Whether in Taiwan, Vietnam, or elsewhere, Taiwanese company Formosa Plastics has a long history of environmental scandal. With recent fish deaths in Vietnam caused by a Formosa-owned plant raising the issue of Formosa's history of environmental wrongdoing, we might take a look at this history...
In the case of recent conflict between environmental and labor groups in mid-August regarding a coal power plant in Changhua, there would seem to be no easy answers. Namely, whatever the outcome, either the environment suffers, or there is a loss of jobs in the area...