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Legislative Update: Biden Takes Office

January 25, 2021
On Jan. 20, Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States when he and Kamala Harris were sworn into office in front of the Capitol building that only two weeks prior was the scene of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. With Democrats controlling...
Legislative update

Legislative Update: Presidential Transition & Second Impeachment

January 13, 2021
Presidential Transition On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The joint session to count electoral votes was delayed hours by protesters at the U.S. Capitol, incited by Trump’s months-long push to overturn the election. Lawmakers completed the...

What Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary Means for Vinyl Industry

January 12, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation.  If confirmed, Buttigieg will be trusted to usher Biden’s ambitious $1.3 trillion “Build Back Better” plan to invest and rebuild the U.S.’s infrastructure,...

How Direct Air Capture is Critical to Combating Climate Change

January 6, 2021
In order to combat climate change, companies are finding ways to reduce carbon emissions – which is the leading greenhouse gas contributing to this phenomenon. At Vinyl360, we heard from Dr. Robert Zeller, Vice President of Technology at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), about how...

2020 Vinyl Industry Year in Review

January 5, 2021
What a year. Like most other sectors, the vinyl industry was dramatically disrupted when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States. As a result, this year has been full of creative adaptation: Finding new solutions for our members, working to ensure continuity of operations, assisting...

2020 Vinyl Industry Downstream Updates

January 4, 2021
At Vinyl360 this year, we were joined by representatives from several downstream trade associations, including the Vinyl Siding Institute (VSI), the PVC Pipe Association (PVCPA), PRINTING United Alliance (PUA), and the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), that shared an update of how the pandemic has...

Biden Announces Regan as EPA Pick

December 22, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he will nominate Michael Regan, North Carolina’s top environmental regulator, to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The pick follows an intense campaign from the party’s progressive wing that pushed Biden’s team to emphasize environmental justice for minority and...

Flawed Science, Biased Agenda Defines Misleading Study on Safety of Plastic Pipe for Water Delivery

December 19, 2020
We are justifiably disappointed that Andrew Whelton, an associate professor at Purdue University in West Layfette, Indiana, and others are using the tragedy of the California wildfires to promote a biased agenda against plastic pipes.  It is made worse by citing flawed “tests” to mislead...