#petchem — Public Fediverse posts

📢 Last chance to register for our webinar 3pm GMT today: Petrochemical Imbalance - hear from author Said Ashrafkhanov why chemicals are unlikely to prop up #oil demand 📉 https://buff.ly/40VD5fa #Petchem

Plastics Treaty Failure Is a Canary in the Climate Coalmine https://buff.ly/3CYmLR2 #petchem

'Petrochemical Imbalance' warns investors & financiers #Petchem demand would have to consistently grow at 3.9% a year 📈 to 2035 to make up for declining demand for #oil 📉 in transport fuels under a moderate-paced transition in line with govt policies https://buff.ly/3Bh7z10

Mike Coffin said:“Transport fuel demand for oil & gas is ~4x larger than petrochemical feedstocks. As fuel demand plateaus & declines this decade, #petchem demand growth will increasingly struggle to offset fuels decline, given this scale difference" (1/2) https://buff.ly/3Bh7z10

'Petrochemical Imbalance' warns investors #Petchem demand would have to consistently grow at 3.9% a year 📈 out to 2035 to make up for declining demand for #oil 📉 in transport fuels under a moderate-paced energy transition in line with govt policies https://carbontracker.org/reports/petrochemical-imbalance/

UN 🇺🇳 plastics treaty talks collapse as countries fail to agree targets, with #FossilFuel producers blocking progress on plastic production cuts https://buff.ly/3OAceOM #petchem

As countries meet to agree a landmark #plastics treaty, is recycling or producing less the answer? https://buff.ly/4i3PfJr #petchem #pollution

Morgan Stanley - one of the leading bank financiers of #FossilFuels - will “no longer track financing activities related to #plastics waste as a standalone goal,” the bank said https://buff.ly/4dTzZMs #petchem

Countries remain divided over whether a plastics treaty should seek to restrict single-use #plastics, ban chemicals that raise health concerns, or limit production of plastics? Plastics production could triple by 2060, making the task more urgent https://buff.ly/3UoYYic #petchem

By the middle of the century, global #emissions from #plastic production could triple to account for 20% of the Earth’s remaining #CarbonBudget, an analysis has found https://buff.ly/3U5alvN #petchem

Chemical #pollution tied to #FossilFuel operations poses serious risks to human health, warns a new analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine https://buff.ly/48MAVz5 #petchem #plastics

A 'circular economy' ♻️ they said: #Petrochemicals (produced from #FossilFuels) glut makes new #plastic cheaper than recycled https://www.ft.com/content/6b3f4405-a994-4fb1-b667-1f49c5357db8 #petchem #pollution

South African 🇿🇦 #petchem group Sasol was forced to cancel its AGM Friday after climate activists stormed the stage, interrupting CEO Fleetwood Grobler. Two of the country’s big AMs, 91 & Old Mutual warned they'd vote against #Sasol over enviro targets https://www.ft.com/content/5c050f08-4407-462e-b7c2-b54fc10f3472