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Tina Loo is talking about hydro-electric development and high modernism and Jonathan Peyton is interviewed on the history of resource conflict in northern British Columbia.

This article examines energy consumption, the transition from organic to fossil energy carriers, and the consequent CO₂ emissions over a period of almost 150 years (1861–2000) in Italy and Spain.

The author recognizes techniques of ideological distortion (i.e., mixing knowledge with beliefs and preferences) in the argumentation of economist Bjørn Lomborg.

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Auer, Matthew R., ed. Restoring Cursed Earth: Appraising Environmental Policy Reforms in Eastern Europe and Russia. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.

Napier Shelton offers a tour of notable natural sites in Missouri through the eyes of the people who work with them.

The Editorial Team offers an introduction to the journal Environmental Humanities.

Christopher Bosso considers how organizations that once contested the Establishment have become an establishment of their own.

Tthe first comprehensive discussion of conservation in Nazi Germany.

This chapter argues that transforming knowledge requires a radical shift away from the existing top-down and increasingly corporate-controlled research system and toward an approach which devolves more responsibility and decision-making power to farmers, food workers, and consumers/citizens for the production of knowledge in the natural and social sciences.

This chapter explores processes that can help claim active forms of citizenship, including learning from the rich history of face-to-face democracy, strengthening local organizations, using the potential of community controlled media (such as digital video, radio, press, and Internet), and engaging in deliberative and inclusive processes (DIPs) that can significantly enhance citizen voice and agency in decision-making today.