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Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia
International Political Economy Series

Palgrave Macmillan
Energy in Europe and Russia is in flux. This book presents a rich set of case studies for analyzing the complex and intertwined regional dynamics of multiple...
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Energy and US Foreign Policy
The Quest for Resource Security after the Cold War
International Library of Security Studies

I.B. Tauris
The quest for oil can be seen as a defining principle of global US foreign policy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of American...
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Feeling the Heat
The Politics of Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrializing Countries
Energy, Climate and the Environment

Palgrave Macmillan
To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors...
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The Doomsday Machine
The High Price of Nuclear Energy, the World's Most Dangerous Fuel

Palgrave Macmillan
Today, there are over one hundred nuclear reactors operating in our backyards, from Indian Point in New York to Diablo Canyon in California. Proponents claim...
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Fly and Be Damned
What Now for Aviation and Climate Change?

Zed Books
Fly and Be Damned gets underneath the well-known facts about the unsustainable nature of the aviation industry and argues for fundamental change to our...
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Environmental and Health Regulation in the United States and the European Union
Protecting Public and Planet

Palgrave Macmillan
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the United States increasingly has relaxed its regulatory posture in the face of critical challenges to...
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Energy Security in the Era of Climate Change
The Asia-Pacific Experience
Energy, Climate and the Environment

Palgrave Macmillan
Leading scholars assess the transformations in energy security policy that flow from recognition of global climate change.They explore through case studies the...
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Posthuman International Relations
Complexity, Ecologism and Global Politics

Zed Books
In this bold intervention, Cudworth and Hobden draw on recent advances in thinking about complexity theory to call for a profound re-envisioning of the study...
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Environmental Politics
The Age of Climate Change

Palgrave Macmillan
The impact of the environment in general and climate change in particular is now entrenched as a key political concern. The comprehensively revised edition of...
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Why We Hate the Oil Companies
Straight Talk from an Energy Insider

Palgrave Macmillan
As president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister was known for being a straight shooter, willing to challenge his peers throughout the industry. Now, he’s a man on a...

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This Borrowed Earth
Lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters around the World
MacSci

Palgrave Macmillan
Over the last century mankind has irrevocably damaged the environment through the unscrupulous greed of big business and our own willful ignorance. Here are...
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Urban Green
Architecture for the Future

Palgrave Macmillan
Sustainable design is booming, but the men and women dedicated to reducing their carbon impact have lost sight of what they are trying to save: the natural...
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Green
Your Place in the New Energy Revolution

Palgrave Macmillan
Green illustrates and sheds new light on the gamut of issues associated with renewable energy, a topic whose importance increases exponentially with every...
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Environmental Economics
In Theory & Practice, Second Edition

Palgrave Macmillan
The second edition of Environmental Economics has been fully updated and revised to take into account recent developments relating to the relationship between...
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Sustainable Energy
Opportunities and Limitations
Energy, Climate and the Environment

Palgrave Macmillan
In this timely book, leading authors explore the technologies that might help us to develop a sustainable energy future, emphasising renewable energy and the...
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What Environmentalists Need to Know about Economics

Palgrave Macmillan
Provides a conceptual set of tools for how to approach environmental issues in a rigorous and thoughtful manner, based on an analysis of incentives, property...
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BP and the Macondo Spill
The Complete Story

Palgrave Macmillan
The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs,...
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Light Years
An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light
MacSci

Palgrave Macmillan
This is the story of the greatest puzzle in our universe: what is light? Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most...
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Lonesome George
The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon
MacSci

Palgrave Macmillan
Lonesome George is a 5 foot long, 200 pound tortoise, between 60 and 200 years old. In 1971 he was discovered on the remote Galapagos island of Pinta, from...
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Confronting the Climate
British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

Palgrave Macmillan
This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the...
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Landscapes of Culture and Nature

Palgrave Macmillan
This book is a bold and exciting exploration of the relationship and interactions between humans, the human landscape and the earth, looking at a diverse range...
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China's Environmental Crisis
Domestic and Global Political Impacts and Responses
Environmental Politics and Theory

Palgrave Macmillan
This wide-ranging and path-breaking collection of essays on China’s environmental crisis takes a new approach, transcending the typical “gloom and doom” media...
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Learning from Wind Power
Governance, Societal and Policy Perspectives on Sustainable Energy
Energy, Climate and the Environment

Palgrave Macmillan
Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors that have shaped the recent...
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Energy in the Caspian Region
Present and Future

Palgrave Macmillan
The Energy Reserves of the Caspian Region have been hailed as the new 'Middle East.' This book offers a thorough assessment of its energy resources and the...