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Power on the Hudson : Storm King Mountain and the emergence of modern American environmentalism /

The story of the Storm King Mountain power project involves three things, each of which was undergoing tremendous change in the 1960s and 1970s: environmentalism, energy, and the Hudson River Valley. Some historical background on these topics reveals how they influenced the struggle over the Storm K...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lifset, Robert D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction Environmentalism energy, and the Hudson River Valley
  • Part 1. The growing importance of ecology within environmentalism: Storm King, 1962-1965. 1. The co-optation of establishment environmentalism and the emergence of scenic Hudson
  • 2. Scenic Hudson's losing effort
  • 3. Scenic Hudson finds ecology and the Zeitgeist
  • 4. The politics of Storm King
  • 5. The scenic Hudson case. Part II. The struggle between energy and environmentalism: Storm King, 1966-1972. 6. 6. The Federal Power Commission versus environmentalists
  • 7. Scenic Hudson attacks Con Ed's political support
  • 8. The expansion of environmentalism in the Hudson River Valley. Part III. A new balance of power: Storm King, 1970-1980. 9. The proliferation of lawsuits in the Hudson River Valley
  • 10. The sex life of striped bass and Con Ed's near-death experience
  • 11. The Hudson River Peace Treaty of 1980
  • Epilogue. The legacy of Storm King, 1980-2012.