Unnatural Resources : Energy and Environmental Politics in Appalachia after the 1973 Oil Embargo /

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Unnatural Resources explores the intersection of energy production and environmental regulation in Appalachia after the oil embargo of 1973. The years from 1969 to 1973 saw the passage of a number of laws meant to protect the environment from human destruction, and they initially enjoyed broad publi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Camp, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Colección:History of the urban environment.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Environmental policy > Appalachian Region > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Energy policy > Appalachian Region > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Energy industries > Appalachian Region > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. A joke told too many times
  • "Little bitty cars" : the Department of Energy, oil decontrol, and the anticonservation backlash
  • "Rich, black veins of the future" : the United Mine Workers, railroad deregulation, and the political economy of coal
  • "The model-t of reactors" : the Clinch River Breeder Reactor debate in Congress
  • "Deliberately inflexible" : the Tellico Dam and endangered species law
  • "Hit by inflation like everyone else" : the Tennessee Valley Authority in the era of the market.

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