Photo Credit: Reuters The Formosa steel plant disaster was an environmental disaster that occurred in April 2016 in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam. The disaster was caused by the release of toxic chemicals from the Formosa… Read More »Join Diane in standing up to Formosa’s environmental contamination in Vietnam
65+ groups urge TCEQ to change how Formosa Plastic is allowed to monitor toxicity in their discharge Research shows a ‘long-term decline of ecosystem health in Lavaca Bay For Immediate Release, March 20, 2024 AUSTIN,… Read More »Texas Plastics Company Fails to Accurately Monitor Toxicity of Discharge in Lavaca Bay
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will discuss their safety and environmental review process of the construction permit application for a proposed nuclear reactor at the Dow Seadrift site in Calhoun County. It’s important to let them know… Read More »U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting Feb 15th 2024
Well, the most I’ve been challenged today is this Texas norther that blew through yesterday, nearly taking my tent with it, then dipping the weather down in the high 40’s. That’s cold to my Texas thinking.… Read More »Formosa Plastics Hunger Strike: Day 28
I’m sitting here with my back against the tent to keep it from blowing in. Probably 35-mile gusts. This AFTER my first night in the tent. Lordy, wasn’t that something. But I’m not complaining. I think of… Read More »Formosa Plastics Hunger Strike: Day 27
Join us live for a special update on the #FormosaHungerStrike with guest speakers Sharon Lavigne from RISE ST. JAMES, Nancy Bui from Justice For Formosa Victims, and strike leader Diane Wilson of San Antonio Bay… Read More »Hunger Strike Livestream: Join Diane Wilson and Rise St James
Well, my permanent 8-person tent is up in addition to another smaller tent, and everything is hooked up for electricity by solar panels by the good graciousness of Texas Campaign for the Environment! Yah! An… Read More »Formosa Plastics Hunger Strike: Day 26
Day after Thanksgiving at Gate 3 and it is ultra-quiet and WHITE. All the vehicles on the plant site are white trucks. I’m driving this white truck until Ole Red gets fixed with a new water… Read More »Formosa Plastics Hunger Strike: Day 25
Well, I have to say today I felt the hunger strike hit me like a wall. Lightheadedness, nausea, and weakness. Normally there is a weakness early in the morning, but I gain energy during the… Read More »Formosa Plastics Hunger Strike: Day 24
So this happens during a fast: you realize you reach a line when it stops being your body that’s carrying the fast and it becomes the heart and mind. I have always said a hunger… Read More »Formosa Plastics Hunger Strike: Day 23
Well, all I can say for today is that it is blowing a gale. White caps all over the bay when I came across the causeway. The truck was rocking to a cowboy song I… Read More »Formosa Plastics Hunger Strike: Day 22