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Diane, a fourth-generation shrimper from Calhoun County, Texas, won a long and challenging battle against industries, including Formosa Plastics, Alcoa and Dow Chemical, that were emitting toxic chemicals into the bay that has been fished for generations. Algae blooms were forming and shrimpers in the area were diagnosed with four different kinds of cancers. After five years she got exactly what she wanted — a zero discharge agreement. Read the whole story in her book An Unreasonable Woman. The portrait on the right is from the series of paintings, Americans Who Tell The Truth (www.americanswhotellthetruth.org), by Maine artist Robert Shetterly. |
