When Risk Assessment is Risky: Predicting the Effects of Technology

By David Ehrenfeld, originally published by Post Carbon Institute/Foundation for Deep Ecology

June 13, 2013

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This essay comes from the book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth Published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology in collaboration with Watershed Media and Post Carbon Institute.

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When Risk Assessment is Risky — David Ehrenfeld

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David Ehrenfeld

David Ehrenfeld is a proffessor at Rutgers University and a leading conservation biologist. He was the founding editor of the journal Conservation Biology, was a longtime columnist for Orion, and is the author of several books, including Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology and The Arrogance of Humanism.

Tags: Deepwater Oil, Energy Infrastructure, energy-reality, risk management, Technology

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