This borrowed earth: lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters around the World

Humanity has the potential to preserve the earth for future generations or cause irreparable harm. For the first time here, environmental lawyer and activist Robert Emmet Hernan provides a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of what happened at fifteen environmental disasters in ten countries across the globe. INDICE: Foreword by Bill McKibben - Introduction - Minamata, Japan, 1950s - London Fog, England, 1952 - Windscale, England, 1957 - Seveso, Italy, 1976 -Love Canal, New York, 1978 - Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, 1979 - Times Beach, Missouri, 1982 - Bhopal, India, 1984 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, 1986 - Rhine River, Switzerland, 1986 - Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1989 - Oil Spills and Fires, Kuwait, 1991 - Dassen and Robben Islands, South Africa, 2000 - Brazilian Rainforest, 20th Century - Global Climate Change, 20th Century - Environmental Organizations - Sources - Photo Credits - Acknowledgments -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61983-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 21/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés