Corroded chemical drums from WR Grace and Company were discovered leaking trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene into the town’s water supply, causing childhood leukemia in several cases.
John M. Francis examines the dilemma that arises from the British application of “voluntary principle” legislation to long-term land management strategies in support of nature conservation.
A memoir of the author’s life and his strong interests in wildlife, conservation, and major environmental organizations.
Examines the development of woodland ownership in Denmark from the Middle Ages to the first half of the nineteenth century.
An interdisciplinary collection of essays that investigates the various approaches and research fields of environmental history.
This book traces the rise of Republican challenges to environmental laws in the United States and shows what they mean for the future of environmentalism in the political arena.
In 1909, Sweden becomes the first country in Europe to establish a system of national parks when the Swedish parliament Riksdag passes the first Swedish conservation act.
The pollution of the Herbert River with tin dredge effluent after 1944 sparks the first Act specifically to control water pollution in the Australian state of Queensland.
