"Ecology and Ideology in the General Systems Community"
This paper gives an account of the participatory, democratic and pluralistic perspectives of Boulding and other important figures in the General Systems Community (GSC).
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"From Resource Scarcity to Pollution Problem: The Production and Environmental Impact of a Swedish Alum Works, 1723–1877"
Wood scarcity at Lovers Alum Works (LAW) restricted the amount of alum produced during a large part of the period of activity (1723–1810s). During the shale fuel period (1810s–1877) the emissions of volatile substances such as cadmium and sulfur increased.
From Grains to Riches: How Hydropower Production on the Möll River in the Austrian Alps Went from Local to Supra-Regional
"Energy Utopia or Dystopia? A Historical Perspective on Nuclear Energy"
Horace Herring explores the history of nuclear energy and its reception shortly after a Tsunami hit the North East coast of Japan in March 2011, causing a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima One nuclear power plant.
The Brookhaven Report (WASH-740)
This report by the US Atomic Energy Commission estimates the possible damage from a meltdown at a large nuclear reactor.
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Price-Anderson Nuclear Indemnity Act
The US Price-Anderson Act limits the liability of the nuclear industry in the event of an nuclear accident.
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Jevons’s The Coal Question Published
Economist William Stanley Jevons explores the implications of Britain’s dependency on coal.
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Nuclear Power, No Thanks! The Aftermath of Chernobyl in Italy and the Nuclear Power Referendum of 1987
First Oil Price Crisis
Construction of the Kainji Dam and Lake
This dam project alters the Niger delta’s previously dynamic and self-regulating ecosystem.
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