Science / Energy

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The Shale Dilemma

The Shale Dilemma

A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development
The US shale boom and efforts by other countries to exploit their shale resources could reshape energy and environmental landscapes across the world. But how might those landscapes change? Will countries with significant physical reserves try to exploit them? Will they protect or harm local communities and the global climate? ...
Power on the Hudson

Power on the Hudson

Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American Environmentalism
The beauty of the Hudson River Valley was a legendary subject for artists during the nineteenth century. They portrayed its bucolic settings and humans in harmony with nature as the physical manifestation of God’s work on earth. More than a hundred years later, those sentiments would be tested as ...
Licensed To Kill?

Licensed To Kill?

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Shoreham Power Plant
Examines the nuclear power plant constructed at Shoreham, New York, and the accumulated miscalculations and mishaps that eventually forced its deconstruction. An intricate study of the groups, policies and regulatory issues involved in a historic legal battle.

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