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BL
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1037486
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b791856
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| Main Entry
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Greene, Ronnie.
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| Title & Author
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Night fire : : big oil, poison air, and Margie Richard's fight to save her town /\ Ronnie Greene.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Amistad/Harper Collins Publishers,, ©2008.
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274 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061123625
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: 9780061123627
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Uncorrected proof not for sale.
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| Abstract
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"The Diamond neighborhood was an all-black enclave in the mostly white town of Norco, Louisiana, aptly named for the New Orleans Refining Co., an industrial processing plant. Margie Eugene Richard was raised in the shadow of a giant chemical plant operated by Shell, and witnessed her neighbors fall ill amid the toxic waste the plant emitted year after year. Her own sister, Naomi, eventually succumbed to a rare lung disease linked to environmental hazards. Determined to see Shell take responsibility for its actions, Margie and her neighbors--largely poor and with few obvious resources--educated themselves not only on the consequences of environmental poison but also on how to fight back. The battle took them from Diamond's four streets all the way to The Hague and beyond. The unexpected results won Margie the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize and helped clean up a community."--Dust jacket flap.
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Richard, Margie Eugene.
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Richard, Margie Eugene.
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Richard, Margie Eugene.
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Shell Chemical Company.
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Shell Chemical Company.
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Shell Chemical Company.
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African American neighborhoods-- Louisiana-- Norco-- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental health-- Louisiana-- Norco-- Citizen participation.
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Petroleum industry and trade-- Social aspects-- Louisiana-- Norco.
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Pollution-- Louisiana-- Norco.
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African Americans-- Norco (La.)-- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental health-- Citizen participation.
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Environmental health-- Norco (La.)-- Citizen participation.
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Petroleum industry and trade-- Social aspects.
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Petroleum industry-- Norco (La.)-- Social aspects.
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Pollution-- Norco (La.)
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Pollution.
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Norco (La.), History.
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Louisiana, Norco.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.738/70976333
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| LC Classification
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HD9568.N67G74 2008
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