In ‘Silent Spring,’ Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. Now, There’s a Plastics Plant Under Construction 30 Miles Away The Shell facility will emit 2.2 million tons of greenhouse gases and produce 1.6 million tons of plastic pellets each year, and the nature trail past Carson’s homestead is replete with signs of fracking. By Kiley Bense
Analysis: Fashion Industry Efforts to Verify Sustainability Make ‘Greenwashing’ Easier By Phil McKenna
California Attorney General Investigates the Oil and Gas Industry’s Role in Plastic Pollution, Subpoenas Exxon By James Bruggers
For the First Time, Nations Band Together in a Move Toward Ending Plastics Pollution 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
Does Another Plastics Plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Make Sense? A New Report Says No By James Bruggers
The Senate’s New Point Man on Climate Has Been the Democrats’ Most Fossil Fuel-Friendly Senator 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
House Votes to Block Trump from Using Clean Energy Funds to Back Fossil Fuels Project By James Bruggers