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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shevory, Thomas C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Bristol : University of Minnesota Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007.
Subjects:
WTI Incinerator (East Liverpool, Ohio)
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency > Public relations.
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental protection > Citizen participation.
Hazardous wastes > Incineration > Government policy > Ohio > East Liverpool.
Environnement > Protection > Participation des citoyens.
Déchets dangereux > Incinération > Politique gouvernementale > Ohio > East Liverpool.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Environmental protection > Citizen participation
Public relations
Bürgerbeteiligung
Umweltschutz
Umweltverwaltung
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Ohio > East Liverpool
USA
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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