This Borrowed Earth Lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters around the World
This Borrowed Earth Lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters around the World
- ISBN 13:
9780230619838
- ISBN 10:
0230619835
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 02/02/2010
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary
A piercing look at the worst environmental disasters of the 20th century with a foreword from environmental guru Bill McKibben
Humanity has the potential to preserve the earth for future generations or cause irreparable harm. For the first time here, environmental lawyer and activist Robert Emmet Hernan provides a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of what happened at fifteen environmental disasters in ten countries across the globe.
Over the last century mankind has irrevocably damaged the environment through the unscrupulous greed of big business and our own willful ignorance. Here are the strikingly poignant accounts of disasters whose names live in infamy: Chernobyl, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Love Canal, Minamata and others. And with these, the extraordinary and inspirational stories of the countless men and women who fought bravely to protect the communities and environments at risk.