Dear Margaret,
Demand Bank of America protect communities, waterways, and marine life from Formosa Plastics.
Formosa Plastics is trying to build a mega-polluting complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana to fuel its plastics production. Take action now.
Formosa Plastics' project would span 2,300 acres along the Mississippi River. The area is known as “Cancer Alley” due to the high chemical burden its majority-Black residents already face.
It would send tiny bits of plastic into local waterways, where birds, fish, and reptiles could mistake these pellets for food. It would contribute to the production of more plastics that will eventually end up in oceans around the globe.
Formosa Plastics is backed by Bank of America. If we can convince banks like Bank of America to not provide financing, we can deal a major blow to the project. Will you to join local communities in the fight to stop Formosa Plastics?
Tell Bank of America: Stop Formosa Plastics from poisoning communities and polluting our oceans.
Formosa Plastics has such a terrible environmental track record that Taiwan -- where it’s headquartered -- no longer allows it to build there. In Texas, Formosa Plastics illegally dumped billions of plastic pellets into the ocean for years. Now, it’s trying to expand its operations in this Louisiana community where people are already dying at a rate 50 times higher than the national average -- in large part due to pollution.
The Formosa Plastics project in Louisiana comes with a $14 billion price tag. Bank of America -- one of the biggest plastics financiers in the world -- is already a key financier for the company. Thanks to local groups like RISE St. James and activists like you, last month the Army Corps of Engineers ordered Formosa Plastics to conduct a full environmental impact statement before granting permits for the project.
But right now, Margaret, we need your help to stop Formosa Plastics for good.
Demand Bank of America not fund the Formosa Plastics project.
The impacts of the new Formosa Plastics project wouldn’t stop in St. James Parish. They would extend around the world, as plastic pellets make their way from waterways to oceans to coastlines thousands of miles away.
When wildlife eats plastic pellets, it can be fatal. Over a million animals die each year from ingesting or becoming entangled in plastic. And when their bodies decompose, the plastic is released back to open water to kill again -- because plastics don’t disappear!
Thirty years from now there could be more plastic in the sea than fish. And yet the plastics industry has plans for even more plastic production over the next 10 years -- as we see with Formosa Plastics' expansion.
Bank of America could publicly commit to not raise money for the Formosa Plastics project. It could say no to new plastic pollution and new chemicals leaching into St. James Parish. But we need your help to push it to act.
Tell Bank of America to not fund Formosa Plastics.
Standing with you,