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



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Autore: Shevory Thomas C Visualizza persona
Titolo: Toxic burn : the grassroots struggle against the WTI Incinerator / / Thomas Shevory Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press
Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
Disciplina: 363.73846
Soggetto topico: Environmental protection - Citizen participation
Hazardous wastes - Incineration - Government policy - Ohio - East Liverpool
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Toxic burn  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-5424-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809925003321
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