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Residents press council over safety, emissions and transparency for proposed Yara ammonia project
Summary
Multiple Ingleside residents urged the city to press Yara and partners for details about ammonia storage, carbon‑capture plans and monitoring; councilman requested a formal update from Yara representatives at a December meeting.
Dozens of residents used the city’s three‑minute public‑comment period to press the City of Ingleside for more information about a proposed ammonia facility and related carbon‑capture plans. Speakers accused project backers of understating risks, questioned whether promised carbon sequestration is feasible, and demanded clearer disclosure of tank sizes, emission limits and emergency‑response distances.
"You helped our protect our environment," resident Debbie Farrell said, urging council to remember past interventions that stopped habitat loss and to act because “the toxic releases… exceed any…
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