Letters: Government must stop supporting potential polluter in Ohio
that would pollute eastern Ohio For more than four years, Thailand-based PTT Global has strung Ohio along with promises to build an ethane cracker plant — which produces feedstock for mostly single-use plastic — next to the Ohio River in Dilles Bottom in Belmont County. Without even a final investment decision, JobsOhio spent $70 million for site preparation for this project. People were forced from their homes in Dilles Bottom, and houses were leveled to make way for the $10 billion plant. For years, environmental organizations, public health advocates and local citizens have opposed th...
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