Refining Expertise: How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges

by Gwen Ottinger

Book Overview

Winner of the 2015 Rachel Carson Prize presented by the Society for Social Studies of Science

Residents of a small Louisiana town were sure that the oil refinery next door was making them sick. As part of a campaign demanding relocation away from the refinery, they collected scientific data to prove it. Their campaign ended with a settlement agreement that addressed many of their grievances--but not concerns about their health. Yet,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814762387
• ISBN13: 9780814762387
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"