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Article: ERIN BROCKOVICH.
- Article from:
- Conservation Matters
- Article date:
- June 22, 2001
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Erin Brockovich married Eric Ellis in 1999, but her unmarried name is more universally recognizable. "Erin Brockovich" was one of the year 2000's most popular films. Julia Roberts played the lead, winning an Academy Award for Best Actress. The film told the story of a file clerk in a law firm (Brockovich) who changed the world. Toxic chromium 6 from a PG&E power plant was leaking into the groundwater of Hinkley, California, and hundreds of people were sick there. (PG&E owns two of Massachusetts' "Filthy Five" power plants, at Salem Harbor and at Somerset's Brayton Point. CLF's April 2000 lawsuit resulted in a $21 million settlement that forced PG&E to stop leaking toxic ...
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Article: A&E DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT REAL ERIN ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);
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... ... got it right in ''Erin Brockovich.'' A fascinating ... looks at the real Erin Brockovich, and one conclusion ... The lawsuit out of Hinkley, Calif., was depicted ... Oscar-nominated ''Erin Brockovich,'' in the case that ...
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