Cases / Chemical pollution · United States · 2021
Dow to cut air pollution at four US chemical plants under Clean Air Act settlement
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A January 2021 Clean Air Act settlement covers flaring at four Dow plants in Texas and Louisiana. It includes about $294M in pollution controls; the sources reviewed do not say what the flaring released.
What?
Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries agreed a Clean Air Act flaring settlement covering four plants in Texas and Louisiana. US Department of Justice
Where?
Four plants in Texas and Louisiana, United States US Department of Justice
When?
27 January 2021 US Department of Justice
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Clean Air Act flaring settlement: a $3M penalty and about $294M in pollution controls. US Department of Justice
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What happened
The record, in order.
The US Justice Department said on 27 January 2021 that Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries would reduce harmful air pollution at four US chemical plants under a Clean Air Act settlement.
The settlement covers four plants in Texas and Louisiana, with a $3M penalty and about $294M in pollution controls.
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Lawsuits and rulings
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say what the flaring released, how much, or who was affected.
- None on record Dow's own statements about the settlement are not in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries will reduce harmful air pollution at four US chemical plantsUS Department of Justice · 27 Jan 2021
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