A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental OptimismHeralding the next wave of environmental concerns, Easterbrook has written a powerful book charting a surprising and fundamental shift toward the positive in environmental events. He shows us how to view abuses from nature's own resilient perspective, and how we must work with nature in our present moment on the Earth to create a nobler future for humankind. |
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Page 58
... happened even where production continues . Pittsburgh , where steel mills and coke ovens hum still , is today consid- ered among the most desirable places to live in the United States : clean , blossoming , a budding Paris . The ...
... happened even where production continues . Pittsburgh , where steel mills and coke ovens hum still , is today consid- ered among the most desirable places to live in the United States : clean , blossoming , a budding Paris . The ...
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... happening or " catastrophic " events . By the turn of this century all credentialed scientists were gradualists ... happened in part because it is so difficult to conceive of time passing in multiple millions of years . The best ...
... happening or " catastrophic " events . By the turn of this century all credentialed scientists were gradualists ... happened in part because it is so difficult to conceive of time passing in multiple millions of years . The best ...
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... happened in a reactor called the RBMK , the type installed at Chernobyl and still running there and at 16 other locations in the former Soviet bloc . These vessels employ a design element known as " positive void coefficient ...
... happened in a reactor called the RBMK , the type installed at Chernobyl and still running there and at 16 other locations in the former Soviet bloc . These vessels employ a design element known as " positive void coefficient ...
Contents
The Dance of the Ages 3 3351 | 3 |
The Green Fortress | 25 |
Time as the Ultimate Resource | 46 |
Copyright | |
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