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Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper, began fishing the bays off the Gulf Coast of Texas at the age of eight. By 24 she was a boat captain. In 1989, while running her brother's fish house at the docks and mending nets, she read a newspaper article that listed her home of Calhoun County as the number one toxic polluter in the country. She set up a meeting in the town hall to discuss what the chemical plants were doing to the bays and thus began her life as an environmental activist. Threatened by thugs and despised by her neighbors, Diane insisted the truth be told and that Formosa Plastics stop dumping toxins into the bay.

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Diane's Books

• An Unreasonable Woman
• Holy Roller

Upcoming Events

• Alan Weisman at Chicago Public Library
  September 8, 2008, 6:00 pm
• Alan Weisman at St. Louis County Library
  
  1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis MO 63131
  September 9, 2008, 7:00 pm
• Alan Weisman at USC Annenberg School
  
  USC Annenberg, Suite 305, Los Angeles CA 90089
  September 11, 2008, 2:00 pm
• Diane Wilson at League of Women Voters event
  
  Omni Marina Hotel, 707 N Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi TX 78401
  September 13, 2008, 7:00 pm
• Diane Wilson at Green Mountain College
  
  One College Circle, Poultney VT 05764
  September 15, 2008, 2:30 pm
• Alan Weisman at Barnes & Noble
  
  10000 Research Blvd #158, Austin TX
  September 15, 2008, 7:30 pm
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  720 Ninth Street, Durham NC 27705
  September 16, 2008, 7:00 pm
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  9 College St., South Hadley MA 01075
  September 16, 2008, 7:00 pm
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  291 Main Street, Norwich VT 05055
  September 17, 2008, 7:00 pm
• Alan Weisman at Middlebury College
  September 24, 2008, 7:00 pm