Material Insights: Summer slides for two resins

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Material Insights: Summer slides for two resins

Low demand caused prices for polypropylene and PET bottle resin to drop in June. Senior reporter Frank Esposito drops by Material Insights to highlight the factors at play in the pricing move. He notes that operating rates of PP resin production are at low levels and demand for imported PET is also falling. This post appeared

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French retailer takes lead on tethered caps

There’s still a year to go before the European Union’s Single-Use Plastics directive concerning tethered caps comes into force. Intermarché, one of the most popular retail chains in France, however, believes in getting ahead of the game. This post appeared first on Plastics News.

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Climate Bullies and Cultists Confronted by Unafraid Realist

Climate Bullies and Cultists Confronted by Unafraid Realist Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN)   [Editor’s Note: Global warming isn’t science for climate bullies. It’s a religious cult for these true believers and a sweet spot for the corporatist funders who enable them.] Here’s a scientific fact: Humans (indeed all animals)

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Blather Here, Blather There, Nothing Between

Blather Here, Blather There, Nothing Between Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. ….   [Editor’s Note: Blather is the state of PR today and it’s a direct result of corporate America falling into a political correctness trap that ends with a copier in the woods.] I recently came across a story some of you may

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks – July 8, 2023

Natural Gas Now Best Picks – July 8, 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: junk science that blinds ideologues, corporatism on parade through the UK and here, stopping

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It Takes More than a Village

Western goals of lowering global emissions require raising the standard of living for billions who live in energy poverty. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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