Petrochemicals & Plastics
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‘Essential’ Insect Populations Declining by 1-2% Per Year
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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Army Corps Halts Permit for Multi-Billion-Dollar Petrochemical Complex in Louisiana
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 ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEncoreEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Alberta Considers $5-Billion Petrochemical Deal with Saudi Investor
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 ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Demand & DistributionJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Circular Economy Emerges as Key Strategy to Reduce Plastics Waste
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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Consumer Goods Giants Mull International Plastic Pollution Treaty
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 ... -
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
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, ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryPetrochemicals & PlasticsUnited StatesWater
Army Corps Halts Permit for Multi-Billion-Dollar Petrochemical Complex in Louisiana
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 ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Alberta Considers $5-Billion Petrochemical Deal with Saudi Investor
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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Opinion: Time to Uncover the Toxic Legacy of Plastics Recycling
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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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 ... -
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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 ...
