Industrialization in the postbellum u. S. , and the cultural history of Petroleum Use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about American Environmental ethics and precedents. He has examined industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and landuse planning on the modern environmental movement. Professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. This evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th centurys use of Energy Sources including petroleum, and the fuels enduring impact on our environment and climate today. Give a warm welcome to professor brian black. [applause] professor black thanks ,everyone. Thanks, everyone. Thank you for being hardcore audience to come out on an evening like this. Thank you, kamil, and everyone for putting together this program. I truly am impressed on a number of levels and i have not been to this facility, so i am impressed at that. I was part of a confere
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Hundreds of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes well get the latest from manila. And the demonstrators who keep up the pressure as delegates get down to work at the u. N. Climate summit in madrid their goal of making leading nations like germany Carbon Neutral i 25th. Kind of football making the peano and lionel messi are awarded the prestigious following door pino coughing a stellar year on the pitch while messi wins this trophy for a record 6th time. Im brian thomas great to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has arrived in london where hell be marking natos 70th birthday with other leaders of the worlds biggest military alliance 2 days of talks dominated by. Finances differences on how to approach russia and the Cyber Threats posed by chinese 5 g. Telecom companies present tribes expected to continue to pressure allies to spend more and to back plans for a space based nato force. While the president is taking a more conciliatory approach to nato Member Stat