[D66] Warning: Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe

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Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]
Noam Chomksy (Autor), Laray Polk (Autor)

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Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2013

“There are two problems for our species’ survival—nuclear war and 
environmental catastrophe, ” says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the 
two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection 
since World War II.

While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe 
is partially defined by willful inaction in response to human-induced 
climate change. Denial of the facts is only half the equation. Other 
contributing factors include extreme techniques for the extraction of 
remaining carbon deposits, the elimination of agricultural land for 
bio-fuel, the construction of dams, and the destruction of forests that 
are crucial for carbon sequestration.

On the subject of current nuclear tensions, Chomsky revisits the 
long-established option of a nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) in the 
Middle East, a proposal set in motion through a joint Egyptian Iranian 
General Assembly resolution in 1974.

Intended as a warning, Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe is also 
a reminder that talking about the unspeakable can still be done with 
humor, with wit and indomitable spirit.

Taschenbuch: 160 Seiten
Verlag: Seven Stories Press (30. April 2013)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 1609804546
ISBN-13: 978-1609804541