A rising ocean. A falling building. A toxic river. Species extinguished. A nuclear landscape. In a world so configured, the state of contemporary ecological thought and practice is woefully--and perilously--inadequate. Focusing on the government's nuclear waste burial program in Carlsbad, New Mexico, "Signs of Danger begins the urgent work of finding a new way of thinking about ecological threat in our time. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad began receiving shipments in 1999. With a proposed closing date of 2030, this repository for nuclear waste must be secured with a sign, the...
A rising ocean. A falling building. A toxic river. Species extinguished. A nuclear landscape. In a world so configured, the state of contemporary ecol...
Van Wyck (communication, Concordia U., Montreal, Quebec) uses the example of one specific government nuclear waste burial program the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico to search for a modern new way of thinking about ecological threats. Coverage includes an overview of several basic points what waste is, what nuclear wastes
Van Wyck (communication, Concordia U., Montreal, Quebec) uses the example of one specific government nuclear waste burial program the Waste Isolation ...
