Opportunity, Montana
Subtitle: big copper, bad water, and the burial of an American landscape
By: Brad Tyer
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780807003299
Subjects: Waste disposal; Copper mines and mining
Description: At the turn of the nineteenth century, Montana exploited the richest copper deposits in the world, fueling the growth of twentieth-century America. The toxic byproduct was dumped in Opportunity. Today, millions of tons of toxic soils are being removed and dumped once again in Opportunity. As Tyer investigates Opportunity's history, he wrestles with questions of environmental justice and the ethics of burdening one community with an entire region's waste.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Headwater; title: Venus Rising; title: Red Harvest; title: Clark Fork; title: Opportunity; title: Revival; title: Confluence.