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One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays
By Bang, Molly
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80505-396-8
- Publisher
- New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2001
Gr 4-8 Bang turns from the broad environmental concerns she expressed in Common Ground (Scholastic, 1997) to the specific work of one courageous environmentalist. Diane Wilson was a commercial shrimper whose fight to stop petrochemical companies' pollution of the bays off Calhoun County, TX, grew out of her concern for declining shrimp populations. With the help of lawyer Jim Blackburn, she challenged Formosa Plastics's plans to build another plant. The personal toll was tremendous. Wilson's neighbors and famil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
