Christina Dunbar-Hester, "Oil Beach: How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
New Books in Public Policy
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The Importance of Whale Conservation
The author says he grew up in an era when we were told to save the whales. The Pacific Grey Whale, Eastern Pacific Grey Whale is actually kind of a relatively rare species. But that's now getting called into question, and it's because of shipping. "I don't think my pop culture suffused, childhood full of, you know, save the whales"
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