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Army Corps reconsidering permit for $9.4B plastics complex

November 6, 2020 Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — The Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether potential environmental impacts require it to change, suspend or revoke the permit for a $9.4 billion plastics complex planned in Louisiana by a Taiwan […]

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Study: 1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash go astray

November 5, 2020 Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

More than a million tons a year of America’s plastic trash isn’t ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is landing in places such as […]