The Latest On: Petrochemicals
New York’s Plastic Bag Ban has Survived the Pandemic
Victoria Bogdan Tejeda, Attorney, Northeast Regional Office, Earthjustice: “We see the use of plastic bags as a climate change and community health problem. [Thicker plastic bags were] not what the legislature intended…. It wanted to end the use of plastic bags, full stop.”
Lt. General Who Led Katrina Evacuations Warns Of Pollution Risk From Climate-Driven Extreme Weather Following Hurricane Laura
Michael Brown, Attorney, Fossil Fuel Program, Earthjustice: “Since [Hurricane] Harvey, the petrochemical and oil and gas industry have had a massive build-out plan for the Gulf Coast. They’ve been adding more infrastructure, including in Lake Charles, intending that these plants will exist for 30-50 years without addressing the increasing climate risk they are going to be facing from storms like we saw this week.”
New York Court Rejects Loophole in the State’s Plastic Bag Ban and Upholds the New Law
Clean Water Advocates Challenge Fracked Gas Solution Mining Wells Permits
Formosa Plastics Agrees To Delay Work On Louisiana Complex Until 2021
Partner’s Pullout Latest Blow to Viability of Chemical-Plant Project in Ohio
Megan Hunter, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “Daelim’s pullout is further evidence that the project is no longer viable, and that petrochemical development is not going to provide the [Ohio] Valley with real, lasting economic opportunity.”