Smelter smoke in North America: the politics of transborder pollution

"Air pollution challenges nations sharing common borders to balance economic needs with protecting citizens and the environment across jurisdictions. By examining landmark cases on the two borders, John Wirth shows how environmental diplomacy, citizen action at the grassroots level, and the rol...

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Main Author: Wirth, John D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. University Press of Kansas 2000
Series:Development of western resources
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Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
Summary:"Air pollution challenges nations sharing common borders to balance economic needs with protecting citizens and the environment across jurisdictions. By examining landmark cases on the two borders, John Wirth shows how environmental diplomacy, citizen action at the grassroots level, and the role of science, industry, and the law converged, bringing Canada, the United States, and Mexico to the threshold of today's continental approaches to pollutant pathways." "Smelter Smoke in North America provides new analysis of the development of a North American institutional response to continental air pollution. It chronicles how industry developed a continental perspective in a shared regional space, the mineralized West, and how successful efforts of governments and citizens to protect the environment evolved."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xx, 264 p. ill. : 24 cm
ISBN:0700609849