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Troubled Waters
Richard A. Bartlett
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Champion International and the Pigeon River Controversy
出版Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1995
主題Business & Economics / Industries / ManufacturingNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionNature / Ecosystems & Habitats / RiversNature / Natural ResourcesPolitical Science / GeneralScience / Environmental ScienceTechnology & Engineering / Environmental / Waste ManagementTechnology & Engineering / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
ISBN08704988869780870498886
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=04pswIYVjeYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Since 1908, the corporate giant now known as Champion International has operated a pulp and paper mill along the banks of the Pigeon River in Canton, North Carolina. As a result, during most of those years, this once-sparkling Appalachian stream has been virtually useless except as an industrial sewer - foamy, foul-smelling, molasses-colored. By polluting the river, the mill that brought prosperity to Canton stunted the economic growth of the downstream communities in Cocke County, Tennessee. Although public pressure to clean up the Pigeon surfaced intermittently, it has been only in the years since 1985 that two organizations - the Pigeon River Action Group and the Dead Pigeon River Council - have mounted a sustained drive against the ongoing pollution. Today, following a multimillion-dollar upgrading of the Champion mill, the Pigeon River is cleaner but hardly pristine. Moreover, there is little evidence that Champion carried out its modernization for any reasons other than economic ones.