Stopping the Plant : The St. Lawrence Cement Controversy and the Battle for Quality of Life in the Hudson Valley (Suny series, an American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley)

Silverman, Miriam D.

State University of New York Press（2006/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 194 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780791469620
• DDC分類 338.762418330974739

Full Description

Detailed account of the controversy surrounding the building of a coal-fired cement factory in the Hudson Valley.

When the St. Lawrence Cement Company proposed building a massive coal-powered cement plant near the banks of the Hudson River in the town of Greenport, New York, in 1999 it ignited a controversy that dominated the discussion of community development in the entire Hudson Valley region. Stopping the Plant is a fascinating and detailed chronicle of how the proposal fired the passions of many local citizens, spawned the creation of numerous activist groups, and over the next several years spread to become a raging dispute throughout the Northeast. Miriam D. Silverman provides a thorough and balanced exploration of the positions of both sides of this highly polarized dispute, while at the same time places the controversy within a greater historical and regional context. For anyone interested in community organizing, the potentials and difficulties of modern grassroots environmentalism, and, ultimately, the future of the environmental movement, Silverman emphasizes the significance of the decision by St. Lawrence Cement to withdraw its application in 2005.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Mark H. Lytle
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. The Place, the Plant, the Permits, and the People

2. Aesthetics and the Search for Quality of Life

3. Differing Visions for Hudson's Economic Future

4. "Why Would Anyone Oppose Healthier Air for Our Children?"

5. Defining Community

6. "Cement Plant's Demise Concrete"

7. Conclusion

Appendix: New York State Department of State Objection to Consistency Certification

Notes
Bibliography
Index