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Power on the Hudson

Lifset, Robert D.,

Power on the Hudson Storm King Mountain and the emergence of modern American environmentalism / [electronic resource] : Robert D. Lifset. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press 2014. - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 309 pages) :) illustrations, maps - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index.

Introduction Environmentalism energy, and the Hudson River Valley -- Part 1. The growing importance of ecology within environmentalism: Storm King, 1962-1965. 1. The co-optation of establishment environmentalism and the emergence of scenic Hudson -- 2. Scenic Hudson's losing effort -- 3. Scenic Hudson finds ecology and the Zeitgeist -- 4. The politics of Storm King -- 5. The scenic Hudson case. Part II. The struggle between energy and environmentalism: Storm King, 1966-1972. 6. 6. The Federal Power Commission versus environmentalists -- 7. Scenic Hudson attacks Con Ed's political support -- 8. The expansion of environmentalism in the Hudson River Valley. Part III. A new balance of power: Storm King, 1970-1980. 9. The proliferation of lawsuits in the Hudson River Valley -- 10. The sex life of striped bass and Con Ed's near-death experience -- 11. The Hudson River Peace Treaty of 1980 -- Epilogue. The legacy of Storm King, 1980-2012.

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Electric power-plants--Environmental aspects--New York (State)


Storm King Mountain (N.Y.)


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

TD195.E4 / L54 2014