| Notes | 'Vanessa annotated (11/10/2021)\n\n\n\n\n\nFull citation (with link)\n\n\n\n\nCollier, Kiah. \"Retired Texas shrimper wins record-breaking $50 million settlement from plastics manufacturing giant\" Texas Tribune. December 3, 2019. https://www.texastribune.org/2019/12/03/texas-judge-approves-settlement-...\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\"Diane Wilson, a retired shrimper and an environmental activist, sued Formosa in July 2017, alleging that its Port Comfort plant had illegally discharged thousands of plastic pellets and other pollutants into Lavaca Bay and other nearby waterways. Environmental group San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, represented by two private attorneys, joined Wilson in the suit.\"(Collier, 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\"Wilson and Waterkeeper members dragged in boxes full of thousands of milky white plastic pellets they had painstakingly collected from Lavaca and Matagorda bays and Cox Creek with the help of volunteers.\"(Collier, 2019)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat stakeholders are identified and how are they described?\n\n\n\n\nTaiwan-based plastics manufacturer Formosa\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat stakeholder actions are described?\n\n\n\n\n\"Formosa released a statement Tuesday afternoon that said the company \"has agreed to implement a range of improvements to the wastewater and stormwater discharge facilities\" at the plant. Those include installation of holding ponds to contain all stormwater on the property, improved capacity for its stormwater drainage systems and other changes designed to keep plastics out of the plant\'s wastewater.\"(Collier, 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“Having the $50 million settlement go to local environmental projects feels like justice,” Wilson said in a statement. “Formosa polluted Lavaca Bay and nearby waterways for years. Now it will pay for strong community projects that will improve the health and welfare of our waterways and beaches.”(Collier, 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“We will continue to partner with local communities and stakeholders to ensure that [Formosa Plastics Corporation] USA environmental programs are at the top of our industry,\" Ken Mounger said.\' \'Under the settlement, Formosa agreed to comply with “zero discharge” of all plastics in the future and to clean up existing pollution. Hoyt inquired about that progress during the hearing Tuesday, saying he wanted to make sure it became a reality.\'(Collier, 2019)\n\n\n\n - vanessadiehl'
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