Plastics
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
Judge Tosses Air Permits For $9.4 Billion Louisiana Plastics Plant
By James Bruggers
A New Plant in Indiana Uses a Process Called ‘Pyrolysis’ to Recycle Plastic Waste. Critics Say It’s Really Just Incineration
By James Bruggers
A Houston Firm Says It’s Opening a Billion-Dollar Chemical Recycling Plant in a Small Pennsylvania Town. How Does It Work?
By James Bruggers
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
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
