Love Canal

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Love Canal: Then and Now

It was twenty years ago this August that President Jimmy Carter ordered an evacuation of Love Canal, a peaceful suburb in Niagara Falls, New York. At the time, many residents had just discovered that their homes were built on a toxic waste dump. It was a rallying moment for the environmental movement. Toxic dumping became […]

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LOE Profile #1: Lois Gibbs, fighting Spirit Behind the Love Canal Evacuation

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