EPA heard citizens' comments and concerns about Formosa at a public meeting in Edgard, which is the first step in a year-long process on doing an EIS; article notes how site of Whitney Planation was chosen over Willow Bend site, and how a helicopter trip taken on Jan...Read more
Author notes that testimony in Lester Millet Jr.'s federal extortion trial on charges stemming from Formosa's proposed rayon plant have called into question the real reason the company cancelled its plans. Initially Formosa cited permitting delays, potential problems...Read more