‘Plastics are awesome’: Inside the Energy Department’s partnership with the plastics industry

Grist
By Joseph WintersFeb 3, 2025, 4:45 am329 ptsTop
This story is a partnership between Grist and ExxonKnews, a reporting project covering the fossil fuel industry. Nearly five years ago, the United States Department of Energy, or DOE, began an unusual partnership with the country’s largest lobbying group for the plastics industry. In a memorandum of…

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