Refining expertise : how responsible engineers subvert environmental justice challenges / Gwen Ottinger.

Residents of a small Louisiana town were sure that the oil refinery next door was making them sick. As part of a campaign demanding relocation away from the refinery, they collected scientific data to prove it. Their campaign ended with a settlement agreement that addressed many of their grievances...

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Main Author: Ottinger, Gwen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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