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Thank you for supporting InsideClimate News! In the 01/24/2020 edition: Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows Environmentalists cite “an incredible disconnect” between government support for plastics manufacturing and evidence of the industry’s pollution and climate impact.  BY JAMES BRUGGERS Frustrated with the sight of plastic bags and styrofoam containers piling up in its harbor, the city of Charleston, South Carolina, rang in the new year with a promise to start enforcing a ban on single-use plastic containers and utensils. SEE ALSO:  Plastics: The New Coal in Appalachia? 4 Ways to Cut Plastic’s Growing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Investors Pressure Oil Giants on Ocean Plastics Pollution What’s Worrying the Plastics Industry? Your Reaction to All That Waste, for One read more