The United States maintains a complex and vital network of essential chemical imports from numerous countries worldwide. Each of these countries has carved out a niche in the production of specific ...

Coming off a challenging market cycle punctuated by economic headwinds and ongoing uncertainty, chemical industry leaders are intent on striking the most profitable balance between short term cost ...

President Donald J. Trump has exempted certain chemical manufacturing and other facilities from specific Clean Air Act requirements for 2 years. The move puts certain Biden-era rules on hold and ...

Semiconductor production is impossible without PFAS, spurring fresh concerns about increased contamination tied to the toxic substances. Chemical giant Chemours is pushing to expand production of ...

The Biden-era limits were designed to reduce emissions of toxic pollutants, including a cancer-causing ingredient used in antifreeze and plastics. By Hiroko Tabuchi and Lisa Friedman Two chemical ...

A wind turbine being assembled. The availability of renewable energy is key to the European chemical sector's ability to transition to net zero, but that energy is in ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

The global chemicals sector emits 5–6% of greenhouse gas emissions World’s first commercial e-methanol plant opened in Denmark in May Green hydrogen key to decarbonisation as both a fuel and input ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2021, James Kenney and his husband were at a big box store buying a piece of ...

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A significant number of political appointees who have joined the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Trump used to work for or have lobbied on behalf of the chemical and fossil fuel ...