Stopping the Plant

Stopping the PlantDetailed 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

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Deguy refuses to focus on loss or impossibility

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It sketches the changing topology of culture as it enters electronic space and specifically addresses questions of art practice in that space

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This book shows that beyond the fossil fuel industry

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inviting us to create political intimacies rooted in a shared yearning for interdependence

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