Plastics

Guardian UK: US plastics to outstrip coal’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, study finds - American plastics industry, described by experts as ‘the new coal’, releasing at least 232m tons of gas annually by Maya Yang

Ninety per cent of the plastics industry’s reported climate change pollution takes place in just 18 communities, where residents earn 28% less than the average American household and are 67% more likely to be minority communities.