energy

This fourth issue continues the journal’s exploration of the scientific paradigms of global environmental history.

Finland first mad the switch from indigenous energy sources—fuel wood, wood refuse, and hydropower—to imported fossil fuels in the 1960s, during a hightened phase of industrialization. This article is an analysis of developments leading up to this change.

Economic historian Paolo Malanima reviews a work of ambitious scale by geographer Ian Gordon Simmons.

A review of economist Óscar Carpintero’s history of resource use in the Spanish economy.

This film provides insight into the secretive way of life behind the walls of German nuclear plants.

Colin Beavan’s year-long attempt to live ‘off the grid’ in the heart of New York City brings the environment, and his relationships, to the forefront.