THIS BORROWED EARTH: LESSONS FROM THE FIFTEEN WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS AROUND THE WORLD

Book ID/图书代码： 07816010B36957

English Summary/英文概要： THIS BORROWED EARTH by Robert Emmet Hernan, consists of 15 stories of famous environmental disasters which occurred throughout the world, during the 20th century, and from which we must learn if we are to sustain the planet for further centuries to come. The Preface has been written by Bill McKibben, Environmentalist, Educator and Author of "The End of Nature", McMillan Press 2007.
Timely with today’s disaster in the Gulf of Mexico’s oil spill, these disasters are written as the events unfold and they describe what happened to the people who were experiencing them at that time. The reader is transported back to that period of time and place. These are extremely readable and often very shocking and sad. They include The Great Smog in 1952 in London, Three Mile Island, Bhopal, Chernobyl, Exon Valdes Oil spill, the Brazilian Rainforest etc. all of which have helped to create the global warming situation of today.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 罗伯特的这本《借来的地球》（BORROWED EARTH）包含了全世界15个著名的环境大灾难。在20世纪的今日，为了维护地球生命的持久延续，我们必须学会爱护它。序言是由麦克米兰出版社2007年出版的《自然末日》（The End of Nature）作者，教育家，环境学家比尔麦克基本（Bill McKibben）所撰。
本书与时俱进，涵盖了今时今日墨西哥湾石油喷洒等灾难，拨开疑雾，由当事人亲口叙述。读者在阅读的过程如临其境。本书可读性极强，非常震撼人心。书中内容包括1952年伦敦的大雾事件、三里岛漏油事件、巴西雨林等，所有的史实都对全球气温变暖有不可推卸的责任。(兼职翻译-XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：Review
’...His style is readable and persuasive, his points not to be ignored.’---The Good Book Guide (“他的风格很有可读性，并且说服力很强，应该受到重视。”---《好书指导》)

’This Borrowed Earth: Lessons from Fifteen Environmental Disasters Around the World, powerfully depicts in simple, transparent prose, the lasting and wrenching impact of some of the major environmental disasters of the last century, which younger generations may only barely remember. But Mr. Hernan’s book does much more. It reveals a striking similarity in the genesis of these disasters that can shed light on ways to prevent them in the future – in particular, the profit-driven development of production technologies with no heed to their health and environmental effects or the environmental fate of their products. One is convinced, after reading Mr. Hernan’s book, that the only way to slow the rate of growth of devastating climate change is for governments around the world to assert control over our most basic technology – the production of energy in ways that can lift the world out of poverty without destroying it in the process.’---Barry Commoner, American biologist (“《借来的地球》讲了全世界15个环境大灾难的经验教训，有力描述了上世纪一些主要环境问题的影响以及年轻一代无从得知的史实，言语简练，通俗易懂。不仅如此，作者赫南还指出了这些灾难的共性，以找出将来阻止他们的方式，尤其是生产技术的发展对人类自身健康和环境的影响以及产物的命运。读完此书，人们会信服，对世界和政府来说只有一条缓解气候变化的方法以确保掌控我们最最基础的技术，能够带我们脱离贫困又不会破坏环境的能量发展方式。”---巴瑞•考莫纳（Barry Commoner），美国生物学家)

About the Author/作者介绍： Robert Emmet Hernan, until recently, served as Senior Counsel for Commissioner Initiatives for the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation. From 1988 - 2007, he was Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York serving as trial counsel for the State in major toxic waste cases, including the infamous Love Canal Case. He was an English Professor for 15 years prior to his legal profession.
罗伯特•艾美特•赫南（Robert Emmet Hernan）直到最近一直是纽约州环境保护部高级委员会会员。从1988年到2007年，他是纽约州总律师助理，审判委员会负责废水处理案，包括著名的爱运河案件。在从事律师之前，他还当过过15年的英语老师。
BILL MCKIBBEN is the author of more than a dozen books, including The End of Nature, Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age, and Deep Economy. A former staff writer for The New Yorker, he writes regularly for Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Review of Books, among other publications. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, and their daughter.
GRAHAM NASH is the founding member of Crosby, Stills, Nash& Young, a published photographer, and an environmental activist.

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