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
Main Author: Shevory, Thomas C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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 developing new environmental models and saving the lives of those in the path of potential disaster.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816654246

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