Petrochemicals & Plastics
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ChinaFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Exploding Pipeline in Pennsylvania Ties Plastics Manufacturing to Fracked Natural Gas
A natural gas pipeline that exploded outside Pittsburgh earlier this month, just a week after it went into service, is part of a multi-billion-dollar ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesUnited States
CARE Canada: Fighting Plastics Pollution No Substitute for G7 Action on Climate Impacts
G7 countries’ initiative to attack plastic pollution during this week’s environment and energy ministers’ meeting in Halifax is no substitute for faster action to ... -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Brown Renews Pledge to ‘Launch Our Own Damn Satellite’ as Summit Urges Faster Climate Action
After three days of new low-carbon commitments from regional governments, cities, and industry, the Global Climate Action Summit concluded Friday with a call for ... -
CanadaEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Alberta Fossils Dream of Petrochemical Boom Fueled by Cheap, Fracked Gas
The low cost of fracked natural gas has Alberta fossils dreaming of a multi-billion-dollar boom in petrochemical production, mimicking the industrial development that followed ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementDrawdownPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Bioplastics Would Save 4.3 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Ramping up production of bioplastics ranks #47 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with potential to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 4.3 gigatons by ... -
DrawdownFood SecurityPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural SequestrationSupply Chains & Consumption
Conservation Agriculture Would Save 17.35 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Conservation Agriculture ranks #16 on the Drawdown list of climate solutions. It would keep 17.35 gigatons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere by 2050 ... -
CanadaHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
G7 Plastics Charter Depends on Voluntary Action, Environmental Groups Warn
A flurry of advocacy and news coverage on single-use plastics culminated Saturday in a deal by five of seven G7 leaders to voluntary curb ... -
EuropeOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Accidental Engineered Enzyme Could Break Down Plastic for Reuse
Scientists may have accidentally discovered a new engineered enzyme that can break down the massive amounts of plastic waste in the world’s oceans and ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments
Ontario Promises Another Look at Health Concerns In ‘Petrochemical Valley’
Years after it last promised to look into the health impacts from one of North America’s densest concentrations of petrochemical refineries, the Ontario government ... -
AfricaDemand & EfficiencyInternationalOceansOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionWater
Waste Reduction Picks Up as Fossils Look to Plastics to ‘Backstop’ Demand
While Kenya is no superpower of wasteful consumption, its decision last week to ban “almost everything about” plastic bags, “making them, importing them, selling ...
