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Climate Change

IPCC, Water Crisis, and Policy Riddles with Reference to India and Her Surroundings

by Binayak Ray ...

Notwithstanding denials by climate-skeptics, the global scientific community considers the world environment is rapidly worsening. They argue that failure to adopt measures to reduce CO2 gas emission in the atmosphere could lead to disastrous social-economic, politico-security and environmental consequences. Skeptics argue that climate changes are due to nature's own cyclical phenomenon. They fail ... Read more

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Notwithstanding denials by climate-skeptics, the global scientific community considers the world environment is rapidly worsening. They argue that failure to adopt measures to reduce CO2 gas emission in the atmosphere could lead to disastrous social-economic, politico-security and environmental consequences. Skeptics argue that climate changes are due to nature's own cyclical phenomenon. They fail
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No Is Not Enough

Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

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The New York Times–bestselling roadmap to resistance in the Trump era from the internationally acclaimed activist and author of On Fire and The Battle for Paradise.The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. Trump's vision—a radical deregulation of the US economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out war on "radical Islamic terrorism," and a ... Read more

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The New York Times–bestselling roadmap to resistance in the Trump era from the internationally acclaimed activist and author of On Fire and The Battle for Paradise.The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. Trump's vision—a radical deregulation of the US economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out war on "radical Islamic terrorism," and a
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When Soldiers Fall

How Americans Have Confronted Combat Losses from World War I to Afghanistan

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Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war. ... Read more

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Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war.
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Greenpeace Captain

My Adventures in Protecting the Future of Our Planet

by Peter Willcox, Ronald B. Weiss ...

Greenpeace's most experienced captain recounts his thrilling adventures on the seas in this action-packed memoir."Willcox raises important environmental awareness and celebrates Greenpeace exploits, which should inspire like-minded activists." ― Kirkus ReviewsPeter Wilcox has been a Captain for Greenpeace for over thirty years. He would never call himself a hero, but he is recognized on every ... Read more

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Greenpeace's most experienced captain recounts his thrilling adventures on the seas in this action-packed memoir."Willcox raises important environmental awareness and celebrates Greenpeace exploits, which should inspire like-minded activists." ― Kirkus ReviewsPeter Wilcox has been a Captain for Greenpeace for over thirty years. He would never call himself a hero, but he is recognized on every
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Climate Coup

Global Warming's Invasion of Our Government and Our Lives

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A first-rate team of experts offers compelling documentation on the pervasive influence global warming alarmism now has on almost every aspect of our society-from national defense, law, trade, and politics to health, education, and international development. ... Read more

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A first-rate team of experts offers compelling documentation on the pervasive influence global warming alarmism now has on almost every aspect of our society-from national defense, law, trade, and politics to health, education, and international development.
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Urban Sustainability

Reconnecting Space and Place

by Ann Dale, William Dushenko, Pamela J. Robinson ...

Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities, the need for sustainable planning has never been greater. This book explores concrete ways to achieve urban sustainability based on integrated planning, policy development, and decision-making.Urban Sustainability is the first book to provide an applied interdisciplinary perspective on the challenges and opportunities ... Read more

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Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities, the need for sustainable planning has never been greater. This book explores concrete ways to achieve urban sustainability based on integrated planning, policy development, and decision-making.Urban Sustainability is the first book to provide an applied interdisciplinary perspective on the challenges and opportunities
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Everything In Its Path

by Kai T. Erikson ...

The 1977 Sorokin Award–winning story of Buffalo Creek in the aftermath of a devastating flood.On February 26, 1972, 132-million gallons of debris-filled muddy water burst through a makeshift mining-company dam and roared through Buffalo Creek, a narrow mountain hollow in West Virginia. Following the flood, survivors from a previously tightly knit community were crowded into trailer homes with no ... Read more

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The 1977 Sorokin Award–winning story of Buffalo Creek in the aftermath of a devastating flood.On February 26, 1972, 132-million gallons of debris-filled muddy water burst through a makeshift mining-company dam and roared through Buffalo Creek, a narrow mountain hollow in West Virginia. Following the flood, survivors from a previously tightly knit community were crowded into trailer homes with no
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The Paradoxes of Aid Work

Passionate Professionals

by Silke Roth ...

Series series Routledge Humanitarian Studies
This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations. Analysing the processes that lead to the involvement in development cooperation, emergency relief and human rights work and tracing the pathways into and ... Read more

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This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations. Analysing the processes that lead to the involvement in development cooperation, emergency relief and human rights work and tracing the pathways into and
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The United States of Excess

Gluttony and the Dark Side of American Exceptionalism

by Robert Paarlberg ...

Compared to other wealthy countries, America stands out as a gluttonous over-consumer of both food and fuel. The United States boasts an obesity prevalence double the industrial world average, and per capita carbon emissions twice the average for Europe. Still worse, the policy steps taken by America in response to obesity and climate change have so far been the weakest in the industrial world. ... Read more

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Compared to other wealthy countries, America stands out as a gluttonous over-consumer of both food and fuel. The United States boasts an obesity prevalence double the industrial world average, and per capita carbon emissions twice the average for Europe. Still worse, the policy steps taken by America in response to obesity and climate change have so far been the weakest in the industrial world.
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Americans at Risk

Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do

by Irwin Redlener ...

This important book by one of our leading experts on disaster preparedness offers a compelling narrative about our nation’s inability to properly plan for large-scale disasters and proposes changes that can still be made to assure the safety of its citizens.Five years after 9/11 and one year after Hurricane Katrina, it is painfully clear that the government’s emergency response capacity is plagued ... Read more

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This important book by one of our leading experts on disaster preparedness offers a compelling narrative about our nation’s inability to properly plan for large-scale disasters and proposes changes that can still be made to assure the safety of its citizens.Five years after 9/11 and one year after Hurricane Katrina, it is painfully clear that the government’s emergency response capacity is plagued
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Routledge Handbook of Science, Technology, and Society

Edited by Daniel Lee Kleinman, Kelly Moore ...

Series series Routledge International Handbooks
Over the last decade or so, the field of science and technology studies (STS) has become an intellectually dynamic interdisciplinary arena. Concepts, methods, and theoretical perspectives are being drawn both from long-established and relatively young disciplines. From its origins in philosophical and political debates about the creation and use of scientific knowledge, STS has become a wide and ... Read more

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Over the last decade or so, the field of science and technology studies (STS) has become an intellectually dynamic interdisciplinary arena. Concepts, methods, and theoretical perspectives are being drawn both from long-established and relatively young disciplines. From its origins in philosophical and political debates about the creation and use of scientific knowledge, STS has become a wide and
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The Grid Down Prepper: How to survive when the power goes out

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Are You and Your Family Ready to Survive Without Power?Are you prepared for when the power grid goes down? There are any number of things that can cause a power grid collapse: war, government interference, natural disasters, and on and on. You can have the greatest prepping plan in the world, but if you forget to prep for a power grid collapse, all of your hard work will be for nothing. So where ... Read more

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Are You and Your Family Ready to Survive Without Power?Are you prepared for when the power grid goes down? There are any number of things that can cause a power grid collapse: war, government interference, natural disasters, and on and on. You can have the greatest prepping plan in the world, but if you forget to prep for a power grid collapse, all of your hard work will be for nothing. So where
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