Article is about how plantations have been gradually disappearing along River Road due to a range of issues, and how Whitney Plantation may go the same way now that Formosa is intending to build a petrochemical complex. Also talks about an EPA hearing in Edgard where...Read more
Article very similar to "Formosa negotiates to buy plantation..." in TP (Jan. 5, 1991). Formosa opened negotiations to buy Evergreen Plantation, and this has alarmed preservationists.Read more
Public hearing about proposed rezoning change in Wallace met with opposition. One resident likens it to "genocide." Various people from different organizations quoted. Concerns of residents, preservationists, and environmentalists listed. Alden Andre feigns innonence...Read more
An opinion piece comprised of various organizations that oppose Formosa. Article informs readers that a public hearing will be held in Edgard to consider the rezoning of Whitney Plantation and its surrounding environs from residential to industrial. Lists why Rier...Read more
Alden Andre, Formosa's VP of operations, unaware of opposition to proposed Wallace plant; however, claims will be a great contribution to the parish in terms of jobs, and will be a good neighbor. Planning and Zoning Commission to make a recommendation for proposed...Read more
Author is critical of St. John Parish officials who want to contaminate the last green belt on River Road by rezoning the Whitney Plantation and its surrounding environs to industrial in order to allow Formosa to construct its facility. Article notes the wild tax...Read more
Article ponders what will happen next to the Whitney Plantation now that Formosa has scrapped its plan for building a petrochemical complex. Formosa has pledged to donate the home and land to prservationists with expertise and resources to renovate it and open it to...Read more
Author notes how there has been a shift in how many residents view industry; many are opposed to more industry coming in, while politicians are still eager to entice them. William Fontenot, environmental specialist with the State Attorney General's office, is quoted...Read more
Author writes of how rural community life on west bank of St. John the Baptist Parish is about to be transformed if the proposed Formosa complex is built. He depicts the west bank as stuck in the past, quaint, sleepy. Interviews different residents and people from...Read more