Plastics
Biden Administration’s Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’
By James Bruggers
Derailed Train in Ohio Carried Chemical Used to Make PVC, ‘the Worst’ of the Plastics
By James Bruggers
‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds
By James Bruggers
Congress Urges EPA to Maintain Clean-Air Regulations on Chemical Recycling of Plastics
By James Bruggers
Is ‘Chemical Recycling’ a Solution to the Global Scourge of Plastic Waste or an Environmentally Dirty Ruse to Keep Production High?
By James Bruggers
A New Shell Plant in Pennsylvania Will ‘Just Run and Run’ Producing the Raw Materials for Single-Use Plastics
By James Bruggers
A Gary, Indiana Plant Would Make Jet Fuel From Trash and Plastic. Residents Are Pushing Back
By James Bruggers
Microplastics Pervade Even Top-Quality Streams in Pennsylvania, Study Finds
By Jon Hurdle
An Environmental Group Challenges a Proposed Plastics ‘Advanced Recycling’ Plant in Pennsylvania
By James Bruggers
A New, Massive Plastics Plant in Southwest Pennsylvania Barely Registers Among Voters
By Emma Ricketts
Sinkholes Attributed to Gas Drilling Underline the Stakes in Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Race
By Kiley Bense
Environmentalists Fear a Massive New Plastics Plant Near Pittsburgh Will Worsen Pollution and Stimulate Fracking
By Jon Hurdle
A New Shell Plant in Pennsylvania Will Soon Become the State’s Second Largest Emitter of Volatile Organic Chemicals
By Reid Frazier, StateImpact Pennsylvania
California Passed a Landmark Law About Plastic Pollution. Why Are Some Environmentalists Still Concerned?
By James Bruggers
The Plastics Industry Searches for a ‘Circular’ Way to Cut Plastic Waste and Make More Plastics
By James Bruggers
A Legal Pot Problem That’s Now Plaguing the Streets of America: Plastic Litter
By James Bruggers
