Media center : Publications
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The Rainmakers
Alternatives magazine n° 14, 2nd quarter 2007Author(s) : Tim Flannery, Publications : Héloïse d’Ormesson
Date of publication: 2006In writing the history of weather over time, the author, a researcher with the zoology laboratory of the Australian Museum in Sydney, proposes an interesting essay on environmental geopolitics. His book is also a humanist pamphlet, and does not...
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The Sea: the Earth’s Future
Alternatives magazine n° 14, 2nd quarter 2007Author(s) : Philip Plisson, Christian Buchet, Anne Jankéliowitch, Publications : La Martinière
Date of publication: 2006The sea – the key to life and to the survival of the planet – is a constant invitation to reach beyond. Philip Plisson presents his photos of the world’s oceans in this publication, most of them never before published. This book...
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Access to water and energy: from vision to action*
Alternatives magazine n° 13, 1st quarter 2007Author(s) : Pierre Victoria, Publications : Lavoisier (Hermes Science Publications)
Date of publication: 2005Access to water and energy is vital to humankind and necessary for economic and social development. Yet hundreds of millions of people are still deprived of them. In 2000, the U.N. General Assembly set a goal of halving the number of people...
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Biofuels: Status, outlook and challenges for development*
Alternatives magazine n° 13, 1st quarter 2007Author(s) : Daniel Ballerini, Nathalie Alazard-Toux, Publications : Technip
Date of publication: 2006With oil prices rising, biofuels would appear to be a potential alternative for transportation, and the future looks bright. This overview written by an expert in biotechnology and biomass chemistry, in collaboration with other specialists,...
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Marie Curie et les conquérants de l’atome, 1896-2006
Alternatives magazine n° 12, 3rd quarter 2006Author(s) : Jean-Pierre Poirier, Publications : Pygmalion
Date of publication: 2006Drawing on documents of the period, correspondence, verbal accounts and scholarly research, Jean-Pierre Poirier recounts, in simple language, one of the most extraordinary and fascinating sagas of the 20th century: that of the atom. Exploring the...
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Our Petroleum Challenge – Sustainability into the 21st Century
Alternatives magazine n° 12, 3rd quarter 2006Author(s) : Centre for energy, Publications : Centre for energy
Date of publication: 2005, 136 pagesThe 7th edition of this publication provides an overview of Canada’s crude oil and natural gas resources (translated into French under the title Défi à notre industrie pétrolière: La durabilité au...
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Energy in 2050, new challenges and false hopes
Alternatives magazine n° 11, 1st quarter 2006Author(s) : Bernard Wiesenfeld, Publications : EDP Sciences
Date of publication: 2005This precise, comprehensive book provides scientific answers to issues that concern us all, and which concern energy consumption. As a prelude to the current revolution, basic questions are being asked regarding which science has yet to provide...
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PowerDown: Options And Actions For A Post-Carbon World
Alternatives magazine n° 10, 4th quarter 2005Author(s) : Richard Heinberg, Publications : New Society Publishers
Date of publication: 2004According to Richard Heinberg, resource depletion, accelerated by the demographic pressure and rapid industrialization of former third-world countries, is now only a question of decades. But most western leaders are still looking at how to...
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Photovoltaic solar energy
Alternatives magazine n° 10, 4th quarter 2005Author(s) : Anne Labouret, Michel Villoz, Publications : Dunod
Date of publication: 2005Co-written by a Ph.D. who worked on photovoltaic cells and an electrical engineer from the Lausanne Polytechnic School who is also an expert in the Photovoltaic Program of the International Energy Agency, the book is above all a technical manual....
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Radiation and Modern Life: Fulfilling Marie Curie’s Dream
Alternatives magazine n° 9, 3rd quarter 2005Author(s) : Alan E. Waltar, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, Publications : Prometheus books
Date of publication: 2004All you ever wanted to know about radiation. Prof. Alan E. Waltar, a researcher at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, gives a clear explanation of the radioactive decay process and reviews the various types of radiation and their uses. He...
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The energy of tomorrow: technology, the environment and the economy
Alternatives magazine n° 9, 3rd quarter 2005Author(s) : Jean-Louis Bobin, Élisabeth Huffer, Hervé Nifenecker, Publications : EDP Sciences
Date of publication: 2005The energy debate is a highly topical one, and this book (L’énergie de demain: techniques, environnement, économie), aimed at readers with a basic knowledge of science, helps us arrive at an informed opinion. The general...
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Supply essentials – Utilities global survey 2004
Alternatives magazine n° 8, 1st quarter 2005Author(s) : PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Date of publication: 2004, 80 pagesThis 80-page document published by the Pricewaterhouse - Coopers group presents a very comprehensive panorama of the energy sector and the worldwide outlook. It was prepared from 178 interviews with managers of 148 energy companies in 47...
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The environmental impacts of power generation: Lessons learned from Europe
Alternatives magazine n° 8, 1st quarter 2005Author(s) : Hélène Lambert, Didier Beutier, Publications : Techniques et économiques
Date of publication: 2004Hélène Lambert and Didier Beutier, from AREVA’s Economic Analysis and Forecasting Department, explain how energy policy choices must now address the impacts of various power generation sources on man and the environment. To do...
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Nuclear power: "Les chemins de l’uranium" (uranium lifecycle)
Alternatives magazine n° 7, 4th quarter 2004Author(s) : Pierre Morvan, Michel Jorda, Francis Sorin, Publications : Ellipses
Date of publication: 2004, 192 pagesBy building 58 nuclear reactors with a total electricity output of 62,000 megawatts in a relatively short time, France is now the second largest "civilian" nuclear power in the world, after the United States, and the first in terms of the share...
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Facts and trends to 2050: Energy and climate change
Alternatives magazine n° 7, 4th quarter 2004Author(s) : WBCSD, Publications : WBCSD
Date of publication: 2004, 16 pagesOn the occasion of the 19th World Energy Congress in Sydney, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has produced a new publication entitled “Facts and trends to 2050: Energy and climate change”. The...
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