roxanne quimby was the largest landowner in maine
she has now donated much of her land to the u s government for katahdin national monument for the federal government to protect it from exploitation
paul lepage ran for governor of maine with tea party backing
the tea party were created by the koch brothers
in 2005 the koch brothers bought georgia pacific which was the largest landowner in maine in 1990
in 2014 rollingstone magazine and u mass amherst say koch industries was 3rd largest polluter in the u s
lucas st clair is roxanne quimby s son
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-23/business/fi-780_1_eastern-maine
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-whistle-blower-accuses-the-kochs-of-poisoning-an-arkansas-town
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/10/21/business/mill-officials-offer-gas-leak-answers-at-open-house/?ref=BusinessBox
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924
she has now donated much of her land to the u s government for katahdin national monument for the federal government to protect it from exploitation
paul lepage ran for governor of maine with tea party backing
the tea party were created by the koch brothers
in 2005 the koch brothers bought georgia pacific which was the largest landowner in maine in 1990
in 2014 rollingstone magazine and u mass amherst say koch industries was 3rd largest polluter in the u s
lucas st clair is roxanne quimby s son
" Roxanne Quimby’s foundation donated more than 87,500 acres in the Katahdin region to the federal government Tuesday in a critical step toward creation of a national monument in Maine’s North Woods.
While representatives for Quimby and the Obama administration remained silent Tuesday about a potential national monument designation, news of the land transfers drew strong reactions from those involved in a debate over the changing use of Maine’s vast forestlands. Supporters cheered a gift that they predicted could revitalize the region’s struggling towns, while opponents warned that providing a foothold to the federal government would inhibit economic development in the North Woods. "
"The civil fine against Georgia-Pacific, which became Maine's largest landowner when it recently assumed the property holdings of takeover target Great Northern Nekoosa Corp., is the largest ever for violating Maine environmental laws, the Department of Environmental Protection said. "
" Koch also owns Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company and recently Guardian Industries. "
" The two main organizations identified in the UCSF Quarterback study are Americans for Prosperity and Freedomworks. Both groups are now “supporting the tobacco companies’ political agenda by mobilizing local Tea Party opposition to tobacco taxes and smoke-free laws.” Freedomworks and Americans for Prosperity were once a single organization called Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE). CSE was founded in 1984 by the infamous Koch Brothers, David and Charles Koch, and received over $5.3 million from tobacco companies, mainly Philip Morris, between 1991 and 2004. "
" In the general election, LePage was backed by local Tea Party activists and faced Democratic state senator Libby Mitchell, and three independents – Eliot Cutler, Shawn Moody, and Kevin Scott.[15] "
" People are afraid—afraid and scared to say something,” said David Bouie, who worked at the plant for about 10 years, his wife for over 25 years. They live in Crossett, and suffer respiratory and sinus problems, sore throats, nausea and allergies—symptoms, he says, that are shared among many of his neighbors."
"This summer, Guice decided to speak out about the paper mill in Crossett, a working-class town of some fifty-two hundred residents ten miles north of the Louisiana border.* The mill is run by the paper giant Georgia-Pacific, which has been owned by Koch Industries since 2005. According to E.P.A. records, it emits more than 1.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals each year, including numerous known carcinogens. Georgia-Pacific says that it has permits to operate the mill as it does, and disputes that it is harming local health and safety. But as far back as the nineteen-nineties, people living near the plant have described noxious odors and corrosive effluents that have forced them to stay indoors, as well as what seems to them unusually high rates of illness and death. "
" EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick
The company issued a public apology for five chlorine dioxide gas leaks by way of a full-page ad in a local New Brunswick newspaper on Oct. 15. One leak happened in June, with four others in late August and early September. "
" According to the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Political Economy Research Institute, only three companies rank among the top 30 polluters of America's air, water and climate: ExxonMobil, American Electric Power and Koch Industries. "
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