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The Plastics Crisis

Alleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis

The Texas-based oil and gas giant says California is to blame for plastic recycling failures. Four environmental groups filed their own lawsuit against Exxon on the same day as the state’s action.

By James Bruggers

 Plastic waste piles up along the bank of the San Gabriel River just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean in Seal Beach, California, on Dec. 13, 2022. Credit: Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images
Wright Waste Management in July. Credit: CBS News

Houston’s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal

By James Bruggers
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison settled with Walmart and Reynolds Consumer Products after a lawsuit he filed over some of their plastic bags. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Minnesota Settles ‘Deceptive Environmental Marketing’ Lawsuit Over ‘Recycling’ Plastic Bags

By James Bruggers
The site of the formerly proposed Encina chemical recycling plant for plastic waste in Point Township, Penn. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News

A Giant Plastics Chemical Recycling Plant Planned for Pennsylvania Died After Two Years. What Happened?

By James Bruggers

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