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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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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingDemand & DistributionInternational Agencies & StudiesPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption

    Systematic Disinformation Promoted Recycling, Maintained Plastics Status Quo

    September 24, 2020
     
    September 24, 2020
    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 ...
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  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFood SecurityJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentUnited States

    New Bacterial Research Uncovers Fossil-Free Building Block for Plastic

    September 10, 2020
     
    September 10, 2020
    In news that bodes ill for a fossil industry that has pinned its hopes for survival on plastics production, scientists have discovered that ethylene, ...
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  • 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

    September 1, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Gaye Taylor
    September 1, 2020
    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 ...
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  • 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

    August 5, 2020
     
    August 5, 2020
    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 ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States

    Green Chemistry Educators Aggregate ‘Treasure Trove’ of Free Learning Resources

    July 30, 2020
     
    July 30, 2020
    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 ...
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  • Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics

    Action Needed to Avoid ‘Tsunami’ of Plastic Waste by 2040, Study Confirms

    July 29, 2020
     
    July 29, 2020
    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 ...
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  • CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & Fracking

    Plastics in America Are a ‘Story of Environmental Racism’

    July 27, 2020
     
    July 27, 2020
    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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  • EuropeFinance & InvestmentIndiaJobs & TrainingLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption

    Gutted Market for Recycled Plastics Hits Waste-Picker Communities Hard

    July 16, 2020
     
    July 16, 2020
    Businesses that commit to incorporating more (and more) recycled plastic into their supply chains will be rewarded for putting the health of the oceans ...
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  • 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

    July 12, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    July 12, 2020
    The Jason Kenney government has made a flurry of funding announcements aimed at “diversifying” Alberta into its next wave of dependence on fossil fuels, ...
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  • AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatChinaEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail Transport

    $20-Billion East African Pipeline to Displace Thousands of Farmers, Risk Massive Oil Spill

    June 23, 2020
     
    June 23, 2020
    A US$20-billion pipeline project in East Africa is set to displace thousands of small farmers and endanger key wildlife habitat and coastal waters—in spite ...
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  • AsiaFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States

    Future Looks Lean for Single-Use Plastics Despite COVID-19 Boost

    June 11, 2020
     
    June 11, 2020
    Though single-use plastics have rebounded sharply since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the poor optics of producing a product that is neither biodegradable ...
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  • 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
  • Air & MarineClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEuropeICYMIInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsWater

    Oil Tanker Faces Hijack Attempt in English Channel

    November 10, 2020
     
    November 10, 2020
  • Air & MarineCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments

    Newfoundland Fossil Crash Triggers Emotional Toll of Earlier Cod Moratorium

    November 5, 2020
     
    November 5, 2020
  • CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments

    Newfoundland Confirms Two New Offshore Oil Discoveries

    November 1, 2020
     
    November 1, 2020
  • Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingCoalDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Wyoming Funds Out-of-State Campaigns to Prop Up Coal Demand

    November 1, 2020
     
    November 1, 2020
  • Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail TransportSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States

    Too Much Sun Can Degrade Anti-Corrosion Coating on Pipelines

    October 27, 2020
     
    October 27, 2020
  • AustraliaClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics

    BHP Sees Fossils as Part of Energy Mix for ‘Decades’

    October 27, 2020
     
    October 27, 2020
  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionICYMIPetrochemicals & Plastics

    Tech Start-Up Upcycles Sugarcane Waste for Plastic-Free Packaging

    October 27, 2020
     
    October 27, 2020
  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionICYMIInternationalJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & Plastics

    Tim Hortons Says It’s Eliminating 300 Million Plastic Straws in Shift to Paper

    October 20, 2020
     
    October 20, 2020
  • AfricaBatteries/StorageClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionICYMIInternationalJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionTravel, Leisure & Recreation

    Solar Aid Backs Right to Repair for Solar Lights in Zambia

    October 20, 2020
     
    October 20, 2020
  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPetrochemicals & Plastics

    Plastic Bag Ban Could Produce Unintended Environmental Consequences

    October 15, 2020
     
    October 15, 2020
  • AsiaAuto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEuropeForests & DeforestationICYMIJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics

    Majority of Europeans Want Palm Oil, Soy Out of Diesel

    October 8, 2020
     
    October 8, 2020
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