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
Los Angeles-based author Kirk Wallace Johnson chronicled Wilson’s efforts in his 2022 book “The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed and the Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast.” Johnson said Wilson was the most… Read More »Local environmentalist’s longtime advocacy strikes cord with community
Diane Wilson and San Antonio Bay Estuary Waterkeeper Declaration for EPA Lawsuit Press Release from Coalition for EPA Lawsuit Washington, D.C. – A coalition of environmental groups today filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S.… Read More »Coalition of Environmental Groups Sue EPA over Water Pollution Standards
Vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, a key chemical in making the commonly used plastic, PVC. Formosa Plastics Point Comfort has a long history of not reporting spills and releases of this toxic chemical.
Link to report: https://ipen.org/ToxicPlasticsinSupplyChain Point Comfort, Texas (December 15, 2021) Agreed to mitigation payments resulting from plastics found by a wastewater sampling device (called the WSM) that was agreed upon and designed after San Antonio… Read More »Global studies that include Formosa’s discharged pellets show health threat
Hi Folks, Myself, Diane Wilson, the San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, and others are raising a ruckus to stop the proposed dredging of Matagorda Bay. As you may remember, back in April, I waged a five-week… Read More »Max Midstream Air Pollution Permit! – TCEQ Public Meeting
Diane Wilson was featured in a recent Netflix series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11947162/ https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100
In 2016 The San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers started to collect pellets and powder from Formosa’s discharges into Cox Creek and Lavaca Bay. A complaint was filed with TCEQ on February 18th 2016.