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1 online resource (283 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520944756
Inhalt:
Dirty Water is the riveting story of how Howard Bennett, a Los Angeles schoolteacher with a gift for outrageous rhetoric, fought pollution in Santa Monica Bay--and won. The story begins in 1985, when many scientists considered the bay to be one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world. The insecticide DDT covered portions of the sea floor. Los Angeles discharged partially treated sewage into its waters. Lifeguards came down with mysterious illnesses. And Howard Bennett happily swam in it every morning. By accident, Bennett learned that Los Angeles had applied for a waiver from the Clean Water Act to continue discharging sewage into the bay. Incensed that he had been swimming in dirty water, Bennett organized oddball coalition to orchestrate stunts such as wrapping brown ribbon around LA's city hall and issuing Dirty Toilet Awards to chastise the city's administration. This is the fast-paced story of how this unusual cast of characters created an environmental movement in Los Angeles that continues to this day with the nationally recognized Heal the Bay. Character-driven, compelling, and uplifting, Dirty Water tells how even the most polluted water can be cleaned up-by ordinary people.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- 1. The Swimmer -- 2. The Witness -- 3. The Coalition -- 4. Squirp -- 5. The Press Conference -- 6. City Hall -- 7. The Activist -- 8. The Second Hearing -- 9. The Scientist -- 10. The Politician -- 11. The Brown Ribbon -- 12. Heal the Bay -- 13. The Dirty Toilet Awards -- 14. The Decision -- 15. Friend of the Court -- 16. Outsiders and Insiders -- 17. The 50 Percent Job -- Epilogue -- Resources -- Index.
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ISBN 9780520256606
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sharpsteen, Bill, 1954 - Dirty water Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : Univ. of California Press, 2010 ISBN 9780520256606
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0520256603
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Allgemeines
Schlagwort(e):
Umweltschützer
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