Chemicals & Energy

Northwest Heat Wave Triggers Blackouts and Buckles Highways

June 29, 2021

The rare and powerful heat wave shattering records across the U.S. Northwest is taking a bruising toll on the region’s infrastructure, buckling highways, hobbling public transit and triggering rolling power outages.

'Virtually Entire' Fashion Industry Complicit in Forced Labor

Do We Really Need Slavery to Reduce Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels?

June 28, 2021

Justin Dillon, SCB Contributor

If you knew the solar panels you were about to install on your house or company headquarters were made with slave labor, would you still buy them?

Biden Balances Climate Need With Human Rights in Chinese Solar Ban

June 27, 2021

Bloomberg

The Biden administration’s narrowly focused ban on Chinese solar products is designed to confront supply chain slavery without stifling the fast-growing use of renewable energy in the U.S.

A Win for Roads, and No Tax Hikes: Infrastructure Deal Takeaways

June 24, 2021

Bloomberg

The infrastructure agreement announced Thursday by the White House and a bipartisan group of senators carves out $579 billion of common ground from the $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan unveiled in March by President Biden.

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Watch: The Long-Term Impact of the Colonial Pipeline Shutdown

June 24, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Thomas Goldsby, professor and Haslam Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department of the University of Tennessee, discusses the short- and long-term impacts of the ransomware attack that temporarily shut down a major East Coast gasoline pipeline.

Gas Is So Scarce in Europe That Coal Is Making a Comeback

June 21, 2021

Bloomberg

Europe is so short of natural gas that the continent — usually seen as the poster child for the global fight against emissions — is turning to coal to meet electricity demand that is now back to pre-pandemic levels.

Biden’s Supply Chain Plan Aims to Boost Medicine, Chip Output

June 9, 2021

Bloomberg

President Biden released a multi-pronged strategy to secure critical supply chains in products ranging from medicines to microchips, and is also weighing a potential trade probe that could result in U.S. tariffs on certain magnet imports.

Industry Groups Welcome Biden's Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force

June 8, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

President Biden announced Tuesday a new effort aimed at solving near-term supply chain disruptions to U.S businesses.

China’s Supply Chain Frontliners Bear Brunt of Surging Costs

June 7, 2021

Bloomberg

China’s factories, power plants and farms are fielding the worst effects of a surge in commodity costs that’s yet to hurt the wallets of the nation’s citizens.

How Mass Consolidation Turned Food, Energy Firms Into Hacking Targets

June 4, 2021

Bloomberg

A company that slaughters cattle may seem like an unlikely target for a cyberattack. That is, until you realize that taking out just one company could paralyze burger and steak supplies for all Americans.

Chemicals & Energy

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