Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Pollution Control

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Youghiogheny

Youghiogheny

Appalachian River, Revised Edition

The Fortieth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Exploration of the Youghiogheny River,Updated with a New Introduction and Epilogue

Donora Death Fog

Donora Death Fog

Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town

The Complete Story of the Worst Air Pollution Disaster in US History

Slick Policy

Slick Policy

Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill

An original and in-depth history of the 1969 Santa Barbara, CA oil spill. Teresa Sabol Spezio provides a background of water pollution control, government oversight of federally funded projects, and chemical detection methods in place prior to the spill. She then shows how scientists and politicians used public outrage over the spill to implement wide-ranging changes to federal environmental and science policy, and demonstrates the advancements to offshore oil drilling, pollution technology, and water protection law that resulted from these actions.

The Age of Smoke

The Age of Smoke

Environmental Policy in Germany and the United States, 1880-1970

The Age of Smoke provides an original, comparative history of environmental policy development in Germany and the United States from 1880 to 1970, and the rise of civic activism to combat air pollution.

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