The world class methanol plant was proposed in Washington state of US four years back. Since then it has been drawing opposition from variety of groups and organisation. The fresh opposition is from environmentalists group claiming it may consume major chunk of natural gas of that particular region. Methanol made at the plant would be shipped to China, where it would be converted to olefins that would be used to make plastics, rubber and a long list of petrochemical-based materials and products. The ambitious plans first announced by Northwest Innovation in early 2014 called for the company to build three world-scale methanol plants in Washington and Oregon. A project at the Port of Tacoma was cancelled in 2016 after widespread public opposition, though a company spokesman said there was also support in Tacoma.
