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Paper Valley : the fight for the Fox River cleanup
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- Creator
- P. David Allen II and Susan Campbell
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2023]
- ©2023
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- xii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0814349587, 9780814349588
- OCLC
- on1345581544
- "When government scientist David Allen arrived at his new jobsite in the 1990s, the Fox River near Wisconsin's Green Bay was dominated by hulking paper mills, noxious industrial odors, and widespread ecological damage. Confronted by his lack of resources to force the politically powerful "Paper Valley" polluters to fix their mess, Allen proceeds against all bureaucratic odds in building a $1 billion case against the paper company bosses. Two small but vital players, Allen along with journalist Susan Campbell were relentless in bringing the case to the public at the time. They do so again in this book: an act of radical transparency to uncover the intrigue that nearly blocked the cleanup behind the scenes at US Fish and Wildlife, Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources, and the US Environmental Protection Agency. In a rare and major environmental win, the Fox River became the site of the largest polychlorinated biphenyls cleanup in history, paid for by the paper companies rather than taxpayers, to the tune of $1.3 billion, and completed in 2020." --
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282).
- Cast of characters -- Timeline -- Introduction -- Part I. Making a federal case, by accident -- Green Bay convergence -- The Feds don't take Wisconsin's hint -- Inner turmoil at Fish and Wildlife -- Grand theft -- Part II. The Feds take the case -- Can't we all just get along? -- Making the case -- Escalation to the breaking point -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- References