Petrochemicals & Plastics
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Planned Plastics Plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Fails to Pass Economic Muster
Yet another behemoth plastics complex planned for Louisiana’s infamous “Cancer Alley” is running into headwinds as a new report declares it economically unviable and ... -
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Economic Future Looks Dim for Appalachian Fracking, Plastics Production
Those banking on reviving Appalachia with shale gas and plastics would do well to think again, says a new report. A resource glut and ... -
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Canadian Environmental Racism Bill Addresses ‘Toxic Divide’
Aamjiwnaang First Nation near Sarnia, Ontario, is ringed by some 60 toxin-spewing petrochemical plants, more than any other community in Canada. That kind of ... -
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Alberta Loses 35,000 Oil and Gas Jobs Since 2013
Alberta’s oil patch shed more than 35,000 jobs between December 2013 and February 2020. Now, analysts are urging anyone still banking on a strong ... -
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Invest in Bioeconomy to Tap $200-Billion-Per-Year Opportunity, Industry Advocate Urges Ottawa
Canada is missing out on a C$200-billion-per-year opportunity to build an industrial bioeconomy using feedstocks from forestry, agriculture, and municipal solid waste, Passmore Group ... -
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Rising Rents, Hurricane Damage Drive Homelessness Crisis in Louisiana
Only six months after seeing their homes destroyed by back-to-back hurricanes, many renters in the industrial heartland of southwest Louisiana have found themselves literally ... -
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Shareholders Squirm, Climate Analysts Pounce as Shell Releases ‘Grotesque’, ‘Delusional’ Climate Plan
Colossal fossil Royal Dutch Shell is taking criticism from all sides for its latest attempt at a decarbonization strategy, with fossil-friendly investors driving its ... -
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In Conversation: New Fibre Sources Are Key to Protecting Forest Ecosystems, Drawing Down Carbon, Rycroft Says
Nicole Rycroft is founder and executive director of Vancouver-based Canopy, and one of this year’s two recipients of the 2020 Climate Breakthrough award, a ... -
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Banking Industry Funnelled $17 Trillion into Big Plastic over 4½ Years
A groundbreaking investigation into plastics funding has found that the world’s biggest financial institutions have been “silently and indiscriminately” bankrolling the biggest actors in ... -
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Fossil Industry’s Oceans Project Falls Flat After Promising Major Plastics Cleanup
Citing lack of capacity, the fossil industry is walking away from its much-touted Renew Oceans project, a flagship in its pledge to spend US$1.5 ... -
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Plastic-Free Food Delivery Service Launches in San Francisco
As home grocery delivery ramps up plastic use in cities across North America, a Bay Area start-up is hoping to become the 21st century’s ... -
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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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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 ... -
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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, ...
