Dirty Water : One Man's Fight to Clean Up One of the World's Most Polluted Bays /

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Dirty Water is the riveting story of how Howard Bennett, a Los Angeles schoolteacher with a gift for outrageous rhetoric, fought pollution in Santa Monica Bay--and won. The story begins in 1985, when many scientists considered the bay to be one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sharpsteen, Bill, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bennett, Howard, > 1929-
Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History.
Umweltschützer
Biografie
Sewage disposal in the ocean > Environmental aspects
Political activists
Marine pollution > Prevention
High school teachers
Environmentalists
Environmental policy
Ecology
NATURE > Ecology.
Professeurs (Enseignement secondaire) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Activistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Eaux usees > Évacuation dans la mer > Aspect de l'environnement > Californie > Santa Monica, Baie de.
High school teachers > United States > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Environmental policy > California > Santa Monica Bay Region.
Marine pollution > California > Santa Monica Bay > Prevention.
Sewage disposal in the ocean > Environmental aspects > California > Santa Monica Bay.
United States
Pacific Ocean > Santa Monica Bay
California > Santa Monica Bay Region
Santa Monica Bay Region (Calif.) > Environmental conditions.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The swimmer
  • The witness
  • The coalition
  • Squirp
  • The press conference
  • City hall
  • The activist
  • The second hearing
  • The scientist
  • The politician
  • The brown ribbon
  • Heal the bay
  • The dirty toilet awards
  • The decision
  • Friend of the court
  • Outsiders and insiders
  • The 50 percent job.

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