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Desperate: An Epic Battle For Clean Water And Justice In Appalachia - 9781501187353
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Set in Appalachian coal country, this superb (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) legal drama follows one determined lawyer as he faces a coal industry giant in a seven-year battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community. For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of Mingo County didnt look, smell, or taste right. Could the water be the root of the health problemsfrom kidney stones to cancerin this Appalachian community? Environmental lawyer Kevin Thompson certainly thought so. For seven years, Thompson waged an epic legal battle against Massey Energy, West Virginias most powerful coal company, helmed by CEO Don Blankenship. While Masseys 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 that put the communitys drinking water at risk. Retired coal miners, women whose families had lived in the areas coal camps for generations, a respected preacher and his brother, all put their trust in Thompson when they had nowhere else to turn. Desperate is a masterful work of investigative reporting about greed and denial, both a case study in exploitation of the little guy and a playbook for confronting it (Kirkus Reviews). Maher crafts a revealing portrait of a town besieged by hardship and heartbreak, and an inspiring account of one tenacious environmental lawyers mission to expose the truth and demand justice.
- | Author: Kris Maher
- | Publisher: Scribner
- | Publication Date: Oct 25, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 352 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 150118735X
- | ISBN-13: 9781501187353
- Author:
- Kris Maher
- Publisher:
- Scribner
- Publication Date:
- Oct 25, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 352 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 150118735X
- ISBN-13:
- 9781501187353