Book Written by IAGLR Member Wins 2011 Green Book Festival Award

May 27, 2011

The Green Book Festival named Dr. John Hartig's book entitled, Burning Rivers: Revival of Four Urban-Industrial Rivers that Caught on Fire, as the winner in the "scientific" category. Burning Rivers explores how four rivers in the Great Lakes Basin caught on fire because of oil pollution, including the infamous Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, the Buffalo River in New York, the Rouge River in southeast Michigan, and the Chicago River in Illinois. It was written to help teach the lessons of the past, celebrate the environmental progress, and to help convince people of the urgent need to address the remaining environmental challenges in order to avoid another tipping point. Please see the press release for more information.