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New Report Exposes Formosa Plastics

A groundbreaking new report offers an analysis of Formosa Plastics Group, one of the world’s largest petrochemical conglomerates. Read More

Friends of the Earth, Stop Formosa Plastics Coalition Fail Major Banks for Financing Big Plastic in New Scorecard

FOE and the Stop Formosa Plastics Coalition released a scorecard that evaluates banks based on their investments in Formosa Plastics Group. Read More

Advocacy Groups, Researchers and Businesses Call On Banks to Cut Ties With Formosa Plastics

Formosa Plastics has brought destruction and a lack of accountability at every turn, but financial institutions can break the cycle. Read More

Exiting Petrochemicals: Groups Call On Financial Institutions to Stop Financing Major Driver of Climate Change

Plastics and the 16,000 chemicals used to make them contaminate food, water, air, blood, and even breastmilk. Read More

Public Meeting Announced for Formosa Plastics Facility Expansion

Next month the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will host a public meeting for a proposed off-channel reservoir at the Formosa Plastics petrochemical facility. Read More

Texas Environmental Agency Opens Pathway for Formosa Plastics Expansion

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a draft permit to construct a reservoir on the property of Formosa Plastics. Read More

Environmentalists Condemn Louisiana Court’s Decision to Uphold Air Permits for Formosa Plastics Facility

The US government, backed by the courts, continues to allow rampant pollution that harms communities. Read More

Activists Call for Justice for Victims of Formosa Plastics Disaster as President Biden Visits Vietnam

WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Biden’s visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, members of the International Monitor Formosa Alliance sent a letter to the administration regarding a lack of restitution for victims of the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel plant environmental disaster. Read More

175 Organizations Call on Banks Not to Finance Formosa Plastics’ Louisiana Plant

175 organizations today called on 30 leading banks and financiers not to fund the construction of Formosa Plastics’ $12 billion “Sunshine Project” petrochemical plant in St. James, Louisiana. Read More