The start of 2023 and his second term inauguration on Monday offer Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine a chance to refocus priorities that will drive the state s prosperity for years to come, the Dispatch Editoria…
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 this massively polluting cracker plant, testifying against it in permit hearings and writing letters and signing petitions.