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David Roberts |
06 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| ... dismantles NYT columnist John Tierney's latest attack on Rachel Carson. |
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| Topics: books, environmental movement, health, toxics (all these topics) |
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Under the Covers: Voices from Chernobyl
A heartbreaking collection of monologues from those affected by the disaster |
Sarah van Schagen |
26 Apr 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Today is the 20th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine. And in remembrance, I bring to you a special edition of Under the Covers, highlighting the book Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster, which recently hit my desk with an incredibly depressing thud. Written -- or rather, collected -- by journalist Svetlana Alexievich (and translated by Keith Gessen), Voices from Chernobyl presents personal accounts of the tragedy vi ... |
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| Topics: books, health, nuclear power, toxics (all these topics) |
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Unhealthy Skepticism
On Bjorn Lomborg and environmental hazards to human health |
Devra Davis |
12 Dec 2001 |
Arts and Minds |
| You know what they say about people who become statisticians? They lacked the personality to become accountants. Whatever their personalities may be, those who spend their lives sorting through reams of numbers often lose sight of what those numbers mean and represent. The Skeptical Environmentalist is a big and infuriating book, written by a statistician and self-described former envir ... |
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