The new plants are likely to have consequences for the climate and the air breathed in by people living on the US Gulf coast. “The Gulf coast is a place already covered in pipelines and storage tanks, but it’s now transforming. The consortium, known as Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, is now awaiting permits from state authorities, which could be granted within a few months, allowing construction to begin by 2019. But environmentalists have long tangled with the operators of plastic plants along the Gulf coast and are sceptical Exxon will prove a better neighbour. Foytlin, who is of Navajo and Cherokee decent, moved to the Gulf coast because her then-husband was an oil worker.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2017 06:56 UTC