Books about Polluters from Amazon.com

When Diane Wilson, fourth-generation shrimp-boat captain and mother of five, learns that she lives in the most polluted county in the United States, she decides to fight back. She launches a campaign against a multibillion-dollar corporation that has been covering up spills, silencing workers, flouting the EPA, and dumping lethal ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride into the bays along her beloved Texas Gulf Coast. In an epic tale of bravery, Wilson takes her fight to the courts, to the gates of the chemical plant, and to the halls of power in Austin. Along the way she meets with scorn, bribery, character assassination, and death threats. Finally Wilson realizes that she must break the law to win justice: She resorts to nonviolent disobedience, direct action, and hunger strikes. Wilson's vivid South Texas dialogue resides somewhere between Alice Walker and William Faulkner, and her dazzling prose brings to mind the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, replete with dreams and prophecies..
Price: $7.99 [Notify me when price goes down.]

The greatest exposure to many toxic chemicals takes place in our own homes, according to studies conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency. New chemicals and materials on the market may react adversely with one of the thousands already available..
Price: $13.85 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice is a comprehensive assessment of the environmental justice movement, examining the achievements and challenges confronting the movement, along with an emphasis on new strategies of environmental problem-solving and innovations in environmental policy..
Price: $23.96 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Environmental harm is commonly associated with companies that extract, consume, and pollute our shared natural resources. Rarely are the 'unseen polluters,' the financiers that sponsor and profit from eco-damaging corporations, placed at the forefront of the environmental debate.
By focusing on these unseen polluters, Benjamin Richardson provides a comprehensive examination of socially responsible investment (SRI), and offers a guide to possible reform. Richardson proposes that greater regulatory supervision of SRI will help ensure that the financial sector prioritizes ethically-based investments. In Socially Responsible Investment Law, he suggests that new governmental reforms should encourage companies to participate in socially responsible investments by providing a better mix of standards and incentives for SRI through measures that include redefining the fiduciary responsibilities of institutional investors to incorporate environmental concerns. By doing so, Richardson posits that corporate financiers, including banks, hedge funds, and pension plans, will become more accountable to the goals of ensuring sustainable development..
Price: $50.66 [Notify me when price goes down.]

This digital document is an article from Trial, published by Association of Trial Lawyers of America on February 1, 2004. The length of the article is 777 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: No safe harbor for polluters.(liability indemnity bill for MTBE manufacturers fails to pass)
Author: Kristin Loiacono
Publication:Trial (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Volume: 40 Issue: 2 Page: 11(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale.
Price: $5.95 [Notify me when price goes down.]

This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on September 14, 1992. The length of the article is 783 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: S.D. database firm in line for contract screening polluters. (San Diego, California)
Author: Penni Crabtree
Publication:San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 14, 1992
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: v13 Issue: n36 Page: p1(2)

Distributed by Thomson Gale.
Price: $5.95 [Notify me when price goes down.]