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Report calls plastics the "new coal"

by Amanda Peacher
Oct 22, 2021
Plastics could be a bigger source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. than the coal industry by 2030, if current production trends keep up.
These plastic pellets are used to make shoes in France. A new report by Beyond Plastics explains the ubiquitous material's environmental impact.
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Trump's visit to Shell plant highlights natural gas challenges

by Scott Tong
Aug 13, 2019
Pennsylvania's natural gas industry hopes the plant can bring a lifeline to a sector beleaguered by overproduction.
Plastic bottles and other trash washed up on the shores of Scotland.
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ExxonMobil's profits fall further

by Jed Kim
Jul 29, 2016
The company's petrochemicals business helped keep it in the black as oil prices stayed low.
Chairman and CEO of US oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, speaks during the 2015 Oil and Money conference in central London on October 7, 2015.
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