US EditionExxon wants to build a $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas. Some residents will do anything they can to stop it
- Exxon has applied for tax subsidies to build an $8.6 billion plastics manufacturing plant in Calhoun County, which would create 300 jobs in its first five years of operation.
- The proposed facility would produce ethylene and propylene, along with hazardous chemicals, raising concerns about environmental impacts.
- Local resident Diane Wilson plans to fight against the plant, citing her past experiences with pollution from another factory.
- County Commissioner Joel Behrens supports Exxon's project for its potential economic benefits, despite environmental concerns from activists.
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Exxon wants to build a $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas. Some residents will do anything they can to stop it
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…
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