Petropolis and Environmental Protest in Cross-National Perspective: Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas, versus Minatitlan-Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz Beaumont–Port Arthur offers a revealing counterpoint, for over the last century it too begat a native stirring of environmental concerns, as did petro... C Sel...
The article discusses the petroleum industry and environmental protest movements in the so-called petropolis areas of Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas, and Minatitlan-Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz in the 20th century. The article examines early silence about the environmental concerns posed by oil refineries as...