Corporatism 101: Why It’s Massive Reform Now or Never!

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Corporatism 101: Why It’s Massive Reform Now or Never!

Pathocracy Has Arrived with Climate Politics Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Corporatism is ruining America and the West. The merger of big business and government is fascist by definition and is prevalent throughout society today. Corporatism and its variants are killing us. Ideology merely serves it and is not the principal problem

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Zombie Radicals Stop An Almost Finished Compressor Station

Zombie Radicals Stop An Almost Finished Compressor Station Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN)   [Editor’s Note: Zombie radicals, a/k/a communists, fractivists, and other destructive leftists, have managed to temporarily halt an almost done pipeline compressor station in New Jersey.] New Jersey is a Communist state, controlled by Communists from the

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Material Insights: Surprising jumps for PVC, PS

PVC and polystyrene resins both posted surprising increases August, after several months of declining prices. Senior Reporter Frank Esposito stops by Material Insights to talk about the production issues that impacted PVC, higher benzene feedstock prices that pushed up PS, plus his take on whether more increases are on the horizon. This post appeared first

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What’s new this week | Sept. 4, 2023

Goodbye summer and hello (almost) autumn! Plastics News is out of the office on Labor Day, Sept. 4, but we’ll be back Tuesday. Preview: The Injection Molding & Design Expo is rapidly approaching. We give a look at what to expect at the expo and what some companies will be on hand to offer. Next

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Mexican PVC demand sees weakness even as prices lower than year ago

“In reality, now, if we talk about market demand it is a bit weak, for example construction, I think it should be around 80% of the volume that we need to be selling, because the volumes are a bit low in that area,” said Luis Lopez, a Mexican PVC market participant that recently discussed prices,

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks – September 2, 2023

Natural Gas Now Best Picks – September 2, 2023 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. This week: another dangerous Upstate solar fire, the inconvenience of whales, grid rescue again and again

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The “Consumption Interventions” Your Mayor Has Planned for You

The “Consumption Interventions” Mayors Have Planned for You! David Blackmon Publisher and Editor, Energy Transition Absurdities … … [Editor’s Note: Is there any more devious, threatening, Orwellian term than the “consumption interventions,” the World Economic Forum and its big city partners want to impose?] Following the news last week that the the former mayor of

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Energy Transition in Motion (Week of Sept. 1, 2023)

Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including over $1 billion in equity capital raised for a lithium-ion battery recycler and $2 billion more for a planned EV battery plant. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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iD Additives to feature purging products at IMD Expo

ID Additives Inc. is showcasing its purging products line at IMD Expo, Sept. 20-21 in Novi, Mich. At the event, technical manager Dave Denzel will be addressing best practices for molders to improve their purging process. In addition to purging products, LaGrange, Ill.-based iD will show its foaming agent molding solutions, mold cleaning systems and

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Analysts provide insight on Covestro, DuPont

The futures of materials firms Covestro and DuPont have drawn commentary from market analysts. Analyst Philipp Stuelken of financial website Seeking Alpha is bullish on Covestro, which in July rejected a buyout bid of more than $12 billion from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC). “Even though these rumors have a high influence on the

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Prosecutors want prison for owner of Dominican recycling plant

Prosecutors in the Dominican Republic have asked for a one-year prison sentence for one of the alleged owners of a plastics recycling facility where a massive explosion and fire claimed several dozen lives. They also want his wife and daughter, said to be co-owners, to be fined and banned from leaving the Caribbean island while

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