NUMBERS THAT MATTER LIVE with Bill Wood, Plastics News Economics Editor Wood, a Harvard-educated economist, has tracked plastics for 30+ years. His firm, Mountaintop Economics & Research Inc., does original research and creates plastics-focused forecasting models. His goal is to help companies in the plastics supply chain identify opportunities as well as potential new customers.
Read More...The Inflation Reduction Act that was dropped much to the surprise of just about everybody on Wednesday night is a mixed bag when it comes to provisions that could impact U.S. oil and natural gas development. At a time when record inflation is being largely driven by high energy prices and American consumers are paying
Read More...Saulius Adomaitis will succeed EY veteran Andy Brogan who was promoted to head the company’s global energy and resources strategy division. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Under a call by the Chinese companies to boost domestic energy supply security, national oil companies are making greater efforts to tap shale deposits despite their geological challenges and higher cost. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...New data will allow packaging made from polypropylene to claim the “widely recycled” designation while using How2Recycle labeling. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...With funding from two nonprofits, Sam’s Club is offering some Texas consumers a 10-cent-per-container incentive to return thermoformed PET for recycling. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...The South Carolina-based company is out with its latest sustainability report, including information on recycling, greenhouse gases and employees. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Todd Karran, the former CEO of resin maker Nova Chemicals, has now taken a top spot at Heartland Polymers, a materials company that just launched production of homopolymer polypropylene in Alberta, Canada. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Farmland Be Damned: New York Will Cover Upstate with Solar! Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: New York State government is trying to cover its Upstate farmland with solar panels to appease the urban elite environmentalist class. Or, is it copying Canada?]
Read More...Moore Industries Inc., a custom injection molder in Montpelier, Ohio, is expanding. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Net Zero Zealots Fantasize About Imposing Their Will on Us Robert Bradley Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research Principal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog…. .… … [Editor’s Note: Net zero nuts are getting very desperate and, in the absence of public buy-in, are getting desperate and looking to desperate measures to impose
Read More...Green Energy Nirvana? Not So Much When It Comes to Trucks! Tom Reynolds President, S.C.O.P.E., Inc. … … [Editor’s Note: Like your truck? Want a green energy truck? Well, you may want to think again. Electric trucks aren’t, as it turns out, that great at doing truck things.] SCOPE members’ mission is to “protect, restore and
Read More...Details remained sparse following the late evening announcement by Senator Joe Manchin, but energy provisions in the new July reconciliation bill may exceed previously expected spending on Biden’s clean energy plan. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Today’s featured 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree is Carri Lockhart, the former CTO and executive vice president of digital and innovation at Oslo, Norway-based Equinor ASA who currently serves as a member of the Dril-Quip board of directors. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Forty-seven new permits were issued to drill shale wells in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia during the week ended July 17. The post 47 shale drilling permits issued in Ohio, Pa., W. Va. during week ended July 17 appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
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