Formosa Plastics plans to build a $12 billion petrochemicals complex in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. The predominantly Black community of St. James Parish is already overburdened with pollution, making the project a litmus test for environmental racism. But St. James is fighting back, together with activists from around the world
The video below takes you on a tour of Formosa's toxic track record in Taiwan, Texas and Vietnam, then looks at the threat to St. James and what we can do to fight back and defund, denounce and divest from Formosa.
Full video:
Taiwan - Huiting Hsu
Vietnam - Nancy Bui
Texas - Diane Wilson
Louisiana / St. James - Sharon Lavigne
Formosa Finance - Michelle Chan