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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shevory, Thomas C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection--Citizen participation.

Environmental protection.

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

Hazardous wastes.

WTI Incinerator (East Liverpool, Ohio).

United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Public relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5424-7

OCLC:

476124079