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Refinery Town

Author : Steve Early
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807094277
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Refinery Town written by Steve Early and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The People vs. Big Oil—how a working-class company town harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their community With a foreword by Bernie Sanders Home to one of the largest oil refineries in the state, Richmond, California, was once a typical company town, dominated by Chevron. This largely nonwhite, working-class city of 100,000 suffered from poverty, pollution, and poorly funded public services. It had one of the highest homicide rates per capita in the country and a jobless rate twice the national average. But when veteran labor reporter Steve Early moved from New England to Richmond in 2012, he discovered a city struggling to remake itself. In Refinery Town, Early chronicles the 15 years of successful community organizing that raised the local minimum wage, defeated a casino development project, challenged home foreclosures and evictions, and sought fair taxation of Big Oil. A short list of Richmond’s activist residents helps to propel this compelling chronicle: • 94 year old Betty Reid Soskin, the country’s oldest full-time national park ranger and witness to Richmond’s complex history • Gayle McLaughlin, the Green Party mayor who challenged Chevron and won • Police Chief Chris Magnus, who brought community policing to Richmond and is now one of America’s leading public safety reformers Part urban history, part call to action, Refinery Town shows how concerned citizens can harness the power of local politics to reclaim their community and make municipal government a source of much-needed policy innovation. “Refinery Town provides an inside look at how one American city has made radical and progressive change seem not only possible but sensible.”—David Helvarg, The Progressive

National Petroleum News

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1588 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book National Petroleum News written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New World Cities

Author : John Tutino
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469648768
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book New World Cities written by John Tutino and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia, urban centers were pivots of power and trade that ruled and linked rural majorities. After 1950, explosive urbanization led to unprecedented urban majorities around the world. That transformation--inextricably tied to rising globalization--changed almost everything for nearly everybody: production, politics, and daily lives. In this book, seven eminent scholars look at the similar but nevertheless divergent courses taken by Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Houston in the twentieth century, attending to the challenges of rapid growth, the gains and limits of popular politics, and the profound local effects of a swiftly modernizing, globalizing economy. By exploring the rise of these six cities across five nations, New World Cities investigates the complexities of power and prosperity, difficulty and desperation, while reckoning with the social, cultural, and ethnic dynamics that mark all metropolitan areas. Contributors: Michele Dagenais, Mark Healey, Martin V. Melosi, Bryan McCann, Joseph A. Pratt, George J. Sanchez, and John Tutino.

Legendary Locals of Jamestown

Author : Rosemary Enright
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143964618X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Legendary Locals of Jamestown written by Rosemary Enright and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Caleb Carr, one of the 101 men who purchased Conanicut and Dutch Islands in 1657, petitioned the General Assembly to incorporate Jamestown in 1678, the town had 150 inhabitants. The community thrived until the American Revolution, when the British occupation drove away many people. Nicholas Carr and John Eldred both remained, rebelling in their own ways. The town recovered slowly, and its character changed with modernized modes of transportation. Steam ferries, introduced in 1873, ushered in an era of resort hotels, affluent summer visitors, and a service economy. The West Passage bridge in 1940 brought permanent residents with off-island occupations and interests. The East Passage bridge (1969) and the replacement West Passage bridge (1992) created a suburban atmosphere enlivened by a continuing influx of summer vacationers. Most newcomers revel in the islands beauty and are intent on keeping Jamestown the peaceful haven that attracted them.

Telling Truths

Author : Susanne Bacon
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524656291
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Telling Truths written by Susanne Bacon and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the plans for an oil refinery become a threat to the future of the quaint Victorian town of Wycliff on South Puget Sound, environmentalist Thora Byrd speaks up. Will she lose an old friend over her ideals of ecology above economy? Meanwhile, journalist Julie Dolan delves deeply into a story of illegal dumping in Wycliff Forest. But somebody who belongs to the past of Wycliff doesnt want to be in her newspapers spotlight and is ready to put everything on one card.

Refining Expertise

Author : Gwen Ottinger
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814762379
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Refining Expertise written by Gwen Ottinger and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An intriguing and impressive account of corporate social responsibility—and neoliberalism writ large—on the ground, in action, in chemical plant communities in Louisiana…Ottinger effectively [illustrates] how, in complex, culturally saturated ways, corporate commitment to `responsible care’ has created critical challenges for environmental activism and justice." —Kim Fortun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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, instead of continuing to collect data, residents began to let refinery scientists’ assertions that their operations did not harm them stand without challenge. What makes a community move so suddenly from actively challenging to apparently accepting experts’ authority? Refining Expertise argues that the answer rests in the way that refinery scientists and engineers defined themselves as experts. Rather than claiming to be infallible, they began to portray themselves as responsible. This work drives home the need for both activists and politically engaged scholars to reconfigure their own activities in response, in order to advance community health and robust scientific knowledge about it. Gwen Ottinger is Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington-Bothell, where she teaches in the Science, Technology, & Society and Environmental Studies majors. She is co-editor of Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement.

