02773nam 2200589Ia 450 991045209330332120200520144314.00-8166-5424-7(CKB)1000000000481158(EBL)326393(OCoLC)476124079(SSID)ssj0000260694(PQKBManifestationID)11244732(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260694(PQKBWorkID)10256108(PQKB)11791416(MiAaPQ)EBC326393(OCoLC)320322262(MdBmJHUP)muse39952(Au-PeEL)EBL326393(CaPaEBR)ebr10206192(CaONFJC)MIL523203(EXLCZ)99100000000048115820070314d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrToxic burn[electronic resource] the grassroots struggle against the WTI Incinerator /Thomas ShevoryMinneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Press ;Bristol University Presses Marketing [distributor]20071 online resource (292 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4853-0 0-8166-4852-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Environmental protectionCitizen participationHazardous wastesIncinerationGovernment policyOhioEast LiverpoolElectronic books.Environmental protectionCitizen participation.Hazardous wastesIncinerationGovernment policy363.73846Shevory Thomas C913626MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452093303321Toxic burn2046511UNINA