Environmentalists in Tennessee brought suit against the Champion Paper Company of North Carolina for polluting the Pigeon River, which flows from North Carolina into eastern Tennessee. Tennessee claimed that the coffee-colored water smelled bad and would not support fishing or swimming. Environmentalists requested that the river be restored to its pristine state, or the level of water quality it eard the suit and applied an efficiency standard. In release (though this number was not zero). had before the coming of industry. The Environmental Protection other words, the EPA set limits on how much pollution the pape shutting down reducing expanding Pristine water an efficiency standard because it would require production. Environmentalists in Tennessee brought suit against the Champion Paper Company of North Carolina for polluting the Pigeon River, which flows from North Carolina into eastern Tennessee. Tennessee claimed that the coffee-colored water smelled bad and would not support fishing or swimming. Environmentalists requested that the river be restored to its pristine state, or the level of water quality it had before the coming of industry. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) heard the suit and applied an efficiency standard. In other words, the EPA set limits on how much pollution the paper company could release (though this number was not zero). Pristine water an efficiency standard because it would require production.
Environmentalists in Tennessee brought suit against the Champion Paper Company of North Carolina for polluting the Pigeon River, which flows from North Carolina into eastern Tennessee. Tennessee claimed that the coffee-colored water smelled bad and would not support fishing or swimming. Environmentalists requested that the river be restored to its pristine state, or the level of water quality it eard the suit and applied an efficiency standard. In release (though this number was not zero). had before the coming of industry. The Environmental Protection other words, the EPA set limits on how much pollution the pape shutting down reducing expanding Pristine water an efficiency standard because it would require production. Environmentalists in Tennessee brought suit against the Champion Paper Company of North Carolina for polluting the Pigeon River, which flows from North Carolina into eastern Tennessee. Tennessee claimed that the coffee-colored water smelled bad and would not support fishing or swimming. Environmentalists requested that the river be restored to its pristine state, or the level of water quality it had before the coming of industry. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) heard the suit and applied an efficiency standard. In other words, the EPA set limits on how much pollution the paper company could release (though this number was not zero). Pristine water an efficiency standard because it would require production.
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Transcribed Image Text:Environmentalists in Tennessee brought suit against the Champion Paper Company of North Carolina for polluting the Pigeon River,
which flows from North Carolina into eastern Tennessee. Tennessee claimed that the coffee-colored water smelled bad and would not
support fishing or swimming. Environmentalists requested that the river be restored to its pristine state, or the level of water quality it
eard the suit and applied an efficiency standard. In
release (though this number was not zero).
had before the coming of industry. The Environmental Protection
other words, the EPA set limits on how much pollution the pape
shutting down
reducing
expanding
Pristine water
an efficiency standard because it would require
production.
Transcribed Image Text:Environmentalists in Tennessee brought suit against the Champion Paper Company of North Carolina for polluting the Pigeon River,
which flows from North Carolina into eastern Tennessee. Tennessee claimed that the coffee-colored water smelled bad and would not
support fishing or swimming. Environmentalists requested that the river be restored to its pristine state, or the level of water quality it
had before the coming of industry. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) heard the suit and applied an efficiency standard. In
other words, the EPA set limits on how much pollution the paper company could release (though this number was not zero).
Pristine water
an efficiency standard because it would require
production.
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