From Energy Dreams to Nuclear Nightmares: Lessons from the Anti-nuclear Power Movement in the 1970sThis book challenges the existing histories and explanations for the growth of the anti-nuclear power movement in the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1979. Arguing that opposition to nuclear power emerged in the 1970s because of the concerns of a minority of people about the dangers of atomic energy, based on the ecological messages contained in bestselling science fiction novels from the late 1940s to mid 1960s. Showing how a minority of the 1960s underground press blended old conservation ideas with counterculture styles to create new radical groups such as Friends of the Earth, this analysis also seeks to answer questions such as Why an anti-nuclear power movement instead of an anti-coal or anti-asbestos movement? What was it about nuclear power that generated such opposition its environmental impact, its cost, its prospects or its symbolism? and Could wind power in the 21st century face the same forces that opposed nuclear power 30 years ago? " |
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... Environmental history The roots and shades of the environmental movement are deep and complex and are beyond the scope of this book . I feel we must develop an historical perspective on how we have arrived at our present state and it is ...
... Environmental history The roots and shades of the environmental movement are deep and complex and are beyond the scope of this book . I feel we must develop an historical perspective on how we have arrived at our present state and it is ...
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... environmental justice ' movement.54 The values view was endorsed by Samuel Hays , the veteran US environmental historian in his book A History of Environmental Politics , when he wrote : ' At root , environmental affairs in modern life ...
... environmental justice ' movement.54 The values view was endorsed by Samuel Hays , the veteran US environmental historian in his book A History of Environmental Politics , when he wrote : ' At root , environmental affairs in modern life ...
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... environmental reasons – such as the Boy Scouts , the Church of England and the National Union of Students - to become interested and set up specific groups to cater for their members ' interest . Environmental interest was also ...
... environmental reasons – such as the Boy Scouts , the Church of England and the National Union of Students - to become interested and set up specific groups to cater for their members ' interest . Environmental interest was also ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The saga of reprocessing | 10 |
Twentieth century nuclear visions | 13 |
Copyright | |
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