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- 1978-1981 (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 and photocopies of press cuttings from The Colonist, Cork Examiner, Daily Telegraph, Evening Echo, Evening Press, Financial Post, Hibernia, Industrial Research/Development, Irish Times, Monday Magazine, Sunday Times, Sunday Times Business News, Sunday Tribune and Victoria Times, originally contained in a folder marked ‘Energy Press Cuttings’. Topics include anti-nuclear activities in Ireland and abroad; uranium mining in Australia; nuclear accidents, incidents and problems abroad; uranium mining and export; the arms race and the cold war; shortage of oil; Kinsale gas field; construction of nuclear power plants abroad; energy industry; the proposed Carnsore Point nuclear power plant; and offshore oil and gas exploration. In ten folders.
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- Béarla