Petrochemicals & Plastics
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Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansPetrochemicals & Plastics
Tackling Plastic Waste Crisis Means Total System Overhaul, Not Bioplastics
Expensive to make and less versatile than their fossil-based cousins, bioplastic products are not the solution to the world’s plastic woes—and are by no ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Hurricane Delta Hits Louisiana Just Six Weeks After Hurricane Laura’s Devastation
Hurricane Delta tore into a part of Louisiana that was still recovering from Hurricane Laura just six weeks earlier, landing as a Category 2 ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsMiddle EastNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics
With World’s Cheapest Crude, Saudi Aramco Aims to Cash In on Global Fossil Decline
With the COVID-19 pandemic driving down global oil demand, prompting analysts and fossil execs to declare that the moment of peak oil production has ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments
Canada’s Plastics Reduction Plan Earns Praise, Criticism
The Canadian government’s declared intent to ban certain single-use plastics and start leading on recycled content standards and extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs has ... -
CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentGeothermalHydrogenJobs & TrainingMethaneOpinion & AnalysisPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Analysis: Alberta Natural Gas Plan Has Kenney Venturing Boldly Backwards
The Jason Kenney government in Alberta is pitching hydrogen, plastics recycling, and even geothermal energy as elements of an economic diversification strategy that leans ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Hundreds of Toxic U.S. Superfund Sites at Heightened Risk of Climate Change Impacts
More than two-thirds of the 1,334 Superfund sites that currently blight the U.S. are increasingly at risk of serious climate change impacts—but that hasn’t ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingDemand & DistributionInternational Agencies & StudiesPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
Systematic Disinformation Promoted Recycling, Maintained Plastics Status Quo
Amidst revelations that Big Oil has spent decades promoting an idea it knows to be false—that plastics can be easily recycled—the industry is once ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFood SecurityJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentUnited States
New Bacterial Research Uncovers Fossil-Free Building Block for Plastic
In news that bodes ill for a fossil industry that has pinned its hopes for survival on plastics production, scientists have discovered that ethylene, ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Hurricane Laura Delivers Predictable, Preventable Damage to Marginalized Communities
As the residents of Louisiana’s industry-heavy coast begin the long work of recovering from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Laura—and the highly toxic chemical ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsUnited States
U.S. Fossils’ Plastic Recycling Plans Increase Toxic Pollution, Deliver Industry Lifeline
Recent efforts by Big Oil to secure the legal right to expand so-called “chemical” recycling of plastics throughout the United States are being condemned ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Green Chemistry Educators Aggregate ‘Treasure Trove’ of Free Learning Resources
An esteemed U.S. green chemistry education group has collected and posted a range of free online post-secondary teaching and learning resources to help boost ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics
Action Needed to Avoid ‘Tsunami’ of Plastic Waste by 2040, Study Confirms
If global policy-makers fail to freeze virgin plastic production at 2020 levels and improve waste collection systems around the world, the burden of plastic ... -
CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & Fracking
Plastics in America Are a ‘Story of Environmental Racism’
The story of plastics in America is a story of environmental racism, with Black and Indigenous communities both far more likely both to purchase ... -
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Gutted Market for Recycled Plastics Hits Waste-Picker Communities Hard
Businesses that commit to incorporating more (and more) recycled plastic into their supply chains will be rewarded for putting the health of the oceans ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Kenney Government Announces $1 Billion for Petrochemicals, Continuing Push for Keystone XL
The Jason Kenney government has made a flurry of funding announcements aimed at “diversifying” Alberta into its next wave of dependence on fossil fuels, ...
