Chris Carlton built his house in Ingleside in 2008, back when it was a sleepy fishing town.
“We were this little pocket of paradise. This area was known for fishing long before it was known for petroleum,” Carlton said.
Since then, more than a dozen oil and chemical facilities have sprung up along the coastline, drawn to the area by access to transatlantic shipping routes, the cheap supply of fossil fuels and lenient local regulators…