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Exxon’s New Potential Disaster: Coastal Plains
Overall, the Coastal Plains facility would be a site of distress and destruction: it burdens taxpayers with excessive subsidies.
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Unchecked and Unaccountable: The Sustainability Crisis at Formosa Plastics Group
This report examines how Formosa Plastics Group performs in relation to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards.
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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.
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Petrochemical Industry Exposure to Financial Risks
More than 700 new plastic pollution policies were introduced globally in the past decade and even more plastics legislation is forthcoming, as is a new global plastics treaty.
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The Environmental Tragedy of Plastic Pellets
A major source of ocean microplastics, tiny plastic pellets are a large problem in our marine environments.
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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.
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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.
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Exiting Petrochemicals: A Policy Guide for Financial Institutions
Exiting Petrochemicals: A Policy Guide for Financial Institutions serves as a roadmap for responsibly exiting the sector and remedying harms.
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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.
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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.