John Lemons
Biographic Data
| ID | 1644601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Lemons |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Lemons |
| SIGNATURE | LEMONS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Science and ethical and policy challenges to biodiversity protection in an era of climate change
Responses to the Comments on global climate change and non-violent civil disobedience
We thank those who commented on our article for helping foster our goal of initiating greater discussion about global climate change (GCC) and non-violent civil disobedience (NVCD). We see Gupta’s comment (Gupta 2011, this issue) as reinforcing our points, but with the benefit of providing more understanding of Gandhi’s influence in policies and actions that should be useful in future discourse about GCC and NVCD. Likewise, Ott seems to be in bas…
Global climate change and non-violent civil disobedience
Despite knowledge of the risks of global climate change during the past 30 yr, the USA, among other nations, has failed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the risks to present and future generations. This is despite the fact that scientific and ethical literature makes the case that meaningful action is urgent. Consequently, we suggest that climate and environmental scientists, among others, consider whether non-violence civil disobed…
Integrating climate change adaptation and human development
I discuss why integration of global climate change and human development aid programs requires consideration of some understudied uncertainties in making projections of future climate and environmental conditions at local and regional scales, and further, the value-laden policy consequences of dealing with uncertainties for national and international development programs. Additionally, I propose that conflicts between the interests of humans and …
Local development and climate protection
Resolution of conflicts between local development and protection of the global climate is difficult. In the United States, policies in the energy‐rich state of Alaska favour development of resources rather than protection, and, further, most state policies are not based on jurisprudence principles that consider the problem of global climate change. In our article, we describe a proposal to develop a large coal strip mine that raises conflicts bet…
A Reply to “From Aldo Leopold to the Wildlands Project”
Erring with high‐level nuclear waste disposal
Increasingly, the “Precautionary Principle” is being discussed as a basis for decision‐making to protect environmental and human health where there are risks of serious or irreversible damage but where there are gaps in knowledge and uncertainties to demonstrate conclusively either the existence of the risks or their levels. Many analyses of the precautionary principle focus on the abstract or philosophical theories of the principle. Here, I prov…
Congress, Consistency, and Environmental Law
Frameworks for decisions about nuclear waste disposal
Recent decisions have established Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as America's first characterization site for a high‐level nuclear waste repository. The decision remains controversial because it generated numerous understudied and unresolved value‐laden public policy issues. This paper describes several alternative frameworks for assessing decisions about nuclear waste disposal, and is intended to supplement our previous study on the Yucca Mountain repo…
America's high‐level nuclear waste repository
The disposal of high‐level commercial nuclear wastes, the so‐called spent fuel, is one of the most politically and ethically complex environmental issues. A series of actions taken over past decades has resulted in plans to dispose of spent fuels in geologic repositories. This decision has ignited numerous controversies, especially concerning where the repositories should be located. This siting controversy has been “settled” for the time being b…
Small‐scale hydroelectric development as appropriate technology
Proponents of “appropriate” technology maintain that it fosters greater environmental protection, and social and ethical goals of decentralization, fulfillment of basic human needs, intermediacy of scale, and simplicity as compared to large, centralized, and complex technologies such as fossil fuel or nuclear power plants. Small‐scale hydroelectric projects are commonly perceived to be appropriate technology, but few studies have assessed whether…
Ecological stress phenomena and holistic environmental ethics—a viewpoint
Stress ecology represents the field of ecology that measures and evaluates impacts of perturbations on the structure and function of ecosystems. Many human ecologists and philosophers maintain that environmental ethics should be predicted upon holistic ecological principles. Specifically, this implies the successful application of stress ecology to environmental problems. However, few thoroughly discuss the extent to which stress ecology is capab…
A Reply to “On Reading Environmental Ethics”
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Cooperation and Stability as a Basis for Environmental Ethics
Global climate change and non-violent civil disobedience
Despite knowledge of the risks of global climate change during the past 30 yr, the USA, among other nations, has failed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the risks to present and future generations. This is despite the fact that scientific and ethical literature makes the case that meaningful action is urgent. Consequently, we suggest that climate and environmental scientists, among others, consider whether non-violence civil disobed…
Integrating climate change adaptation and human development
