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Autore |
Sharpsteen Bill <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Dirty water [[electronic resource] ] : one man's fight to clean up one of the world's most polluted bays / / Bill Sharpsteen |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-45347-5 |
9786612453472 |
0-520-94475-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sewage disposal in the ocean - Environmental aspects - California - Santa Monica Bay |
Marine pollution - California - Santa Monica Bay - Prevention |
Environmental policy - California - Santa Monica Bay Region |
Environmentalists - United States |
Political activists - United States |
High school teachers - United States |
Santa Monica Bay Region (Calif.) Environmental conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Prologue. Surfer Scientist -- Chapter 1. The Swimmer -- Chapter 2. The Witness -- Chapter 3. The Coalition -- Chapter 4. Squirp -- Chapter 5. The Press Conference -- Chapter 6. City Hall -- Chapter 7. The Activist -- Chapter 8. The Second Hearing -- Chapter 9. The Scientist -- Chapter 10. The Politician -- Chapter 11. The Brown Ribbon -- Chapter 12. Heal the Bay -- Chapter 13. The Dirty Toilet Awards -- Chapter 14. The Decision -- Chapter 15. Friend of the Court -- Chapter 16. Outsiders and Insiders -- Chapter 17. The 50 Percent Job -- Epilogue -- Resources -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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