Article notes conflicting opinions on plant's decision not to come to Wallace; EPA calls Formosa's argument that they delayed environmental permitting process confusing and points fingers back at Formosa (never got full cooperation and disclosure from company to move the permitting process quickly); talks about how some residents depressed by loss of jobs and potential customers while others ecstatic; Wilfred Greene talks about how Formosa had been buying up property patchwork and speculates on what Formosa now will do with the land it spent $10 million on; Parish officials sending local delegation to New Jersey to try and convince Formosa to change its mind
Keith Darce, 12 October 1992, "News Article: Reaction to Formosa decision mixed", contributed by Sheila Tahir, Project: Formosa Plastics Global Archive, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 30 January 2023, accessed 1 December 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/news-article-reaction-formosa-decision-mixed
Critical Commentary
Article notes conflicting opinions on plant's decision not to come to Wallace; EPA calls Formosa's argument that they delayed environmental permitting process confusing and points fingers back at Formosa (never got full cooperation and disclosure from company to move the permitting process quickly); talks about how some residents depressed by loss of jobs and potential customers while others ecstatic; Wilfred Greene talks about how Formosa had been buying up property patchwork and speculates on what Formosa now will do with the land it spent $10 million on; Parish officials sending local delegation to New Jersey to try and convince Formosa to change its mind
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