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Beyond Plastics

After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling 

Environmental advocates are bracing for a potential exemption from the Clean Air Act to promote so-called “advanced” or “chemical” recycling through pyrolysis.

By James Bruggers
Guests listen as Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso speaks during the opening of the fifth session of the U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea on Nov. 25. Credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images

As Efforts on a Global Treaty Stall, Cities and States Are on the Front Lines of the Battle Over Plastic Pollution

By James Bruggers
A view of the U.S. Steel plant in Gary, Indiana. Credit: Vincent D. Johnson/Inside Climate News

Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel. One Critic Asks: ‘Have They Lost Their Minds?’

By James Bruggers
A woman shops for groceries in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Sept. 15, 2023. Credit: Paola Chapdelaine/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Foes of New York Packaging Bill Used Threats of Empty Grocery Shelves to Defeat Plastics Bill

By James Bruggers
Smoke rises from the derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 4, 2023. Credit: Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Images

Accidents Involving Toxic Vinyl Chloride Are Commonplace, a New Report Finds

By Kiley Bense
A Presidente Supermarket employee bags groceries in Miami, Fla. A proposed statewide measure in Florida would block cities from banning single-use plastic items. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Q&A: The Latest in the Battle Over Plastic Bag Bans

By Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
Ohio EPA and EPA contractors collect soil and air samples from the train derailment site on March 9, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: Michael Swensen/Getty Images

EPA Begins a Review Process That Could Bring an End to Toxic, Flammable Vinyl Chloride

By Kiley Bense

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