Crude Justice: How I Fought Big Oil and Won, and What You Should Know About the New Environmental Attack on America
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1939529239 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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An eye-opening call to action."—David Brock, author of the New York Times bestseller Blinded By the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative"Stuart Smith draws on his deep Southern roots to produce a true-to-life, nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat, hard-hitting David vs. At the same time, it is an alarming close-up view of an industry that routinely distorts or hides any evidence against it."—John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"In Crude Justice, attorney Stuart Smith reveals
A welcome collection of real wins What is different if not unique about this environmental disaster book is that the hero wins the battles, repeatedly, and bigger and better every time. Not that it is optimistic or even encouraging, but it does provide a modicum of satisfaction that at least some redress is possible.Stuart Smith was not a passionate environmentalist. He was a newly minted liability lawyer when some new clients descended on him - after firing a string of other attorneys. The ensuing courtroom drama is worthy of a motion picture, and it caused Smith to accumulate an eve. Amazon Customer said Real Inside Information. Fascinating case studies/autobiography about the oil business and a lawyer who fought for little guys and won. Thought provoking and a call to action for anyone paying attention. The book details oil companies' immense power in all parts of government. The book brilliantly illuminated the full story (versus that provided by the media and press agents) of BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Suggested for anyone wanting to be a better informed and participating citizen.. "Fascinating story and a fun read." according to Thomas West. This is a great tale of talented advocate that breaks ground on the Big Oil companies lying, cheating, and stealing. Very fun story and legal tale all with the background of a southern charm. Enjoyed this and would recommend for anyone interested in legal, political, and southern realm.
One day in the small Mississippi town of Laurel, a 26-year-old expectant mom named Karen Street sat down at the edge of her bathtub—and felt her hip split in two. Winston Street ran a machine shop that drilled the gunk out of pipes used by Chevron, Shell and other giants of the oil industry—creating a white powder that covered Karen Street’s husband’s overalls every night, which then landed in their vegetable gardenand was highly radioactive.Winston Street didn’t know the dust was poisonous, nor did his workers or his family. Indeed, there was evidence that America’s Big Oil companies were aware for decades that they were pulling up radium from under the earth, poisoning yards like Street’s while dumping radioactive water in unlined pits across the South. But someone did know. Recounting more than two decades as a top environmental lawyer in the toxic oil patch of the American South, Smith tells the story of how he upped the ante again and again—getting the best of Chevron, then taking on the world’s most powerful corporation, ExxonMobil, with $1 billion on the line,