From Love Canal to Environmental Justice: The Politics of Hazardous Waste on the Canada - U.S. Border - Softcover

Fletcher, Thomas H.

9781551114347: From Love Canal to Environmental Justice: The Politics of Hazardous Waste on the Canada - U.S. Border

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551114348 ISBN 13: 9781551114347

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2003

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.

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About the Author:

Thomas H. Fletcher is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Geography at Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec and an adjunct professor at l'Universite de Sherbrooke.

Review:

"Thomas Fletcher's work exposes the powerful influence of Love Canal on subsequent hazardous waste deliberations." - Craig E. Colten, Louisiana State University

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