EIP Urges States To Condition Plastic Plants’ Tax Breaks On Compliance

The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) is urging states to condition tax subsidizes for the plastics industry on environmental permit compliance, after finding that the 50 plants built or expanded since 2012 have received billions of dollars in tax breaks while committing widespread permit violations that disproportionately impact Latino and Black communities. Their call, in a March 14 report , “Feeding the Plastics Industrial Complex: Taking Public Subsidies, Breaking Pollution Laws,” marks the latest effort by environmentalists to clamp down on...