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1. 1. Coal Lives : Italians and the Metabolism of Coal in Wallonia, Belgium, 1945-1980

   Författare :Daniele Valisena; Marco Armiero; Sverker Sörlin; Don Mitchell; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; environmental humanities; migration; environmental history; coal; mining; metabolism; Italians; ECSC; heritage; toxicity; geo-history; walking methodology; minatori; emigrazione; storia delle migrazioni; storia ambientale; CECA; patrimonio culturale; tossicità; metabolismo; geostoria; mineurs italiens; migration; CECA; patrimoine; metabolisme; geo-histoire; histoire de l environnement; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

   Sammanfattning : This manuscript focuses on the relationship between coal and the history of the over 300,000 Italian miners who moved to Wallonia, Belgium, from 1946 onwards, in accordance to the State agreement between Italy and Belgium known as “men in exchange for coal.” Notably, I use environmental history of migration to analyze what I define as “the metabolism of coal. LÄS MER

3. 2. Kolets återkomst : Koldioxidavskiljning och lagring i vetenskap och politik

   Författare :Anders Hansson; Jonas Anshelm; Mats Westermark; Alf Hornborg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Carbon capture; carbon storage; coal power; CCS; energy politics; climate politics; scenario; ecological modernization; Koldioxidavskiljning; koldioxidlagring; kolkraft; CCS; ekologisk modernisering; energipolitik; klimatpolitik; scenario; Technology and social change; Teknik och social förändring;

   Sammanfattning : I denna avhandling studeras en ny teknik för att hantera växthuseffekten. Den nya tekniken heter koldioxidavskiljning och lagring (CCS) och granskades av FN:s klimatpanel 2005 och tillskrevs då möjligheterna att stå för 15-55% av alla CO2-reducering fram till 2100 och detta till en 30% lägre kostnad än vad som annars vore möjligt. LÄS MER

4. 3. Dirty coal: Industrial populism as purification in Poland's mining heartland

   Författare :Irma Allen; Sverker Sörlin; Sabine Höhler; Christopher Hann; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; coal; populism; Poland; Silesia; environmental humanities; postsocialism; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö;

   Sammanfattning : In the second half of the 2010s, far-right populist parties gained increasing power and influenceacross Europe, and around the world. Core to their ethnonationalist, anti-elite agenda, and theiremotive politics, has often been a defense of fossil fuels, threatening action to address the climatecrisis and raising the spectre of fascism. LÄS MER

5. 4. Steel Beyond Coal : Socio-Technical Change and the Emergent Politics of Steel Decarbonisation

   Författare :Valentin Vogl; Miljö- och energisystem; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Steel; coal; climate change; decarbonisation; socio-technical transitions; sustainability;

   Sammanfattning : The steel industry is responsible for 8% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and is the second largest user of coal after the power sector. The main emission source in steel production is the blast furnace, which converts iron ore and metallurgical coal into pig iron that is then further refined into steel. LÄS MER

7. 5. Coal, commerce and communism : Empirical studies on energy history in the Czech Republic

   Författare :Hana Nielsen; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; industrialization; coal; modern economic growth; central planning; iron and steel; energy efficiency;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis employs an international comparative perspective to empirically analyse the Czech energy transition between 1830 and 2010. It addresses the utilization of energy in shaping modern economic growth through structural and technological change and the implications of those changes on specialization and foreign trade. LÄS MER