Paper Valley : the fight for the Fox River cleanup / P. David Allen II and Susan Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, P. David, II, author.

Campbell, Susan, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Wayne State University. Press, publisher.

Series:

Great Lakes books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Offenses against the environment--Fox River (Wis. and Ill.).

Offenses against the environment.

Paper industry--Environmental aspects--Fox River Valley (Wis. and Ill.).

Paper industry.

Hazardous wastes--Environmental aspects--Fox River Valley (Wis. and Ill.).

Hazardous wastes.

Water--Pollution--Wisconsin--Green Bay.

Water.

Paper industry--Environmental aspects.

United States--Fox River Valley.

United States--Fox River (Wisconsin and Illinois).

Physical Description:

xii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2023]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"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." -- Amazon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282).

ISBN:

0814349587

9780814349588

OCLC:

1345581544