Gulf Coast protectors are demanding accountability from Formosa Plastics amidst their flagrant and ongoing violations of a settlement under the Clean Water Act which ordered that there be zero discharge of plastic from their polluting plant into the Lavaca Bay. That settlement also fined the company $50 million and required regular monitoring at their Point Comfort plant. Diane Wilson stated, “Clearly Formosa Plastics sees the millions in fines for 746 violations, including dumping of toxins into waterways as – and $26 million in penalties as THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. We say NO! The destruction of water, land, and air, and harming of workers and communities around the world, must stop NOW!”

Support the Formosa 2! Come to Court!
Date: Monday, March 10, 2025
Location: Livingston Town Hall/Municipal Court, 357 S Livingston Avenue, Livingston, NJ. Parking behind the building.
9:00 am: Arrive
9:30 am: Attend the Trial
Press Briefing outside of the Livingston Town Hall immediately after the Trial.
Wear red.

About the Formosa 2:
During a December 5, 2024 rally outside Formosa Plastics’ U.S. headquarters, Goldman award winning activist, community leader and author Diane Wilson and two other San Antonio Bay Waterkeepers were arrested for trespassing as they attempted to approach the public entrance of the company’s office building and peacefully deliver a letter requesting a meeting with company executives. Their trial has now been set for March 10 in the Livingston, NJ, Municipal Court.

Later that week on Wednesday, another hearing will take place in Newark for a different group of defendants fighting against Formosa

About the 2 defendants:
Diane Wilson, Executive Director, San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, Texas, and the Goldman Environmental Prize Winner who won a landmark case against Formosa Plastics, one of the world’s largest petrochemical companies, for the illegal dumping of plastic waste on Texas’ Gulf Coast. The $50 million settlement is the largest award in a citizen suit against an industrial polluter in the history of the US Clean Water Act. Repeated violations of the Court Order in that case have already cost Formosa Plastics nearly $27 more in fines, but they still refuse to stop polluting. Camryn Edwards is a staff member at San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, and lifelong resident of Calhoun County, TX. The third arrestee opted to plead guilty.

Formosa Plastics Corporate Background:
Formosa Plastics Group has a long history of violating environmental laws and destroying communities. Groups throughout the world have been working to increase public awareness of Formosa Plastics and its history as a bad actor and their efforts to avoid accountability for the pollution they are responsible for in Texas, Louisiana, and across the globe. Groups also see plastics production as a major source of fossil fuel pollution and cause of climate disasters. For more information about that campaign: www.formosa4.org.