Invention of the Internal Combustion Engine
Nikolaus Otto and Rudolf Diesel invent the internal combustion engine.
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air pollution
Smelter Smoke in North America: The Politics of Transborder Pollution
Chronicles how industry developed a continental perspective in a shared regional space, the mineralized West, and how successful efforts of governments and citizens to protect the environment evolved.
Smog Disaster in the Meuse Valley, Belgium
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Director Peter Mettler takes to the skies in order to probe the scale of the Alberta Tar Sands—one of the largest energy projects on earth—and its environmental impact.
Seveso chemical disaster
Smog Disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania
England passes first Alkali Acts
The British Alkali Acts are a first systematic attempt to control the increasing pollution from the Alkali industry.
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Die Wolke [The Cloud]
The story of two teenage lovers, Hannah and Elmar, who seek refuge following the breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany.
Environmental and Social Justice in the City: Historical Perspectives
The world is full of environmental injustices and inequalities; yet few European historians have tackled these subjects head on, nor have they explored their relationships with social inequalities.
"'A Network of Trust': Measuring and Monitoring Air Pollution in British Cities, 1912–1960"
This paper explores how an expert body, The Investigation of Atmospheric Pollution, was established in the face of different interests and agendas, the importance (and difficulties) of technical standard-setting with reference to environmental pollution, and, finally, the uses of environmental monitoring.