Refining Expertise : How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges /

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Residents of a small Louisiana town were sure that the oil refinery next door was making them sick. As part of a campaign demanding relocation away from the refinery, they collected scientific data to prove it. Their campaign ended with a settlement agreement that addressed many of their grievances-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ottinger, Gwen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social responsibility of business.
Petroleum refineries > Environmental aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Environmental responsibility.
Entreprises > Responsabilite sociale > États-Unis.
Responsabilite environnementale > États-Unis.
Petroleum industry and trade > United States.
Social responsibility of business > United States.
Environmental responsibility > United States.
Petroleum refineries > Environmental aspects > Louisiana > New Sarpy.
United States.
Louisiana > New Sarpy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The battlefront
  • Dangerous stories
  • Noisome neighbors
  • From deliberation to dialogue
  • Responsible refiners
  • Passive revolution and resistance.

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