From Pollution to Climate: How Industry Reframed “Life Cycle Analysis” to Resist Plastics Regulation

• In Event: Climate Change, Firm Behavior, and Global Finance

Brief Overview

The paper examines how industries exercise discursive power by redefining and co-opting key scientific terms. By reframing “life cycle analysis” to cast plastics as climate-friendly, the petrochemical industry reshapes plastics policy debates.

Author

• Grace Zeng, University of California, Berkeley