Marie’s Tree: Implosions And Injustice In San Francisco tells the story of environmental activist Marie Harrison (1948-2019) of San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point and her three major battles: saving her home of Geneva Towers from implosion; advocating for the removal of polluting PG&E stacks; and protecting her community from contamination from one of the country’s worst superfund cleanup sites.

About the Author:

Tom Molanphy’s journalism has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle and other publications. He has won awards from the California News Publishers Association and the Bay Area Travel Writers Association. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and teaches journalism, composition, creative writing and art/design appreciation classes at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.