Smelter Smoke in North America: The Politics of Transborder Pollution

by John D. Wirth

Book Overview

Air pollution challenges nations sharing common borders to balance economic needs with protecting citizens and the environment across jurisdictions. By examining landmark cases on the two borders, John Wirth shows how environmental diplomacy, citizen action at the grassroots level, and the role of science, industry, and the law converged, bringing Canada, the United States, and Mexico to the threshold of today's continental approaches to pollutant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700609849
• ISBN13: 9780700609840
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"