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One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

🗓️ Date: 2nd March 2026 (Monday) 📍Venue: Samata Campus, Dabbanda village, Gandigundam post,Visakhapatnam-531173 Organis...

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One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

🗓️ Date: 2nd March 2026 (Monday) 📍Venue: Samata Campus, Dabbanda village, Gandigundam post,Visakhapatnam-531173 Organis...

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‘Lie-cycling’: Only 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled so far — is this recycling getting undue attention?

While governments and corporations focus on ‘techno-fixes’ and individual-centric sustainability practices, it is critic...

Coverage General Oil and gas Petrochemicals Plastics

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Street vendors are the low-hanging fruits in the battle against plastic

Single-use plastic ban vilified street vendors and small players, but conveniently missed the real villains: the produc...

Coverage General Indian Economy Plastics

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State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

Critical analysis of the operations and eco-social impact of oil and gas public sector enterprises. India is the sixth l...

Energy General Oil and gas Petrochemicals Publications

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India’s Huge Thrust on Petrochemicals Belies its Tall Talk on Sustainable Energy

For a long time, India has been advocating for the end of unsustainable use-and-throw economy. However, in a case of mis...

Coverage Energy General Petrochemicals

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The Petrochemicals Landscape in India

Challenging Monopolistic Practices and Emerging Competitors. India holds a prominent position in the global petrochemic...

General Petrochemicals Publications

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TOXIC TRAITS

An Overview of the Adverse Health Impacts of Chemicals Associated with Petrochemical Industries and Across the Life Span...

Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty) Petrochemicals Plastics Publications

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Energy security or plastic profits?

Om Prakash Singh Fossil fuel and chemical industries’ interests are influencing India’s positions in various multilatera...

Coverage Energy General Oil and gas Plastics

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Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined

November 15, 2023 NAIROBI — 143 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered to attend the third session ...

Coverage Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty)

September 16, 2026

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One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

🗓️ Date: 2nd March 2026 (Monday) 📍Venue: Samata Campus, Dabbanda village, Gandigundam post,Visakhapatnam-531173 Organised by: Samata, Greater Visakhapatnam Citizens’ Forum and Centre for Financial Accountability To participate in the workshop, please register using the link below: https://for...

Energy General Workshops

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September 16, 2026

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

Energy General Workshops

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April 16, 2025

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran & Vishvaja S

‘Lie-cycling’: Only 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled so far — is this recycling getting undue attention?

While governments and corporations focus on ‘techno-fixes’ and individual-centric sustainability practices, it is critical for to address exponentially growing plastic production. Recycling is the process of turning waste materials into new products and materials. Humans have been recycling metals ...

Coverage General Oil and gas Petrochemicals Plastics

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March 8, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya

Street vendors are the low-hanging fruits in the battle against plastic

Single-use plastic ban vilified street vendors and small players, but conveniently missed the real villains: the producers and users of plastic – petrochemicals companies, plastic producers, and FMCG companies – who choose to make plastic polymers and use plastic packaging. There appears to be a...

Coverage General Indian Economy Plastics

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March 14, 2025

Benisha B M & Karthik Gunasekar

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

Critical analysis of the operations and eco-social impact of oil and gas public sector enterprises. India is the sixth largest producer of chemicals in the world and third in Asia. Globally, India is the fourth-largest producer of agrochemicals after the United States, Japan and China. India’s curre...

Energy General Oil and gas Petrochemicals Publications

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September 2, 2024

Swathi Seshadri

India’s Huge Thrust on Petrochemicals Belies its Tall Talk on Sustainable Energy

For a long time, India has been advocating for the end of unsustainable use-and-throw economy. However, in a case of mismatch between its words and action, about 79% of the budget allocated for the petroleum and natural gas ministry this year is meant for expanding the footprint of public sector oil...

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May 7, 2024

Ayush Joshi, Abir Dasgupta and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

The Petrochemicals Landscape in India

Challenging Monopolistic Practices and Emerging Competitors. India holds a prominent position in the global petrochemicals industry. Demand for plastics across diverse sectors including packaging, construction, automobiles, and textiles, has been going up rapidly. To foster the growth of the indust...

General Petrochemicals Publications

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April 18, 2024

Dr Vishvaja Sambath

TOXIC TRAITS

An Overview of the Adverse Health Impacts of Chemicals Associated with Petrochemical Industries and Across the Life Span of Plastics. The petrochemical industry, once hailed as the harbinger of progress and innovation, now finds itself at the epicentre of critical global discourse. The petrochemical...

Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty) Petrochemicals Plastics Publications

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April 1, 2024

Om Prakash Singh

Energy security or plastic profits?

Om Prakash Singh Fossil fuel and chemical industries’ interests are influencing India’s positions in various multilateral environmental and trade agreements related to climate, plastics, and chemicals. India announced a 20 per cent capacity expansion over the next five years, ostensibly to meet the ...

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March 21, 2024

Centre for International Environmental Law

Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined

November 15, 2023 NAIROBI — 143 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered to attend the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to advance a global plastics treaty, gaining access to the negotiations at a time when the talks are entering a critical phas...

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One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

‘Lie-cycling’: Only 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled so far — is this recycling getting undue attention?

Street vendors are the low-hanging fruits in the battle against plastic

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

India’s Huge Thrust on Petrochemicals Belies its Tall Talk on Sustainable Energy

The Petrochemicals Landscape in India

TOXIC TRAITS

Energy security or plastic profits?

Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

‘Lie-cycling’: Only 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled so far — is this recycling getting undue attention?

Street vendors are the low-hanging fruits in the battle against plastic

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

India’s Huge Thrust on Petrochemicals Belies its Tall Talk on Sustainable Energy

The Petrochemicals Landscape in India

TOXIC TRAITS

Energy security or plastic profits?

Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined