St. John the Baptist Parish

News Article: Formosa rezoning brings lawsuit

Save Our Wetlands filed a lawsuit at St. John the Baptist Parish Courthouse that names three parish groups as defendents in the issue of rezoning 1,800 acres of land in Wallace for a promposed petrochemical complex. These are the following: Lester Millet, the nine parish council members, and the...Read more

News Article: St. John plant pits past, progress

Article highlights two opposing viewpoints to proposed Formosa plant through the opinions of two residents, Wilfrend Greene versus Paul Stein. Greene said he has received three buy-out offers. Article notes that parish officials promised as much as $1 million from St...Read more

News Article: Plant could cook up 1,600 jobs

Article says that as many as 4,000 construction jobs and 1,600 permanent jobs could be created if Formosa goes through with its plans to construct plant in St. John the Baptist Parish. It is the second major chemical producer with plans to build in St. John, after...Read more

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