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

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

Critics argue that the agency’s work with a lobbying group is a conflict of interest.

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