organisms, Jeremy Jackson is known for his deep understanding of geological time.
Perspectives
Notes From the Greenhouse: Making the Case for Environmental History
This volume of RCC Perspectives contains an English and a German version of a speech made by RCC Director Christof Mauch in 2009. In his speech, Mauch outlines the purpose of the Rachel Carson Center and argues for the importance of studying environmental history.
Perspectives Article
Fukushima and the Lessons of History: Remarks on the Past and Future of Nuclear Power
The essay presents a brief summary of the development of nuclear power in Germany, arguing that the decision of 2011 was the final step in a long farewell and discusses how the methodological arsenal of the historical profession can shed light on future developments.
Perspectives Article
The Lessons of Chernobyl and Fukushima: An Ethical Evaluation
The aim of this article is to provide an ethical assessment of current events and trends regarding nuclear energy by introducing some thoughts from a Christian, socio-ethical point of view.
Perspectives Article
A Farewell to Residual Risk? A Legal Perspective on the Risks of Nuclear Power after Fukushima
With reference to Ulrich Beck’s Risk Society, this article considers the paradoxical managing of nuclear risk, considered at once too risky for German risk society and yet socially acceptable for a further ten years.
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Wild Earth 2, no. 4
Wild Earth 2, no. 4 with essays on environmental devastation and the war in Lebanon, the Colorado River delta, reef protection, and zoos and the “psychology of extinction.”
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"Valuation as Revelation and Reconciliation"
Tom O’Riordan discusses valuation as revelation and reconciliation, arguing that a more legitimate participatory form of democracy is required to reveal valuation through consensual negotiation.
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"Attitudes and Issues Preventing Bans on Toxic Lead Shot and Sinkers in North America and Europe"
Vernon G. Thomas discuss attitudes and issues preventing bans on toxic lead shot and sinkers in North America and Europe, to point out that despite the parallels between these countries’ reforms, there has been little parity between the banning of lead shot and fishing sinkers.
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"Environmental Justice through Improved Efficiency"
Peter S. Wenz analyses the notion of efficiency and argues that transportation policies that environmentalists favour—substitution of intercity rail and urban mass transit for most automotive forms of transport—are both efficient and just.