Titel:
Fighting dirty : how a small community took on big trash
Persönlicher Verfasser:
PUBDATE:
2017
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
Toronto : Between the Lines, 2017.
Physische Beschreibung:
xi, 188 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781771133241
Abstract:
"Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world's largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a local dumpsite into a massive landfill. As one of the experts brought in to assess the impact the toxic waste would have on the community, Poh-Gek Forkert was part of the adventures and misadventures of their decade-long fight."-- Provided by publisher.
Allgemeine Anmerkung:
Includes index.
Inhalte:
Map of Former Richmond Township -- From the Lab to the Trenches -- David vs. Goliath -- The Local Garbageman -- The Cookie Monster -- Goodbye Local Garbageman, Hello Mega-dump -- First Stirrings of Anger -- An Unwavering Activist -- A Mountain of Garbage -- King Richard -- Learning the Ropes and Raising a Stink -- Fractured Limestone -- The Plight of Three Families -- The Chief -- Ups and Downs -- The Making of an Activist -- Grass Roots -- Mission Accomplished -- Communicate, Communicate -- Judgment Days: The Environmental Review Tribunal -- Lessons Learned.
LANGUAGE:
Englisch
