Appalachian Town Must 'Wait And Wait' As Pandemic Puts Plastics Plant On Hold
![A Thailand-based oil and gas company had offered to pay for a new school in Shadyside, Ohio. But with its local project now on hold, superintendent John Haswell says all he can do is "wait and wait."](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/10/16/img_3613_wide-69fd95424eece09d2708dbebda6beded101c2909.jpg?s=600)
For a decade, growing American gas production has fueled a petrochemical boom. There are big plans for more plants in Appalachia, but the pandemic — and an oversupply of plastics — may crush them.
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