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Dow Chemical

A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

Four decades into her crusade against Texas petrochemical plants, a retired shrimper remains determined to fight Dow, the largest chemical company in America.

Story and photos by Dylan Baddour

Diane Wilson sits in her tent, 14 days into her hunger strike, outside Dow’s Seadrift complex on March 16.
A view of Dow’s Seadrift chemical complex from the Victoria Barge Canal in Texas on Feb. 1. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Wastewater Rules at Dow Chemical Complex 

By Dylan Baddour

Diane Wilson holds a bottle with PVC plastic powder, a type of microplastic, collected in the Matagorda Bay system in December 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Microplastics from Texas Bays Are Washed Out to Sea, New Study Says

By Dylan Baddour

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