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Robins Publishes Article on Alcohol and Oil Palm Destruction in Colonial Ghana

Published March 30, 2018

Jonathan Robins’ article “”Imbibing the Lesson of Defiance”: Oil Palms and Alcohol in Colonial Ghana, 1900-1940″ in the journal Environmental History, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 April 2018, Pages 293–317, https://doi.org/10.1093/envhis/emx135

Wellstead: Environmental Policy Change in a Federal System

Published March 28, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Adam Wellstead’s recent paper, “Mechanisms of environmental policy change in a federal system: The case of open federalism and the 2006-15 Harper government” was published in Regional & Federal Studies, 28:2, 177-197, DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2018.1441148

Pischke, Rouleau, and Halvorsen Article: Public Perceptions Towards Oil Palm Cultivation in Tabasco, Mexico

Published March 23, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Erin Pischke, Mark Rouleau, and Kathy Halvorsen recently published “Public perceptions towards oil palm cultivation in Tabasco, Mexico” in the journal Biomass and Bioenergy, 112, 1-10.

Pischke, Solomon, and Wellstead Publish on U.S. Climate Change Policy in the Pan-American Context

Published March 7, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Erin Pischke (SS PhD graduate/Post Doc), Barry Solomon (SS Emeritus) and Adam Wellstead (SS) recently published “A Historical Analysis of US Climate Change Policy in the Pan-American Context” in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

New Book: “Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability” Edited by Schelly and Banerjee. Features Chapters by Kreuze, Pischke, and Sidortsov

Published February 23, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Chelsea Schelly and Aparajita Banerjee (PhD EEP) are co-editors of the volume Environmental Policy and Pursuit of Sustainability, just published by Rout ledge. Contributing authors/co-authors include Amanda Kreuze (MS EEP), Erin Pischke (PhD EEP), and Roman Sidortsov along with Banerjee and Schelly.

Scarlett, Trepal, and Keweenaw Time Traveler Research on how Copper Country Towns have Changed Featured in Detroit Free Press

Published February 20, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Research by Sarah Scarlett (SS) and Dan Trepal, a PhD student in Industrial Heritage and Archeology, was featured in the Detroit Free Press. The article describes how the Keweenaw Time Traveler can be used to understand how Copper Country towns have changed over time.

Arnold and Lafreniere Publish on Creating a Longitudinal Data-driven Model of Change over Time

Published February 2, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Industrial Heritage and Archeology PhD graduate John Arnold and Don Lafreniere (SS/GLRC) published the article: “Creating a Longi tudinal, Data-driven 3D Model of Change Over Time in a Postindustrial Landscape Using GIS and CityEngine,” in the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development.

Lafreniere Recent Publications

Published February 2, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Don Lafreniere (SS/GLRC) recently published the “Routledge Companion to Spatial History (Routledge, UK, 2018, 636 pp.), which he co-edited with Ian Gregory (Lancaster University, UK) and Don Debats (Flinders University, Australia).

Lafreniere also co-authored three chapters of the 28-chapter volume: “Introduction” (chapter 1), “Following Workers of the Industrial City across a Decade: Residential, Occupational, and Workplace Mobilities” (chapter 14), and “‘A city of the white race occupies its place’: Kanaka Row, Chinatown, and the Indian Quarter in Victorian Victoria” (chapter 15).

Re-Imagining the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Published January 31, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Angie Carter recently published the co-written article, “Public Action for Public Science: Re-imagining the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture” in Capitalism Nature Socialism Vol. 0, Iss. 0, 2018 in a special ecofeminism edition. The article analyzes community based efforts to rebuild the Center after its defunding by the State legislature.

Solomon Publishes on Geographies of Energy

Published January 30, 2018

By Amy Spahn

Professor Emeritus Barry D. Solomon (SS) recently published the “Handbook on the Geographies of Energy” (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, 2017, 576 pp.), which he co-edited with Kirby Calvert (University of Guelph, Canada).

Solomon also co-authored three chapters of the 37-chapter volume: Introduction (chapter 1), Geographical Dimensions of Wind Power (chapter 10), and Geography of Geothermal Energy Technologies (chapter 12).

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