In June, we examined #ExxonMobil’s claim that it had transformed discarded #plastic into new fruit cups through an “advanced” chemical #recycling technology. We broke down the math to show just how little recycled content winds up in products made this way.

This fruit cup example was also cited by the lawsuit.
https://propub.li/4eYp8RR

The lawsuit cited our story on the first federal action taken against a controversial accounting method the plastics industry uses to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products: https://propub.li/4dmEMVS

#News #Government #Plastic #Environment #Oil #Regulation #Recycling #EPA

What No One Tells You About Car Loan Deferments

When you defer a car payment, you’ll likely end up owing more at the end of your loan.

Our free auto loan calculator tool was built to help borrowers figure out their final payment amount and understand how car loan extensions work.

https://www.propublica.org/article/auto-loan-calculator-with-extensions

“If called to testify now, I would assert Bryan Maze’s brain, at the time of his death, showed no indication, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, of prior trauma or abuse,” stated the former medical examiner in a sworn affidavit.

Read our previous reporting on how the plastics industry is trying to influence the meaning of “recyclable”: https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-industry-redefine-recyclable-ftc-grocery-bags

Read the original investigation into the Garrison School, where police were being called on students every other day in recent years, here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school

For more, read “Checked Out,” a ProPublica and Capital & Main series on LA’s failure to prevent #AffordableHousing from becoming residential hotels: https://www.propublica.org/series/checked-out