Mexican state oil company Pemex, which owns six refineries in Mexico as well as the recently transferred Deer Park refinery in Texas, reported in late February that its petrochemical production declined in 2021, a year when worker accidents surged and...
Global carbon emissions related to electricity generation rose in 2021 in the first increase in three years as some power generators in America, Asia and Europe resorted to the more polluting coal as an alternative to the costlier natural gas.
The Canadian government announced in late December it will enforce a ban on six types of single-use plastics but has extended the time for implementation to 2022 to allow for more consultations and ease a market adjustment.
Tire manufacturers have intensified in recent years efforts to make their industry more sustainable by searching how to reduce waste at the end of the product’s road life, by cutting down on carbon, and in a particular case by testing a prototype of a...
Funding exclusively available to businesses that can prove they try to reduce plastic waste or new tools like financial indices to help investors reduce plastic exposure have seen a sharp increase in the last couple of years.
LyondellBasell’s plant in La Porte, Texas on July 27 accidentally released about 100,000 pounds of acetic acid killing two contractors and injuring 30 people.
