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EPA Finalizes Power Plant Climate Rules On April 25, the EPA finalized four new rules seeking to crack down on pollution from fossil fuels electricity generation by imposing stricter standards on greenhouse gas (GHG) and mercury emissions from power plants, as well as wastewater discharge...

On April 9th and 10th, vinyl industry leaders visited Washington, D.C. to participate in the Vinyl Institute’s annual Congressional Fly-In. This event always provides an excellent opportunity for our organization’s members to share their firsthand experiences and concerns with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. This year,...

Biden Administration Enforces Stricter Emission Rules for Chemical Plants   The Biden administration finalized a rule on April 8 requiring over 200 chemical, polymer, and resin production plants to reduce their emissions of toxic chemicals as part of a broader effort to mitigate air pollution’s...

The Vinyl Institute is extremely excited to announce that Evan Tracey has joined our marketing and communications team as its Vice President. Evan comes to our team after spending the last 10 years as a Senior Vice President at National Media Research, Planning & Placement,...

VI Submits Comments on EPA’s TSCA Risk Evaluation of Vinyl Chloride The public comment period to file comments to Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) request for further information on the potential risks of vinyl chloride ended on March 18.  Vinyl chloride (VC) is one of five...

Water is a finite resource. As it stands now, the U.S. wastes far too much of it. As our first article in this series on water conservation detailed, aging, rusting metal pipes play a huge role in losing treated water. Still, it’s far from the...

Every year, the American Water Works Association estimates the United States loses more than ~2.1 trillion gallons of treated water. This is primarily due to worn-down and aging infrastructure. For example, old metal water mains failing and poorly optimized irrigation systems are just two examples...

Senate Passes Two Bipartisan Recycling Bills On March 13, the Senate passed two bipartisan recycling and composting bills that have been stalled since being reported out of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) in June.  The Senate approved amended versions of the Recycling Infrastructure...