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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809925003321

Autore

Shevory Thomas C

Titolo

Toxic burn : the grassroots struggle against the WTI Incinerator / / Thomas Shevory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press

Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007

ISBN

0-8166-5424-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

363.73846

Soggetti

Environmental protection - Citizen participation

Hazardous wastes - Incineration - Government policy - Ohio - East Liverpool

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.