The origins of energy and environmental policy in Europe : the beginnings of a European environmental conscience / / Thomas C. Hoerber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779447203321
• Autore: Hoerber Thomas C.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-08304-0; 1-283-89447-5; 1-136-18272-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Collana: Environmental politics / Routledge research in Environmental politics ; ; v.20
• Disciplina: 333.7094
• Soggetti: Environmental policy - Europe; Energy policy - Europe; Europe Environmental conditions; Europe Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Origins of Energy and Environmental Policy in Europe: The beginnings of a European environmental conscience; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; I Introduction; Research questions; Methodology; Meta-theory; Habermas; Gadamer; Braudel; Original integration theory; Monnet/Schuman; De Gaulle/Debré; Adenauer; Applied integration theory; Parsons; Senge; Conclusion; Timeframe; Geographical choice; Sources; National parliamentary debates; European Parliament; Council of Ministers: COREPER Reports; Commission: General Reports; Commission: Procès-Verbaux Spéciaux; A European response to energy dependence? - OutlookII Energy and environment; Introduction; 1 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: COAL; Energy: coal; The decline of the coal industry; Rearguard class struggle; Energy independence; Environment: coal in the 1970s; Technical research on coal; Literature review; Conclusion: coal; 2 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: OIL; Energy: oil; The beginnings of the oil crisis, 1973; ; The oil crisis; A European energy policy and the breakdown of European solidarity; Energy shortage (from 1973); Environment: oil; Environmental concerns; Literature review; Conclusion: oil; 3 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: ATOMEnergy: atom; National nuclear fission programmes; Military collaboration; Research collaboration; Nuclear fusion; Environment: atom; Waste heat; Radiation; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear tests; Nuclear waste; Literature review; Conclusion: atom; 4 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: CONCLUSION; Repercussions of the oil crisis; Energy mix; Energy saving (from 1973); Energy efficiency (mainly from 1973); A European energy policy; Literature review; III Environment; Introduction; Governmental structure for environmental politics; Definition of the environment; Importance of environmental issuesPollution; Air pollution; Water pollution; Noise; Global warming; Conservation/environmental protection; Public health; European environmental policy; Waste; Recycling; Sustainable growth; Renewables; Water; Solar; Wind and other; Literature review; Environment: conclusion; IV Conclusion; The oil crisis and European integration; Britain and Europe; Literature critique; The Commission as the "brains" of the Community; Outlook; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the development of a European environmental conscience through successive steps of European integration in energy policy. In the 1960s-70s, the world was slowly beginning to realise that environment degradation was not sustainable. With phenomena such as acid rain, it became clear that pollution did not stop at national boundaries and the European environmental conscience developed in parallel to such growing environmental concerns. The oil crisis in 1973 was a turning point in the integration process for both energy policy and environment policy, and while