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Author:

Greene, Ronnie.

Title:

Night fire : big oil, poison air, and Margie Richard's fight to save her town / Ronnie Greene.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Amistad/Harper Collins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

274 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--Norco.--Norco.
Shell Chemical Company.
Pollution--Norco.--Norco.
African American neighborhoods--Norco--Norco--Environmental conditions.
Richard, Margie Eugene.
Environmental health--Norco--Norco--Citizen participation.
Norco (La.)--History.

Contents:

Death in Diamond -- Sisters and secrets -- Pearl Harbor -- A mission -- Grass roots and lawsuits -- A fast routine -- Richards v. Shell -- Proof -- In the courtroom -- Theodore Eugene -- Minor inconveniences -- Norco Elementary -- Allies -- The whistle-blower -- The offer -- Toxic Park -- Mabel Eugene -- Clearing out four dead ends -- Goldman.

ISBN:

0061123625 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780061123627 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007042653

Locations:

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

LIPB815 -- Early Public Library (Early)

DTPD413 -- Garner Public Library (Garner)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)