Article notes how stately plantation homes along River Road less begining to resemble Germany's Rhine valley and more like it's Ruhr Valley due to encroachment of petrochemical companies. Discusses how greenbelt will be threatened if Formosa moves into the region,...Read more
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
Author makes an impassioned plea to save the Evergreen Plantation upon learning that Formosa intends to purchase it. Gives brief history of both Evergreen and Whitney Plantations. Read more
Article about Oak Alley Plantation. Encourages people to visit, lists some of the attractions and offerings. Article mentions archaeological dig that the Louisiana Preservation Alliance is conducting.Read more
Formosa opened negotations to buy Evergreen Plantation. Alden Andre, Formosa's VP, claimed owners approached them. If they buy it, Andre says they would preserve the house and open it to the public. Preservationists don't like idea of another plantation being owned by...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
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 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
Small blurb. Notes that the state Travel Promotion Association is the latest group to denounce Formosa, saying that its construction would hurt tourism.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