Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks For Polluters

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Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks For Polluters

A booming petrochemical buildout on the Gulf Coast has drawn billions of dollars in public subsidies from state tax abatement programs despite regular violations of pollution permits, according to a new report released Thursday.  The Environmental Integrity Project, an environmental nonprofit based in Texas and Washington, D.C., compiled data on all U.S. plastics projects built, expanded or proposed since 2012, almost all of them along the Gulf …