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Informationen zum Autor Robert Emmet Hernan is a former senior counsel for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Assistant Attorney General for New York State. He was a trial lawyer for New York State in the infamous Love Canal Case. He lives in New York City. Klappentext Over the last century mankind has irrevocably damaged the environment through the unscrupulous greed of big business and our own willful ignorance. Here are the strikingly poignant accounts of disasters whose names live in infamy: Chernobyl, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Love Canal, Minamata and others. And with these, the extraordinary and inspirational stories of the countless men and women who fought bravely to protect the communities and environments at risk. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Bill McKibbenIntroductionMinamata! Japan! 1950sLondon Fog! England! 1952Windscale! England! 2957Seveso! Italy! 1976Love Canal! New York! 1978Three Mile Island! Pennsylvania! 1979Times Beach! Missouri! 1982Bhopal! India! 1984Chernobyl! Ukraine! 1986Rhine River! Switzerland! 1986Prince William Sound! Alaska! 1989Oil Spills and Fires! Kuwait! 1991Dassen and Robben Islands! South Africa! 2000Brazilian Rainforest! 20th CenturyGlobal Climate Change! 20th CenturyEnvironmental OrganizationsSourcesPhoto CreditsAcknowledgments
