Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor

by Steve Lerner

Book Overview

The story of how a mixed-income minority community in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor fought Shell Oil and won.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262622041
• ISBN13: 9780262622042
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher