A review by salimah
Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles by Williamj Kelly, Chip Jacobs

5.0

An exhaustive (pun kind of intended) history of one of Los Angeles' defining characteristics--as iconic as Hollywood and all it represents--its smoggy sky. Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelley make the convincing case that environmental justice is racial and socioeconomic justice and that capitalism is often just as nefarious as its made out to be. They manage to make the chronology of choices regarding the health of its citizenry and the earth across political administrations at various levels read like the most nail-biting true-crime saga, which, let's be honest, it is.