<span>First and foremost, you might speak with your librarian. Even if they don’t know the book in question, they will be of great assistance in helping you find it in the library stacks by narrowing down where books on the subject of hot air ballooning might be. If they can not personally assist you, you can take advantage of the library’s computer system to help you track down the book you are looking for. If that fails, you can use the library computers to do a search for books on hot air ballooning. This will give you some names and titles, which you will then be able to do a more targeted search for within the library’s own system and find the book you are looking for.</span>
C. He persuaded the town's council members to reject the company's plan.
Explain: He knew that if the company drilled into the earth and made factories to get oil that it would damage the wildlife. He also knew that it would upset the farmers (which were 60% of the people in the town). So he talked to the council and they realized what an important decision this would be.
Hope this helps!
(it is all in the last paragraph if you need to look for it)