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Environmental Groups Challenge Key Permit for Ohio Petrochemical Plant

Environmental Groups Challenge Key Permit for Ohio Petrochemical Plant

Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services filed an appeal,  on behalf of its clients The Sierra Club, Earthworks, Center for Biological Diversity, and FreshWater Accountability Project, challenging a key permit for a massive proposed plastics facility known as an “ethane cracker” in Belmont County. The plant is part of the industry’s push to steeply increase U.S. plastic production.