Editing Point Comfort, Texas (section)

==Economy==
Point Comfort is the site of a controversial [[Formosa Plastics Corp|Formosa]] PVC plant, site of both the [[Formosa Plastics propylene explosion]] as well as large-scale [[Formosa Plastics Corp#Controversies|waste violations]] that resulted in the largest citizen-led settlement of a Clean Water Act suit in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fernández|first=Stacy|date=October 15, 2019|title=Plastic company set to pay $50 million settlement in water pollution suit brought on by Texas residents|work=The Texas Tribune|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/15/formosa-plastics-pay-50-million-texas-clean-water-act-lawsuit/}}</ref> In 2020, the latter controversy was portrayed in episode 12 ("Point Comfort") of the [[Netflix]] series [[Dirty Money (2018 TV series)|Dirty Money]]. [[Plastic pollution]] continued in Lavaca Bay even after the court settlement.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dermansky|first=Julie|date=January 18, 2020|title=Activists Find Evidence of Formosa Plant in Texas Still Releasing Plastic Pollution Despite $50 Million Settlement|work=The Texas Tribune|url=https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/01/18/diane-wilson-formosa-point-comfort-texas-plastic-pollution-settlement}}</ref>