Joe Biden

PLASTICS AND HEALTH USA Launch of new thrust for environmental justice through the back door / Campaign to be folded into Inflation Reduction Act	14.12.2023
LOGISTICS Hamburg port workers start wildcat strike / Maersk job cuts to exceed 10,000 / Good news from the US	10.11.2023
HYDROGEN Washington announces plans for USD 7 bn hydrogen network / Details include 7 regional hubs, few European partners / Social issues play role in contracting	25.10.2023
HYDROGEN US seeks to unseat Europe as frontrunner in the race to ‘net zero' / Energy Department publishes hydrogen strategy paper / Generous subsidies under Inflation Reduction Act	11.09.2023
PFAS EPA presents framework plan to remedy ‘forever chemicals' contamination / Solvay cracks USD 393 mn deal with New Jersey for past offences	10.07.2023
PETROCHEMICALS USA Abrupt end to EPA's Environmental Justice Campaign for Gulf Chemicals belt / Court filing claims issues resolved	03.07.2023
DOW Q2 sales expectations shrink / Economic conditions “challenging” / Offtake deal for bio-ethylene	07.06.2023
USA Biden administration introduces recycling proposals / Senate submits reclaim legislation / Greenpeace calls for decisive action against plastics waste exports	05.05.2023
USA Biden wants domestic bio-based polymer dominance by 2024 / Plan details follow executive order from September 2022	28.03.2023
PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY US orders Denka to cut emissions from chloroprene plant / DuPont named in complaint / EPA aims for environmental justice	08.03.2023
PLASTICS AND HEALTH ECHA takes aim at “forever chemicals” PFAS / Some 10,000 substances under review / Bans or restrictions could affect imports to Europe	24.02.2023
LOGISTICS Transport industry highlights from 2022 / Massive expansion of global LNG capacity / Disparate moves for freight rates	23.12.2022
LEAR Three US plants being prepared for electromobility / Investment of over USD 110 mn	21.12.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY “The plastics industry faces a decisive year in 2023”: Comment by Ingemar Bühler of Plastics Europe Deutschland	12.12.2022
LOGISTICS Deutsche Bahn considers sale of cargo subsidiary / World trade takes a winter nap / Container freight rates experience sharp crash	09.12.2022
POLYMER PRICES North America November 2022: General market weakness pushes most prices down / Only PE, PS, engineering thermoplastics see occasional rollover / Downward pressure to remain until end of year	07.12.2022
LOGISTICS Strikes and Covid lockdowns rupture global supply chains / Will the European petchem and polymer industries be dragged into the mess? / Prices for container freight stagnate	24.11.2022
PETROCHEMICALS USA Bloomberg-backed anti-pollution campaign takes aim at US petchem expansion / Plastics industry fires back / EPA launches environmental justice office	10.10.2022
LOGISTICS Signs of hope for AdBlue production / US rail strike averted / UK port unions to walkout / Container freight rates widely lower	16.09.2022
LOGISTICS Ship congestion off North Sea ports, North American East Coast / Industrial action in UK, US / Container freight rates in reverse gear	01.09.2022
LOGISTICS Barely a palm width of water under keel has Rhine shippers concerned / A solution to port strikes in sight? / Container freight rates still plummeting	21.07.2022
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT USA SUP ban for national parks / State of Rhode Island opens chemical recycling facilities / Ongoing debates	24.06.2022
ENERGY MARKETS Europe scrambles to secure Middle East LNG / TotalEnergies set to lead expansion of Qatar's North Field	21.06.2022
PREMIX US plant to manufacture electrically conductive compounds for PCR test pipettes / Finns plan to operate the facility by 2025	18.05.2022
PETROCHEMICALS USA EPA to review permit process for Louisiana plants / Focus on Gulf Coast petchems corridor dubbed “Cancer Alley”	25.04.2022