I discuss why integration of global climate change and human development aid programs requires consideration of some understudied uncertainties in making projections of future climate and environmental conditions at local and regional scales, and further, the value-laden policy consequences of dealing with uncertainties for national and international development programs. Additionally, I propose that conflicts between the interests of humans and …
Cooperation and Stability as a Basis for Environmental Ethics
Cooperation and Stability as a Basis for Environmental Ethics
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
A Reply to “On Reading Environmental Ethics”
Ecological stress phenomena and holistic environmental ethics—a viewpoint
Stress ecology represents the field of ecology that measures and evaluates impacts of perturbations on the structure and function of ecosystems. Many human ecologists and philosophers maintain that environmental ethics should be predicted upon holistic ecological principles. Specifically, this implies the successful application of stress ecology to environmental problems. However, few thoroughly discuss the extent to which stress ecology is capab…
Small‐scale hydroelectric development as appropriate technology
Proponents of “appropriate” technology maintain that it fosters greater environmental protection, and social and ethical goals of decentralization, fulfillment of basic human needs, intermediacy of scale, and simplicity as compared to large, centralized, and complex technologies such as fossil fuel or nuclear power plants. Small‐scale hydroelectric projects are commonly perceived to be appropriate technology, but few studies have assessed whether…
Frameworks for decisions about nuclear waste disposal
Recent decisions have established Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as America's first characterization site for a high‐level nuclear waste repository. The decision remains controversial because it generated numerous understudied and unresolved value‐laden public policy issues. This paper describes several alternative frameworks for assessing decisions about nuclear waste disposal, and is intended to supplement our previous study on the Yucca Mountain repo…
America's high‐level nuclear waste repository
The disposal of high‐level commercial nuclear wastes, the so‐called spent fuel, is one of the most politically and ethically complex environmental issues. A series of actions taken over past decades has resulted in plans to dispose of spent fuels in geologic repositories. This decision has ignited numerous controversies, especially concerning where the repositories should be located. This siting controversy has been “settled” for the time being b…
Congress, Consistency, and Environmental Law
Erring with high‐level nuclear waste disposal
Increasingly, the “Precautionary Principle” is being discussed as a basis for decision‐making to protect environmental and human health where there are risks of serious or irreversible damage but where there are gaps in knowledge and uncertainties to demonstrate conclusively either the existence of the risks or their levels. Many analyses of the precautionary principle focus on the abstract or philosophical theories of the principle. Here, I prov…
A Reply to “From Aldo Leopold to the Wildlands Project”
Local development and climate protection
Resolution of conflicts between local development and protection of the global climate is difficult. In the United States, policies in the energy‐rich state of Alaska favour development of resources rather than protection, and, further, most state policies are not based on jurisprudence principles that consider the problem of global climate change. In our article, we describe a proposal to develop a large coal strip mine that raises conflicts bet…
Integrating climate change adaptation and human development
I discuss why integration of global climate change and human development aid programs requires consideration of some understudied uncertainties in making projections of future climate and environmental conditions at local and regional scales, and further, the value-laden policy consequences of dealing with uncertainties for national and international development programs. Additionally, I propose that conflicts between the interests of humans and …
Responses to the Comments on global climate change and non-violent civil disobedience
We thank those who commented on our article for helping foster our goal of initiating greater discussion about global climate change (GCC) and non-violent civil disobedience (NVCD). We see Gupta’s comment (Gupta 2011, this issue) as reinforcing our points, but with the benefit of providing more understanding of Gandhi’s influence in policies and actions that should be useful in future discourse about GCC and NVCD. Likewise, Ott seems to be in bas…
Global climate change and non-violent civil disobedience
Despite knowledge of the risks of global climate change during the past 30 yr, the USA, among other nations, has failed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the risks to present and future generations. This is despite the fact that scientific and ethical literature makes the case that meaningful action is urgent. Consequently, we suggest that climate and environmental scientists, among others, consider whether non-violence civil disobed…
Science and ethical and policy challenges to biodiversity protection in an era of climate change
Political science (8 works) · Environmental Science (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Environmental ethics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (5 works) · Contemporary philosophy (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Engineering (5 works)