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Civic Data for the Anthropocene: Visualizing Taiwan's Formosa Plastics

In October 2019, Taiwanese petrochemical company Formosa Plastics agreed to pay a record settlement of $50 million for their release of plastic pellets into Lavaca Bay and Cox Creek in Texas. The settlement was achieved by a group of activists that made extensive use of “citizen science...Read more

News Article: New Orleans lawyer to buy, restore St. John plantation

Prominent New Orleans trial laywer and real estate developer will buy Whitney Plantation and has promised to do a full resoration of the Creole mansion and its 23 outbuildings. Article mentions the lawyer, John Cummings, big cases as well as his other land holdings.Read more

Document: Formosa Plastics Factsheet June 2021

Formosa Plastics Factsheet June 2021Read more

News Article: Little guy was driving force in halting Formosa, foes say

Notes how coalition of local residents, environmental activists, and historic preservationists claimed victory against Formosa, and that this coalition was real reason it did not build its rayon plant despite the other reasons it cited; Wallace residents in particular...Read more

Introduction to Formosa Automobile Corporation

Web document describing early stages of Formosa AutoRead more

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