From Love Canal to Environmental Justice : : The Politis of Harardous Waste on the Canada - U.S. Border / / Thomas Fletcher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Fletcher, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2021]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

Tracing the history of environmental policy and politics from the seminal moments of 1978 at Love Canal to current environmental justice disputes, this in-depth study offers a cross-border analysis of the modern environmental movement that should be of interest to students and practitioners, academics and activists. Though no explicit environmental justice movement has developed in Canada, questions of fairness and equity in issues like the recent Toronto garbage crisis are central to many of the country's environmental conflicts. The location of Love Canal and other hazardous waste facilities on the New York-Ontario border allows for striking national comparisons without sacrificing attention to local and regional detail. Just as the issues surrounding Love Canal have shaped environmental management many years after the event, so too the environmental justice movement is making its mark on contemporary policy and politics in ways that we are likely to recognize many years from now.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction From Toronto to Kirkland Lake? -- Part I Themes. Hazardous Waste and Environmental Justice -- Part II. View points. The Niagara Region, Detroit, and Sarnia -- Part III. Interpretations. Environmental Justice and Hazardous Waste -- References -- Index