Romance of American Petroleum and Gas

Author : Alfred Russell Crum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Romance of American Petroleum and Gas written by Alfred Russell Crum and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Petroleum Refiner Including Oil and Gas News

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1086 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Petroleum Refiner Including Oil and Gas News written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

China Business Review 1997: A Supplement Of The Accounting And Business Review

Author : Buen Sin Low
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814496545
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book China Business Review 1997: A Supplement Of The Accounting And Business Review written by Buen Sin Low and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997-12-04 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents:Growth and the Change of Economic Structure in the Chinese Economy: The Case of Jiangsu's Economy (Y Cao & S B Chew)The Importance of Jiangsu's Economy in the Formation of Regional Pattern of the Emerging Chinese Market (T M Tan et al.)The Development of Township and Village Enterprises and Its Impact on Jiangsu's Economy (Y Cao & K-R Shen)Rural Enterprises in Jiangsu Province: The Performance and Potential (S B Chew et al.)The Comparative Advantages of Township and Village Enterprises in Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou in Jiangsu Province (Y-H Liu & Z-B Liu)Case Studies on the Economic Structure of Township and Village Enterprises in Jiangsu Province (S B Chew & Y-H Liu)Foreign Trade Development and the Comparative Advantage of the Jiangsu Province of China (E-Z Zhang & R Chew)Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Jiangsu (R-F Wang & E-Z Zhang) Readership: Business executives and researchers on China's market economy. Keywords:

Environmental Quality

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1454 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Quality written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unjust Transition

Author : Emily Eaton
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
ISBN 13 : 177363674X
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Unjust Transition written by Emily Eaton and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-21T00:00:00Z with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2019, Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC), a subsidiary of Federated Co-operative, locked out Unifor Local 594 after collective bargaining negotiations failed. CRC used the transition to a “low carbon” future as the justification for concessions on working conditions and reducing the workers' pension plan. The lockout demonstrates what a “just transition” means to fossil fuel corporations: rollbacks of collective bargaining, worker rights, cooperative spirit and environmental justice. In the name of a new future, Federated Co-operative and the Saskatchewan government trampled all over important worker rights — the right to strike and picket, occupational health and safety, pensions and collective bargaining. It also highlights the sorry state of co-operative values in Canada. As corporations and governments are poised to make a transition that will be detrimental to workers and communities, this books argues that solidarity between unions and community movements is absolutely necessary to make the transition away from fossil fuels a just one.

Heat and Power Engineering

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Heat and Power Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

WordSmith

Author : Robert Thomas Collins
Publisher : RavensYard Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781928928065
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book WordSmith written by Robert Thomas Collins and published by RavensYard Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collins presents a chronicle of journal entries written between 1980 and 1988 by a journalist who worked for Mobil Oil Corporation, which at the time was at the center of the energy crisis. When edited later, the author found his journal also revealed a story of redemption for a father and son.

United States Coast Pilot 5

Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book United States Coast Pilot 5 written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

At Home on an Unruly Planet

Author : Madeline Ostrander
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 125062052X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book At Home on an Unruly Planet written by Madeline Ostrander and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Kirkus Reviews' 100 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 A gold Nautilus Book Award winner, Ecology & Environment From rural Alaska to coastal Florida, a vivid account of Americans working to protect the places they call home in an era of climate crisis How do we find a sense of home and rootedness in a time of unprecedented upheaval? What happens when the seasons and rhythms in which we have built our lives go off-kilter? Once a distant forecast, climate change is now reaching into the familiar, threatening our basic safety and forcing us to reexamine who we are and how we live. In At Home on an Unruly Planet, science journalist Madeline Ostrander reflects on this crisis not as an abstract scientific or political problem but as a palpable force that is now affecting all of us at home. She offers vivid accounts of people fighting to protect places they love from increasingly dangerous circumstances. A firefighter works to rebuild her town after catastrophic western wildfires. A Florida preservationist strives to protect one of North America's most historic cities from rising seas. An urban farmer struggles to transform a California city plagued by fossil fuel disasters. An Alaskan community heads for higher ground as its land erodes. Ostrander pairs deeply reported stories of hard-won optimism with lyrical essays on the strengths we need in an era of crisis. The book is required reading for anyone who wants to make a home in the twenty-first century.

Statutes of the Province of Ontario

Author : Ontario
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statutes of the Province of Ontario written by Ontario and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prefixed to the first vol. is "An act for the union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick ... 29th March, 1867" with special t.p.: Anno regni Victoriæ, Britanniarum reginæ, tricesimo et tricesimo-primo. At a Parliament begun and holden at Westminster ... Toronto, 1868. 45 p.