The Chinese government is trying to circumvent the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act by shifting programs outside Xinjiang, according to journalists.

They found >100 companies that "appear to receive Uyghur workers or parts or goods produced by them."

www.pressreader.com/canada/the-h... (5/5)

Meanwhile, the White House is peddling a #MAHA term paper that is apparently loaded with #AI content.

Is the #MAHA term paper that the White House released today ... AI-generated?

One passage references an obscure book that says children should spend more time outdoors (duh!) That seemed suspicous. The detectors agree:

It's #A1Sauce.

U.S. petrochem is increasingly dominated by foreign investment and export-orientation.

For example: PVC #plastics exports may exceed domestic consumption for the first time in 2025.

U.S. PVC manufacturers' HQs are in Mexico (Orbia), Taiwan (Formosa), Korea (Shintech) and the U.S. (Occidental).

"Our actions will also reignite American manufacturing, spreading economic benefits to communities" - EPA's destroyer, Lee Zeldin.

Interesting word choice.

Before EPA, rivers caught fire from pollution; lead & asbestos filled our homes and schools.

For all its imperfections, EPA saves lives.

Five Dems voted both to censure Rep. Green, a man of color speaking truth to power, AND for the Laken Riley Act, a xenophobic attack on immigrants:

Jim Costa

Lauren Gillen

Marcy Kaptur

Jared Moskowitz

Tom Suozzi

Golfo Mexicano (Mercator, ca. 1595) via www.maproomblog.com/2025/01/nami...

#GulfOfMexico #GolfoMexicano

Grace Farms, the leading voice vs forced labor in building materials, has released its International Guidance & Toolkit. It shines a light on critical issues related to forced labor in the supply chain. It features analysis by Material Research. materialwitness.substack.com/p/grace-farm...

4/ State-owned PetroChina is moving its Dalian oil refinery following massive disasters in 2010 (oil spill & explosion), 2014 (explosion) and 2017 (fire). finance.yahoo.com/news/petroch...
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The Chemical Safety Board says the Sept 29 Biolab disaster was “completely unacceptable." The chlorine pool chemical plant released large plumes of smoke and toxic vapors into a densely populated community.

www.csb.gov/bio-lab-inc-...

roughdraftatlanta.com/2024/11/25/b.... ... 🧵

Today the Chemical Disasters Map surpassed its 500,000th individual viewer. The map is an extension of the Prevent Chemical Disasters tracking project.

We have recorded 1,113 significant incidents - a rate of one every 30 hours - since January 2021.

materialwitness.substack.com/p/tracking-c...