22 Minutes with Diane Wilson: How a Fisherwoman Took on the Plastics Industry & Won

Diane Wilson is a fourth-generation shrimper, who has dedicated 30 years of her life standing up for her local fishing community of Lavaca Bay, down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, after a plastic factory decimated its fish stocks. Diane shares with Sarah Davies, EARTHDAY.ORG’s Communication & Media Director, what she witnessed first-hand and how and why she decided to fight back. Ultimately Diane won a $50 million settlement and is using every penny of it to rehabilitate the community - she may have lost her boat, her marriage, and her house in the process, but Diane is the ultimate fighter. Hear her incredible story that’s destined one day to be made into a movie...

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Excited for this one. Diane is certainly a legend!