350.org: Facing Downturn in U.S. and Global Markets, Big Oil Targets Africa to Dump Plastics
September 02, 2020
September 02, 2020
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 -- The 350.org issued the following news release:
American oil companies are keen to export more plastics to Africa through Kenya. According to the New York Times, a lobby group representing Big Oil and chemical companies, including Shell, Exxon and Total, has been pushing the US government to use a US-Kenya trade deal to dump petro-chemicals and plastics across Africa, to prop up Big Oil's dwindling profits amidst a global pandemic and an oil crash.
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American oil companies are keen to export more plastics to Africa through Kenya. According to the New York Times, a lobby group representing Big Oil and chemical companies, including Shell, Exxon and Total, has been pushing the US government to use a US-Kenya trade deal to dump petro-chemicals and plastics across Africa, to prop up Big Oil's dwindling profits amidst a global pandemic and an oil crash.
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