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Exxon Mobil · Point Comfort

Exxon seeks tax breaks for proposed Texas plastics plant

Exxon has applied for tax subsidies to build an $8.6 billion plastics factory in Point Comfort, Texas, raising concerns among residents already dealing with pollution from nearby petrochemical facilities.Tik Root and Joseph Winters report for Grist.In short:The plant would include a steam cracker to...See the Story

Climate Change · Point Comfort

Exxon wants to build a $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas. Some residents will do anything they can to stop it

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Diane Wilson had heard rumors for months that Exxon might be coming to Point Comfort, Texas, which sits on the Gulf Coast south of Galveston. She recalls whispers about the global behemoth hiring local electricians and negotiating railroad access. Two days before Christmas, the first confirmation quietly arrived: an application for tax subsidies to build an $8.6 billion plastics manufacturing plant. Wilson found the news particularly alarming. S…See the Story

Point Comfort · Point Comfort

Outcry over Texas plastics plant points to broader industry issues

As world leaders work on a global treaty to address mounting harms from plastics pollution, a Texas plastics plant seen as a “serial” corporate polluter is in the crosshairs of environmentalists who say the operation provides a prime example of the need for a halt to petrochemical development. The Formosa Point Comfort Plant on the Central Texas Coast has achieved notoriety for its persistence in defying efforts to rein in pollution, illegally d…See the Story

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