Toxic Burn : The Grassroots Struggle against the WTI Incinerator /

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Toxic Burn is a gripping account of the activist movement against the imposing WTI incinerator in the rust belt town of East Liverpool, Ohio. Thomas Shevory tells the story of building, maintaining, and resisting the incinerator and shows that the actions of determined citizens are essential to deve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shevory, Thomas C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
WTI Incinerator (East Liverpool, Ohio)
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency > Public relations.
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Umweltverwaltung
Umweltschutz
Bürgerbeteiligung
Public relations
Environmental protection > Citizen participation
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Dechets dangereux > Incineration > Politique gouvernementale > Ohio > East Liverpool.
Environnement > Protection > Participation des citoyens.
Hazardous wastes > Incineration > Government policy > Ohio > East Liverpool.
Environmental protection > Citizen participation.
USA.
Ohio > East Liverpool
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : East Liverpool and the politics of power
  • 1. Past as prelude : history and hazardous waste
  • 2. Be careful what you ask for : the genesis of WTI
  • 3. The center of the onion : property and ownership
  • 4. Don't give up the fight : rhetorics of resistance
  • 5. Risky business : counting the costs of incineration
  • Conclusion : Where do we go from here?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix : WTI ownership patterns
  • Notes
  • Index.

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