Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 3004
Book Description
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2000: Department of Energy fiscal year 2000 budget justifications
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 3004
Book Description
Commerce Business Daily
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Title List of Documents Made Publicly Available
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Nuclear power plants
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Operation of the Superfund Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous MaterialsPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
EPA Publications Bibliography
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
107-1 Hearings: Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2002, Part 4, 2001
Author: Government reports annual index
Author: Energy Research Abstracts
Author: EPA Publications Bibliography
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Restoring the Shining Waters
Author: David BrooksPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806152508
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
No sooner had the EPA established the Superfund program in 1980 to clean up the nation’s toxic waste dumps and other abandoned hazardous waste sites, than a little Montana town found itself topping the new program’s National Priority List. Milltown, a place too small to warrant a listing in the U.S. Census, sat alongside a modest hydroelectric dam at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers. For three-quarters of a century, arsenic-laced waste from some of the world’s largest copper-mining operations had accumulated behind the dam. Soon, Milltown became the site of Superfund’s first dam removal and watershed restoration, marking a turning point in U.S. environmental history. The story of this dramatic shift is the tale of individuals rallying to reclaim a place they valued beyond its utility. In Restoring the Shining Waters, David Brooks gives an intimate account of how local citizens—homeowners, university scientists, county health officials, grassroots environmentalists, business leaders, and thousands of engaged residents—brought about the removal of Milltown Dam. Interviews with townspeople, outside environmentalists, mining executives, and federal officials reveal how the everyday actions of individuals got the dam removed and, in the process, pushed Superfund to allow more public participation in decision making and to emphasize restoration over containment of polluted environments. A federal program designed to deal with the toxic legacies of industrialization thus became a starting point for restoring America’s most damaged environments, largely through the efforts of local communities. With curiosity, conviction, and a strong sense of place, the small town of Milltown helped restore an iconic western river valley—and in doing so, shaped the history of Superfund and modern environmentalism.