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The Latest Breaking News from the American Chemistry Council

EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators

The Independent UK

Trump EPA relied on industry science to weaken formaldehyde cancer rules, documents show

Papers reveal how chemical lobby influenced policy, reversing Biden-era limits on a common carcinogen

The Guardian - US

Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time

Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations

The Guardian - US

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Health groups sue EPA over insecticide that causes testicular damage in rats

Groups say EPA did not adequately consider adverse health effects to children when it approved the pesticide

The Guardian - US

Inside a plan to use AI to amplify doubts about the dangers of pollutants

Risk analyst Tony Cox’s work has been backed by the chemical lobby, and some health experts are alarmed

The Guardian - US

Lobbyist claims that New York anti-plastic bill would harm people of color called ‘misleading’

Bill that aims to reduce plastic packaging by 30% in 12 years faces staunch opposition by some business interests

The Guardian - US

Biggest lobbying interests buck trend with higher 2024 spending - Roll Call

Trade groups and companies responsible for this year's largest lobbying expenditures so far upped the ante in the first half of 2024.

Roll Call

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Shell quietly backs away from pledge to increase ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics

Energy giant promised to turn 1m tonnes of plastic waste into oil each year, but now says goal is unfeasible

The Guardian - US

Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study

Paper outlines different legal theories that could help governments pursue accountability for harms

The Guardian - US

Delusion of advanced plastic recycling

The world is drowning in plastic. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic

Salon

Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks For Polluters

A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.

Texas Observer

Gulf Coast petrochemical growth draws billions in tax breaks despite pollution violations

A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Chemical recycling a dangerous deception

Most U.S. chemical recycling facilities turn plastics into fuel to be burned

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