The new steel? Hope and fear as a new plastics factory rises in Appalachia

Will a new plastics complex prove a boon for a struggling region, or an echo of a toxic past making a product now falling from favor? Part I of an investigation with NBC News.

Collaborators: NBC News, Peter Klein and Jane Lister (UBC)

Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains

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