A subsidiary of a California-based company has filed a state air quality permit application for a planned industrial facility in Belle it says will convert plastics to valuable products and reduce waste — with millions of dollars in state support.

But that company, Clean Vision Corp., is struggling financially, and environmental and community advocates predict the permit application points to negative effects ahead through air pollution near local schools, increased dependence on fossil fuels and adding to proliferation of plastics by producing oil from them. Politics

Clean Vision Corp. to establish $50M manufacturing facility in West Virginia

By Roger Adkins radkins@hdmediallc.com

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