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The Washington Post | Amudalat Ajasa | Feb. 12, 2025In California, warning labels have become so commonplace that people joke about them. But a study suggests that the state’s label law is working — by encouraging companies to reduce their products’ toxic footprint. |
The Wall Street Journal | John Keilman | Feb. 12, 2025A fight over nonstick pans has moved to the front burner in Minnesota. The state last month became the first to ban the sale of cookware containing the so-called “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. The move is part of a wider effort across the country to crack down on the synthetic compounds, some of which have been linked to cancer, liver damage and fertility issues. |
KTRK-TV | Daniela Hurtado, Shannon Ryan | Feb 11, 2025New Environmental Protection Agency and Union Pacific Railroad test results show elevated levels of "highly toxic" compounds, known as dioxins, outside the Julia C. Hester House. |
Safety+Health | Feb. 10, 2025The Environmental Protection Agency is taking several actions, including a partial ban, to protect workers against exposure to ethylene oxide, under a new interim registration review decision. |
Chemical Processing | Amanda Joshi | Feb. 10, 2025Indorama completed the acquisition of two brands from Cargill, Kurita announced a merger with a sister company, and Mitsubishi signed a collaboration agreement. |
Plastics News | Frank Esposito | Feb. 10, 2025On Feb. 11, Invista opened its $13 million Texas Technology Center in Katy, Texas, near Houston. Officials said the center is a technology hub and research and development center that will support the firm's nylon and polypropylene businesses. |
Houston Chronicle | Yvette Orozco | Feb. 11, 2025The Railroad Commission of Texas has completed its investigation into the Deer Park pipeline fire and found no evidence of safety violations linked to the incident. The commission determined in its report that the operator of the above-ground pipeline valve, Energy Transfer Company, was not at fault, the Houston Landing first reported. |
Houston Chronicle | Timothy Malcolm | Feb. 8, 2025A major oil and gas company is evaluating the possibility of building an $8.6 billion plastics plant on the Texas Gulf Coast, and according to a report, environmentalists are already on edge. In December, Exxon Mobil applied for property tax breaks for a new project under the state's Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act (JETI), according to a public filing with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. |
Plastics News | Steve Toloken | Feb. 10, 2025President Donald Trump Feb. 10 signed an executive order directing federal agencies to support buying plastic straws.
"We're going back to plastics," Trump said in a video of the White House signing ceremony. "We're going back to plastic straws." |
Plastics News | Feb. 13, 2025Bill Hyde, vice president of olefins and elastomers at Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS, said that the second Trump administration's attitude toward the industry is going to have serious impacts on the petrochemical industry, especially if and when the tariffs take hold. |
Houston Chronicle | Rebekah F. Ward | Feb. 7, 2025Gov. Greg Abbott is opting to ignore a Feb. 7 federal deadline to identify which Texas counties violate new health limits for air pollution, potentially allowing Harris County and others off the hook for missing Biden-era targets. |
Safety+Health | Feb. 7, 2025A new video from the Chemical Safety Board calls on chemical facility owners and operators to ensure emergency response equipment is ready for extreme weather. |
Associated Press | Seth Borenstein and Alexa St. John | Feb. 7, 2025Saving the planet is so 2024. Clean energy leaders across the globe are now tailoring their messages to emphasize the greener side of green: wealth-building. It’s an idea that sells far better in the new world of nationalism and tycoon leaders. |
Associated Press | Mead Gruver | Feb. 9, 2025Putting carbon dioxide from power plants and industrial facilities underground where it won’t contribute to global warming could see less federal support and enthusiasm under President Donald Trump. But experts and industry advocates doubt demand for the technology will go away as long as utilities face state-level climate change goals. |
Austin American-Statesman | John C. Moritz | Feb. 13, 2025Ending more than four weeks of speculation and launching what will likely be the first sprint of the 2025 legislative session, newly minted Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows unveiled his committee assignments Thursday in which many of his top supporters emerged with key chairmanships. |
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