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- 1975, 1977-1980 (Creation)
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Simon Dalby was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and the University of Victoria, Canada (MA) and holds a PhD from Simon Fraser University of British Columbia, Canada. He was Professor of Geography, Environmental Studies and Political Economy at Carleton University in Ottawa until 2012, when he joined Wilfrid Laurier University’s Balsillie School of International Affairs as professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. His research interests include climate change, environmental security and geopolitics, on which topics he has published extensively.
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Press cuttings from the Evening Press, Hibernian, Irish Independent, Irish Press, Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Sunday Press and unidentified newspapers, originally held in the Dublin office of the Friends of the Earth. Topics include the nuclear debate; risks of nuclear power plants; demand for a public inquiry into Carnsore Point; uranium finds in Wicklow and Carlow; search for uranium in County Tyrone; anti-nuclear protests in Ireland and abroad; Labour Party policy on nuclear power; alternative sources of energy; the dangers of asbestos; and EEC nuclear dictation and its effect on Fianna Fáil’s commitment to nuclear power. The press cuttings are grouped into months by dividers, which are copies of a letter from Simon Dalby to Department of Geography, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2, seeking responses to a previously sent questionnaire regarding the controversy surrounding nuclear power in Ireland. In seven folders.
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- English