The History Hour
The History Hour
BBC World Service
An environmental history special
50 minutes Posted Oct 19, 2019 at 2:06 pm.
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A pioneer of climate change science, UK's Windscale nuclear accident, Kenya's Green Belt heroine who won the Nobel Peace Prize, the man "who fed the world", and banning cars in Mexico City.

(Photo: Thick black smoke blowing out of an industrial chimney. Credit: John Giles/PA)