tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post8226301953900370471..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Champion Paper: Protecting You From the Tyrannical Future Government (Newsweek, 1979)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-6222821600475130062007-03-01T14:24:00.000-05:002007-03-01T14:24:00.000-05:00Thanks for the background info.Thanks for the background info.Matt Novakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-38878872093609556612007-03-01T07:14:00.000-05:002007-03-01T07:14:00.000-05:00Champion Paper Company was in Canton, North Caroli...Champion Paper Company was in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton,_North_Carolina" REL="nofollow">Canton, North Carolina</A>, in the mountains. After an employee buy-out, it became the Blue Ridge Paper Company. A long <A HREF="http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/blue-ridge-pollution" REL="nofollow">class action suit</A> against it for polluting the watershed was recently settled. In the early 1990s at UNC I taught a student who had a Champion Paper scholarship. She ended up writing a research paper that critiqued the company for its bad practices. She cared about her scholarship, but she cared about her home community more.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00974560719588849769noreply@blogger.com