Has Changhua air pollution improved recently?
I don’t recall seeing this in local Taiwan news, but hey it’s probably not that important 
accident occurred on Jan. 21 and the unit has since been shut
Formosa Petrochemical Corp has shut its 36,000 barrel-per-day hydrocracker at its Mailiao refinery following a fire last week
The company is Asia’s top naphtha buyer and it operates three naphtha crackers
Hope to reopen in march. No talk of environmental, community damages etc.
Sounds about right for formosa plastics and government officials. Carry on 
I didn’t know there was a (huge) plastic factory just up in the mountains between Taipei area and Linkou.
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation Linkou
南亞塑膠股份公司 received a fine for improper disposal of waste after a fire. Dumped it into a river.
hhttps://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5138547
ttps://maps.app.goo.gl/USmdNKZNEnERUzLg6
NTD 6 million fine for a company which makes 6 billion net income a year.
And here we are, in 2024, and Formosa Plastics is again in the news for . . . (wait for it!) being a j&ck&ss by buying heaps of Russian coal. Here’s a great report on this topic from Taiwan Plus:
Guy
Hang on just a minute! Are you actually trying to say Formosa Plastics might not be peachy and ethical?
If anyone is looking for another reason to hate this awful company, here it is!
According to the report published by the [Finland-based] Center for Research on Energy and Clear Air titled “Dangerous dependence,” Taiwan’s total imports of the light oil “have not risen but the supply has shifted” away from sources including the United Arab Emirates and India.
“The rise in Russian imports is largely driven by the discount offered compared to other sources,” the report said.
The report, which was published on Wednesday, named Formosa Petrochemical Corp. (FPCC) as “the largest known buyer of Russian naptha in the world.”
Guy
Fuck was I spot on or what? 
