Mitsui Chemicals says that it will break ground on a facility to develop a methanol synthetic process from carbon dioxide (CO2) in October, at the company’s site in Osaka, Japan... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13820.html
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (Tokyo) is aiming for higher, more profitable ground. The company, Japan’s largest chemical maker, is targeting the higher-value performance products... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13645.html
U.K. government body the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA; St. Leonards-on-Sea, U.K.) in its first monthly report on the supply of biofuels in the U.K. has identified that between mid-April... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13549.html
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations have disclosed that by year-end they plan to connect their respective systems for registering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions credits. The... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13514.html
Canadian chemical producers say they are bracing for a sharp drop in profitability this year amid fluctuating energy prices, a slow economy, and a rapid increase in the Canadian-U.S... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13417.html
The Norwegian government has decided to press ahead with a major testing program for carbon capture and storage (CCS). The program will feature significant but undisclosed state... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13347.html
As nations prepare parallel yet separate responses to climate change, chemical makers are evaluating how to maximize the benefits and minimize the cost of compliance. However, just... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13266.html
Global collaboration among industry, regulators, and other groups will be key to ensuring an effective, orderly response to issues including increasing energy demand, diminishing... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13267.html
It is essential that any future greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction mandates allow chemical companies to continue use of coal as a source of power generation to prevent wide-scale switching... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13268.html
BASF has joined the Pew Center on Global Climate Change (Arlington, VA), a non-profit organization that supports a cap-and-trade program for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13285.html
Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (GPIC; Manama, Bahrain), an equally owned joint venture between the government of Bahrain, Sabic, and Petrochemical Industries Co. (Kuwait City), says... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13195.html
Ineos says within two years it plans to begin the commercial production of ethanol, which could be used to fuel vehicles, derived from biodegradable household waste. Generating ethanol... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13162.html
Shell says it has increased its ownership of biofuels technology firm Iogen Energy (Ottawa) to 50%, up from 26.5%, as part of a strategy to accelerate its program to manufacture... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/13051.html
Leaders of the G8 nations, meeting in Toyako, Japan last week, agreed to a goal of halving global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from current levels by 2050. However, G8 leaders fell... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/12964.html
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