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Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

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Plastics are on track to contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than coal plants in the US by 2030, according to new report by Beyond Plastics, a nationwide project based at Bennington College in Vermont. However, what the industry reports is less than half of what it actually releases, according to the analysis by Material Research.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. China remains the center of the graphite industry. In the electrode industry, China is on the brink of a rapid shift to EAF steel production.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

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But it sows confusion among some who wonder how the former president stands on the future of the EV industry. GM CEO Mary Barra – Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors In late 2019 Trump effectively nixed an extension of the tax credit for Tesla and GM, which had already reached their 200,000-vehicle caps under the former framework.