USA

Trump upsets regulation cart / EPA to be eviscerated / Zeldin declares Green New Deal dead / Changes in store for VC classification?

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

‘Trump 2.0' will see major changes in climate legislation / ACC staffers return to EPA

PLASTICS TREATY USA

US seen as shifting position on global plastic-output cuts / Industry slams reports

PFAS

US accelerates campaign against “forever chemicals” / Will avalanche of class action lawsuits hit manufacturers?

PETROCHEMICALS USA

Environmental Protection Agency steps up action against chemical companies / 218 plants affected

BISPHENOL A

FDA under pressure as Europe moves to revise TDI for BPA / Critics claim Americans are “overexposed”

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

New US administration reverses Trump's polluter-friendly rollbacks / Industry and environment stakeholders seek dialogue with Biden

USA

Ambitious legislation focuses on plastics issues / Recycling front and centre / Bans on some single-trip products foreseen / Plastics industry voices support

US RECYCLING

Plastics association with guide for environmentally friendly sales to government / Annual volume of USD 10 tr

USA

Appointments to Trump cabinet have ties to industry / ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson to be secretary of state / Fracking proponents at the helm / “Foxes guarding henhouses”

DOW

Liveris announces new R&D centre at Trump rally / CEO to head Manufacturing Council

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Oceans summit in Washington focuses on marine litter / Obama's plans for worldwide plastic bag ban not considered / Dow pledges USD 2.8m to aid solutions

SHALE GAS

German cabinet finally agrees fracking rules / Federal states to decide on test drills

COMPOSITES RESEARCH

US sets up USD 260m IACMI composites research institute in Tennessee

SHALE GAS

German anti-fracking groups mobilise against Baltic coast test drilling / US study finds Environmental Protection Agency underestimated methane emissions from gas fields

SHALE GAS

Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in

MEDICAL PLASTICS

Technical innovations spur medical plastics sector / European manufacturers invest 8% of revenues in R&D /3-D printing, miniaturisation and printed electronics increasingly inportant / Complex packaging requirements

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Anti-fracking movement has mounted effective campaign, study says / Technology also is credited with progress