(PDF Download) Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia Writen By Kris Maher

Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia

By : Kris Maher

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Book Synopsis :

Erin Brockovich meets Dark Waters in this propulsive and heart-wrenching legal drama set in Appalachian coal country, as one determined lawyer confronts a coal industry giant in a battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community?from Wall Street Journal reporter Kris Maher. For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of Mingo County didn?t look, smell, or taste right. Could it be the root of the health problems?from kidney stones to cancer?in this Appalachian community? Environmental lawyer Kevin Thompson certainly thought so. For seven years, he waged an epic legal battle against Massey Energy, West Virginia?s most powerful coal company, helmed by CEO Don Blankenship. While Massey?s lawyers worked out of a gray glass office tower in Charleston known as ?the Death Star,? Thompson set up shop in a ramshackle hotel in the fading coal town of Williamson. Working with fellow lawyers and a crew of young activists, Thompson would eventually uncover the ruthless shortcuts

Book Detail :

Author : Kris Maher

Pages : 352 pages

Publisher : Scribner

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ISBN-10 : 1501187341

ISBN-13 : 9781501187346

 

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