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Articles

Destabilizing Environmentalism: Epiphanal Change and the Emergence of Pro-Nuclear Environmentalism

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Pages 549-562 | Received 27 Jan 2015, Accepted 06 Nov 2015, Published online: 22 Dec 2015

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