{"id":1897,"date":"2016-11-27T17:33:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T17:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disaster.studies.stonybrook.edu\/wordpress\/disasters\/?page_id=1897"},"modified":"2026-01-15T22:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:46:41","slug":"beamont-port-arthur-texas-and-the-petrochemical-industry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/envirodangers.studies.stonybrook.edu\/wordpress\/envirodangers\/beamont-port-arthur-texas-and-the-petrochemical-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Beamont-Port Arthur, Texas, and the Petrochemical Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beamont-Port Arthur, Texas, and the Petrochemical Industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Port Arthur, Texas, at night; from Pickpik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For much of their history, Port Arthur, Beaumont, and other cities of Texas’ \u201cGolden Triangle ” owed their vitality to local plants producing petrochemicals. This industry has long brought jobs and wealth to this town; however, those benefits are not at all what they used to be. Meanwhile, Golden Triangle residents\u2013and some more than others\u2013have shouldered long-accumulating impacts of their local refineries and chemical plants, from pollution to climate change to lower property values.  And the region has also given rise to robust movements for environmental and climate justice that seek to address and alleviate many of these problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The accumulation of environmental impacts alongside other adversity in Port Arthur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    2. Jim Crow Roots of Port Arthur’s Environmental Inequalities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    3. Modern Pollution Control in the Era of White Flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    4. Port Arthur’s Environmental Justice Movement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    5. Impacts of climate change and stirrings of a just transition in Port Arthur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Witness Seminar<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Oral Histories<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Video and Audio Clips by Theme<\/a> and Speaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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