能源开发与自然保护之争——20世纪60至70年代“风暴王山争论”及其思考

The Debate between Energy Development and Nature Conservation: The Storm King Controversy in the 1960s~70s and Its Thinking

20世纪60至70年代,围绕综合爱迪生电力公司在纽约风暴王山上的水电项目,环保主义者与能源开发者展开了激烈论战。其中,前者以哈德逊风景保护协会为代表,致力于维护哈德逊河谷的自然环境;后者以综合爱迪生电力公司等电力企业为代表,支持水电站的建设。最后,两者的争论以双方签订《哈德逊河和平协定》而告终。这场争论体现了公众在能源开发与自然保护的对抗中寻求平衡的努力,对此后现代环保运动的发展有着深远的影响。

In 1960s and 1970s, environmentalists and energy developers launched a fierce controversy about the proposed pumped storage plant of Con Edison on Storm King Mountain(N.Y.). Among them, the former, represented by Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference, was committed to protecting the natural environment of Hudson Valley, while the latter agreed the construction of pumped storage plant that represented by Con Edison and other power companies. Finally, the controversy ended with the signing of Hudson River Peace Treaty. This controversy reflected the public′s efforts to seek a balance between energy development and natural protection, which had a far-reaching influence on the development of the modern American environmental movement.