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Dear Friend,
Last month, the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winners were announced—six ordinary people who took extraordinary actions to protect their environment and communities. Our own Diane Wilson, San Antonio Estuarine Waterkeeper, was one of them.
In December 2019, Diane Wilson won a landmark case against Formosa Plastics, one of the world’s largest petrochemical companies, for the illegal dumping of toxic 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. As a part of the settlement, Formosa Plastics agreed to reach “zero-discharge” of plastic waste from its Point Comfort factory, pay penalties until discharges cease, and fund remediation of affected local wetlands, beaches, and waterways.
Learn About Diane
"For 34 years I have been fighting a plastic giant located on the Texas Gulf Coast: Formosa Plastics, a Taiwan-based, international polluter. I was 40-years-old, had five kids, and was working in a fish house when I started. Now I’m 74-years-old. That should tell you that you are never too old to save your piece of this planet."
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Listen to an interview with Diane on NPR’s Here & Now and hear firsthand about her fight against
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| In a Q&A with the Texas Observer, Diane speaks about her career as a fisherwoman and her lifelong connection to nature. |
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Visit the San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper website to learn more about Diane’s campaign against Formosa Plastics in Texas and stay up to date by following Diane on Twitter.
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