Plastics

California Attorney General Investigates the Oil and Gas Industry’s Role in Plastic Pollution, Subpoenas Exxon

The investigation mirrors those of attorneys general across the country who have taken legal action against the fossil fuel industry for its role in climate change.

By James Bruggers

For the First Time, Nations Band Together in a Move Toward Ending Plastics Pollution

By James Bruggers

Biden Could Score a Climate Victory in a Single Word: Plastics

By James Bruggers

World Talks on a Treaty to Control Plastic Pollution Are Set for Nairobi in February. How To Do So Is Still Up in the Air

By James Bruggers

A Commonsense Proposal to Deal With Plastics Pollution: Stop Making So Much Plastic

By James Bruggers

Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes Money for Recycling, But the Debate Over Plastics Rages On

By James Bruggers

Developers Put a Plastics Plant in Ohio on Indefinite Hold, Citing the Covid-19 Pandemic

By James Bruggers

For the Ohio River Valley, an Ethane Storage Facility in Texas Is Either a Model or a Cautionary Tale

By James Bruggers

Polluting Industries Cash-In on COVID, Harming Climate in the Process

By Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, James Bruggers, Kristoffer Tigue

Market Headwinds Buffet Appalachia’s Future as a Center for Petrochemicals

By James Bruggers

Congressional Democrats Join the Debate Over Plastics’ Booming Future

By James Bruggers

Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows

By James Bruggers

House Votes to Block Trump from Using Clean Energy Funds to Back Fossil Fuels Project

By James Bruggers

What’s Worrying the Plastics Industry? Your Reaction to All That Waste, for One

By James Bruggers

Investors Pressure Oil Giants on Ocean Plastics Pollution

By David Hasemyer

4 Ways to Cut Plastic’s Growing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Phil McKenna

Plastics: The New Coal in Appalachia?

By James Bruggers