| Notes | 'Vanessa annotated (11/10/2021)\n\n\n\n\n\nFull citation (with link)\n\n\n\n\nFernandez, Stacy \"Plastic company set to pay $50 million settlement in water pollution suit brought on by Texas residents\" The Texas Tribune, October 15, 2019 https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/15/formosa-plastics-pay-50-million-...\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat information is provided about environmental health threats (from explosions, everyday pollution, climate change, etc ) in your setting?\n\n\n\n\n\"Illegal discharge of plastic pellets and other pollutants into Lavaca Bay and nearby waterways\"(Fernandez, 2019)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat information is provided about intersecting factors -- social, cultural, health, political, technological, ecological -- that contribute to environmental health vulnerability and injustice in this setting?\n\n\n\n\n\"The years of fighting to protect the natural resources of the Lavaca Bay-Cox Creek area have finally paid off,” Diane Wilson, a former shrimper and a plaintiff in the suit, said in a statement released Tuesday by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, which represented the residents who filed suit. “It’s a huge victory for the environment — and for the people who love and depend upon it. We look forward to working with Formosa to restore the health of our environment and make sure it stays pristine.”(Fernandez, 2019)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat stakeholders are identified and how are they described?\n\n\n\n\nFormosa Plastics is a petrochemical manufacturer(Fernandez, 2019)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat stakeholder actions are described?\n\n\n\n\n\"Petrochemical manufacturer Formosa Plastics has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit in which a judge ruled the company illegally dumped billions of plastic pellets and other pollutants into Lavaca Bay and other waterways, according to the settlement\"(Fernandez, 2019)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat references are there to news reports, or reports by government agencies, environmental groups or companies? Provide links.\n\n\n\n\nTexas Commission on Environmental Quality\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat local actions to reduce environmental vulnerability and injustice are described or suggested?\n\n\n\n\n\"In addition to the financial settlement [$50 million], the company agreed to comply with “zero discharge” of all plastics in the future and to clean up existing pollution\"(Fernandez, 2019)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat extra-local actions (at state, national or international levels) to reduce environmental vulnerability and injustice are described or suggested?\n\n\n\n\n\"Plaintiffs will be able to review decisions and make objections, from hiring an engineer to design improvements to monitoring the company while it works toward zero discharge. If Formosa is found to be in violation again, each documented discharge will be paid into the settlement fund. The first penalty would come at $10,000 per discharge this year, with yearly increments to more than $54,000 per discharge.\" (Fernandez, 2019)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is said about the data and research that would be useful for characterizing and addressing environmental threats in this setting and other settings facing similar hazards?\n\n\n\n\n\"During the trial, which began in late March, the plaintiffs brought in boxes full of plastic they had collected from Lavaca and Matagorda bays and Cox Creek over several years.\" (Fernandez, 2019)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat intersecting injustices -- data, economic, epistemic, gender, health, infrastructure, intergenerational, media, procedural, racial, reproductive -- contribute to environmental injustice in this setting?\n\n\n\n\nProcedural failure: The Texas Commission on Environmental Qua\n\n\n\n - vanessadiehl'
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