Transforming Environmentalism explores a moment central to the emergence of the environmental justice movement. Eileen McGurty traces the evolving approaches residents took starting in 1978 and lasting four years to contest environmental racism in their community and shows how activism in Warren County spurred greater political debate and became a model for communities across the nation.

Transforming Environmentalism explores a moment central to the emergence of the environmental justice movement. Eileen McGurty traces the evolving approaches residents took starting in 1978 and lasting four years to contest environmental racism in their community and shows how activism in Warren County spurred greater political debate and became a model for communities across the nation.