Right Livelihood Award for Hans-Peter Dürr
Hans-Peter Dürr receives this prize for his advocating of sustainable energy solutions.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald receives Nobel Prize
Ostwald is seen as one of the founders of physical chemistry.
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The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, oil imports in Cuba were halved and food imports reduced by up to 80 percent. This film suggests that, given the perceived immanence of peak oil, there is much to be learned from the Cuban experience.
Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
Energy and the Making of Modern California
James C. Williams’s history of energy development and use in California.
Invention of the Franklin Stove
American “Founding Father” and inventor Benjamin Franklin creates an advanced heating system.
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The Fermi Reactor
The reactor was a model for all nuclear plants built after the Second World War.
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Paul Crutzen popularizes the concept of the Anthropocene
The theory states that humanity is a major geological and geobiological factor on Earth.
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Groningen gas field discovered
The discovery changes the European approach to energy use.
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Constuction of the Hoover Dam Completed
The main function of the dam is flood control and the production of energy.
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