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Petrochemicals & Plastics

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  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & Plastics

    ‘Essential’ Insect Populations Declining by 1-2% Per Year

    January 22, 2021
     
    January 22, 2021
    Too often denigrated as “creepy crawlies,” insects are essential to life on Earth, supporting everything from pollination to the carbon cycle. Poisoned, starved, robbed ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEncoreHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryPetrochemicals & PlasticsUnited StatesWater

    Army Corps Halts Permit for Multi-Billion-Dollar Petrochemical Complex in Louisiana

    December 23, 2020
     
    December 23, 2020
    Public and climate health received a two-handed boost in Louisiana with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pressing pause on a proposed US$9.4-billion petrochemical ...
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  • CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEncoreEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National Governments

    Alberta Considers $5-Billion Petrochemical Deal with Saudi Investor

    December 21, 2020
     
    December 21, 2020
    After years of insisting that tar sands/oil sands bitumen is ethically superior to petroleum from countries like Saudi Arabia, the Jason Kenney government in ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Demand & DistributionJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States

    Circular Economy Emerges as Key Strategy to Reduce Plastics Waste

    December 16, 2020
     
    December 16, 2020
    From the United States to the United Kingdom, there are glimmers of interest in a circular economy for plastics—both to reduce waste of a ...
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  • ChinaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Consumer Goods Giants Mull International Plastic Pollution Treaty

    November 26, 2020
     
    November 26, 2020
    While many of the world’s consumer goods giants—along with the majority of UN member countries—support a global treaty on plastic pollution, the creation of ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsRenewable EnergySoil & Natural SequestrationSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States

    Early Signs Show Biden Setting Up to Deliver on Bold Climate Action Agenda

    November 16, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    November 16, 2020
    It’s still the earliest of early days in the Biden administration’s transition process, with countless decisions to be made, cabinet appointments to be vetted, ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryPetrochemicals & PlasticsUnited StatesWater

    Army Corps Halts Permit for Multi-Billion-Dollar Petrochemical Complex in Louisiana

    November 11, 2020
     
    November 11, 2020
    Public and climate health received a two-handed boost in Louisiana last week with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pressing pause on a proposed ...
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  • CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National Governments

    Alberta Considers $5-Billion Petrochemical Deal with Saudi Investor

    November 6, 2020
     
    November 6, 2020
    After years of insisting that tar sands/oil sands bitumen is ethically superior to petroleum from countries like Saudi Arabia, the Jason Kenney government in ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National Governments

    Opinion: Time to Uncover the Toxic Legacy of Plastics Recycling

    November 2, 2020
     
    Primary Author Gaye Taylor
    November 2, 2020
    Blue bins have long been a symbol of reassurance for convenience-craving consumers across North America, offering citizens the comfortable belief that the disposables we ...
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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

    October 20, 2020
     
    October 20, 2020
    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 ...
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  • 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

    October 13, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by The Energy Mix staff
    October 13, 2020
    Hurricane Delta tore into a part of Louisiana that was still recovering from Hurricane Laura just six weeks earlier, landing as a Category 2 ...
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  • 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

    October 12, 2020
     
    October 12, 2020
    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 ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments

    Canada’s Plastics Reduction Plan Earns Praise, Criticism

    October 9, 2020
     
    Primary Author Gaye Taylor
    October 9, 2020
    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 ...
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  • CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentGeothermalHydrogenJobs & TrainingMethaneOpinion & AnalysisPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National Governments

    Analysis: Alberta Natural Gas Plan Has Kenney Venturing Boldly Backwards

    October 9, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    October 9, 2020
    The Jason Kenney government in Alberta is pitching hydrogen, plastics recycling, and even geothermal energy as elements of an economic diversification strategy that leans ...
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  • 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

    September 30, 2020
     
    September 30, 2020
    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 ...
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  • CanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments

    Prince George Petrochemical Plan Gets New Lease on Life

    January 19, 2021
     
    January 19, 2021
  • Air & MarineBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail TransportSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWater

    Underground Oil Leak Hits Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula

    January 14, 2021
     
    January 14, 2021
  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionICYMIInternational Agencies & StudiesPetrochemicals & PlasticsWater

    UK Company Announces Biodegradeable, Compostable Plastic Alternative

    January 12, 2021
     
    January 12, 2021
  • Air & MarineBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeHydropowerICYMIJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsRenewable Energy

    Plastic Pollution Threatens to Clog Serbian Hydropower Dam

    January 10, 2021
     
    January 10, 2021
  • Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Demand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEuropeICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics

    Norwegian Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Arctic Exploration

    January 7, 2021
     
    January 7, 2021
  • Air & MarineCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionICYMIInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsTravel, Leisure & Recreation

    CO2 Could Be Turned into Jet Fuel, But Technology is Decades Away

    January 7, 2021
     
    January 7, 2021
  • CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments

    COVID Outbreaks Hit Chevron, Syncrude Sites in Alberta

    January 4, 2021
     
    January 4, 2021
  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsForests & DeforestationICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Trump Admin Deregulates Drilling in North Dakota Protected Areas

    January 4, 2021
     
    January 4, 2021
  • Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionICYMIInternationalJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption

    Human-Made Materials Now Weigh More than All Living Beings on Earth

    December 17, 2020
     
    December 17, 2020
  • Air & MarineAsiaDemand & DistributionEuropeICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States

    Rising Demand Pulls 20 U.S. Oil Cargoes to Asia

    December 13, 2020
     
    December 13, 2020
  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Hurricanes Drive Gulf of Mexico Oil Output to Lowest Level Since 2008

    December 10, 2020
     
    December 10, 2020
  • Air & MarineBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSmall Island StatesSupply Chains & ConsumptionWater

    Mauritius Faces Second Oil Spill This Year

    November 24, 2020
     
    November 24, 2020
  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionICYMIMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPetrochemicals & Plastics

    Toy Companies Aim to Cut Back Plastic Waste

    November 22, 2020
     
    November 22, 2020
  • Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Demand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEuropeICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics

    New Evidence Could Tip Norway Supreme Court Case Against Arctic Drilling

    November 17, 2020
     
    November 17, 2020
  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeICYMIInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics

    European Green Deal Takes Aim at LNG Exporters

    November 11, 2020
     
    November 11, 2020
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