Concept information
Preferred term
scrubbers
Definition
- Communities worldwide often have complicated relationships with coal-fired power plants and manufacturing. While they can bring jobs, tax revenue, and energy to a community, many times they may carry serious public health and environmental issues or concerns due to smokestack emissions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Scrubbers]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/scrubbers
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