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1 online resource (xvi, 263 pages). |
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The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment
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Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The swimmer -- The witness -- The coalition -- Squirp -- The press conference -- City hall -- The activist -- The second hearing -- The scientist -- The politician -- The brown ribbon -- Heal the bay -- The dirty toilet awards -- The decision -- Friend of the court -- Outsiders and insiders -- The 50 percent job. |
| Summary |
Dirty Water is the riveting story of how Howard Bennett, a Los Angeles schoolteacher with a gift for outrageous rhetoric, fought pollution in Santa Monica Bay--and won. The story begins in 1985, when many scientists considered the bay to be one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world. The insecticide DDT covered portions of the sea floor. Los Angeles discharged partially treated sewage into its waters. Lifeguards came down with mysterious illnesses. And Howard Bennett happily swam in it every morning. By accident, Bennett learned that Los Angeles had applied for a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bennett, Howard, 1929-
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Bennett, Howard, 1929- |
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Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
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Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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History. |
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Bennett, Howard, 1929- |
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Sewage disposal in the ocean -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Santa Monica Bay.
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Sewage disposal in the ocean -- Environmental aspects. |
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California. |
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Sewage disposal in the ocean. |
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Marine pollution. |
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Marine pollution -- California -- Santa Monica Bay -- Prevention.
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Santa Monica Bay Region (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental policy -- California -- Santa Monica Bay Region.
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California -- Santa Monica Bay Region. |
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Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Environmental policy. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
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Political activists. |
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High school teachers -- United States -- Biography.
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High school teachers. |
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Environmentalists. |
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NATURE -- Ecology. |
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Ecology. |
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Marine pollution -- Prevention. |
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Pacific Ocean -- Santa Monica Bay. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dirty water Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. 9780520256606 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2009003365 |
| ISBN |
9780520944756 ebook |
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0520944755 |
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9780520256606 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520256603 cloth alkaline paper |
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1282453475 |
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9781282453470 |
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