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 | Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor
by Steve Lerner
For years, the residents of Diamond, Louisiana, lived with an inescapable acrid, metallic smell—the "toxic bouquet" of pollution—and a mysterious chemical fog that seeped into their houses. They looked out on the massive Norco Industrial Complex: a maze of pipelines, stacks topped by flares burning off excess gas, and huge oil tankers moving up the Mississippi. |
 | Good Neighbor Campaign Handbook: How to Win
by Paul Ryder
This handbook is for neighbors of polluting companies who are considering launching a good neighbor campaign, or who find themselves in the middle of one.
Such campaigns are the alternative to waiting around for the government to do something. Stringent laws and stringent enforcement remain a fantasy. Stringent neighbors are not a fantasy. We can get the job done ourselves. |
 | This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
by John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry
The environment, and the movement that grew up to protect it, is under attack — concerted and purposeful. Yet the need for solutions to pressing environmental problems grows more urgent each day. Teresa Heinz Kerry and Senator John Kerry traveled across the country in a national campaign to see at first hand how these issues unite people across party and ideological lines. |
 | Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal
by Michael Brune
According to recent polls, more than three-quarters of Americans believe the U.S. should be energy-independent, and more than 70 percent believe the government should do more to help arrest climate change. Yet Congress and the White House take only tiny steps toward these goals, and large-scale investment in clean energy lags far behind the urgent demand. |
 | Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots
by Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs & Jason Mark
After centuries of economic activity based on extraction, exploitation, and depletion, we now face undeniable environmental threats. New business models that save or restore natural resources are critical. But how can we translate that insight into more sustainable practices? |
 | Night Fire: Big Oil, Poison Air, and Margie Richard's Fight to Save Her Town
by Ronnie Greene
The Diamond neighborhood was an all-black enclave in the mostly white town of Norco, Louisiana, aptly named for the New Orleans Refining Co., an industrial processing plant. Margie Eugene Richard was raised in the shadow of a giant chemical plant operated by Shell, and witnessed her neighbors fall ill amid the toxic waste the plant emitted year after year. Her own sister, Naomi, eventually succumbed to a rare lung disease linked to environmental hazards. |
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