INOLA, Okla. — A grassroots group in Inola is gaining momentum as residents push back against a proposed aluminum smelter planned for the Tulsa Port of Inola.
Chris Roam, a member of Stop the Inola Smelter, says the movement started quickly after the project was announced earlier this year.
“At the end of January, there was a press release that came out announcing they were going to be building a smelter here in Inola,” Roam said. “The first week of February, a group of our community met in a neighbor’s shop, and we had 75 people show up. That’s when Stop the Inola Smelter was born.”…