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Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products 1919 South Broadway Avenue, Green Bay Plant Was Found In Violation Of<br />

The EPA’s Clean Air Act In 2014. According to the EPA ECHO Database, Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products 1919<br />

South Broadway Avenue, Green Bay, WI plant was found in violation of the EPA’s Clean Air Act in quarter 5 from April<br />

through June 2014 and quarter 6 from July through September 2014. [EPA ECHO Database, accessed 3/3/16]<br />

American Blvd. De Pere Plant<br />

Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products 1919 South Broadway Avenue, Green Bay Plant Was Found In Violation Of<br />

The EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act In 2012, 2014, And 2015. According to the EPA ECHO Database,<br />

Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products 1919 South Broadway Avenue, Green Bay, WI plant was found in violation of the<br />

EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act in quarter 5 from April through June 2014, quarter 6 from July through<br />

September 2014, quarter 7 from October through December 2014, and quarter 8 from January through March 2015. [EPA<br />

ECHO Database, accessed 3/3/16]<br />

GEORGIA PACIFIC’S GREEN BAY PLANTS EMITTED OVER A MILLION<br />

POUNDS OF GREENHOUSE GASSES WHEN LAST MEASURED IN 2014<br />

Georgia Pacific’s Green Bay Plants Emitted Over 950,000 Pounds Of Carbon Dioxide In 2014<br />

Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products 1919 South Broadway Avenue, Green Bay Plant Emitted Over 900,000 Pounds<br />

Of Carbon Dioxide In 2014. According to the EPA ECHO Database, Georgia Pacific’s 500 Day St, Green Bay, WI plant<br />

emitted 918,578.00 pounds of carbon dioxide in 2014. [EPA ECHO Database, accessed 3/23/16]<br />

Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products 500 Day St. Green Bay Plant Emitted Over 45,000 Pounds Of Carbon Dioxide<br />

In 2014. According to the EPA ECHO Database, Georgia Pacific’s 500 Day St, Green Bay, WI plant emitted 45,197.20<br />

pounds of carbon dioxide in 2014. [EPA ECHO Database, accessed 3/23/16]<br />

Georgia Pacific’s Green Bay Plants Emitted Over 10,000 Pounds Of Methane In 2014<br />

Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products 500 Day St. Green Bay Plant Emitted Over 8,000 Pounds Of Methane In 2014.<br />

According to the EPA ECHO Database, Georgia Pacific’s 500 Day St, Green Bay, WI plant emitted 8,087.25 pounds of<br />

methane in 2014. [EPA ECHO Database, accessed 3/23/16]<br />

Georgia Pacific’s Consumer Products 1919 South Broadway Avenue, Green Bay Plant Emitted Nearly 2,000 Pounds<br />

Of Methane In 2014. According to the EPA ECHO Database, Georgia Pacific’s 500 Day St, Green Bay, WI plant emitted<br />

1,944.50 pounds of methane in 2014. [EPA ECHO Database, accessed 3/23/16]<br />

KOCH INDUSTRIES HAS BEEN A “MAJOR POLLUTER” IN WISCONSIN<br />

Coauthor Of The “Toxic 100 Air Polluters” Michael Ash: Koch Industries Has Been A “Major Polluter” In<br />

<strong>Wisconsin</strong>. According to the Center for Media and Democracy, “Michael Ash, an Associate Professor of Economics and<br />

Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and coauthor of the ‘Toxic 100 Air Polluters,’ says the numbers<br />

indicate that Koch Industries is a ‘major polluter’ in <strong>Wisconsin</strong>. Rich Puchalsky, a TRI expert and a consultant for half a dozen<br />

environmental groups on TRI, concurs.” [Center for Media and Democracy, 5/19/11]<br />

Koch Industries Released Millions Of Pounds Of Toxic Discharges And Nearly 100,000 Pounds Of<br />

Carcinogens From 2007 - 2009<br />

2007-2009: “Koch Industries' Facilities Emitted Over 5.4 Million Pounds Of Toxic Discharges Into <strong>Wisconsin</strong>'s Air<br />

And Water” Including Nearly 100,000 Pounds Of “Substances Known Or Suspected To Cause Cancer.” According to<br />

the Center for Media and Democracy, “However incomplete, though, the data reveal that over the course of those three years,<br />

Koch Industries' facilities emitted over 5.4 million pounds of toxic discharges into <strong>Wisconsin</strong>'s air and water. Of these

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