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July 1, 2009
Dow says it will be working with Florida-based start-up Algenol Biofuels to build and operate the biorefinery....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Dow-Algenol-Planning-CO2-to-Ethanol-Pilot-Plant-Updated_19887.html July 1, 2009
Mitsubishi Corp. and Ube Industries say that the world’s first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project to reduce nitrous oxide (N2O), being jointly developed by the two...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Mitsubishi-and-Ubes-Thai-Project-to-Reduce-Nitrous-Oxide-Emissions-Secures-UN-Registration_19904.html July 1, 2009
The European Commission has this week disclosed that it may direct up to €8 billion ($11.3 billion) into projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in a bid to reduce future...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/EU-May-Pump-&euro8-Billion-into-Carbon-Capture-and-Storage_19941.html June 30, 2009
The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill passed the House last week, by a vote of 219 to 212. But the legislation isn't out of the woods yet. The Senate still needs to pass a version of...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Waxman-Markey-Passed-the-House&hellipNow-What_19932.html June 29, 2009
BP and Synthetic Genomics (La Jolla, CA), a biotech research group, have discovered bacteria more than a mile underground that can be used to convert coal into methane. Craig...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/BP-and-Synthetic-Genomics-Develop-Bacteria-that-Convert-Coal-to-Methane_19881.html June 25, 2009
Cefic says it is pushing for a series of concessions for the chemical industry in relation to the next phase of the European Union’s (EU) cap-and-trade Emissions Trading Scheme...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Cefic-Steps-Up-Pressure-for-an-Industry-friendly-EU-Emissions-Trading-Scheme_19710.html June 23, 2009
A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) has found that the amount of "fossil carbon," or petroleum waste derived from...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Study-Carbon-Emissions-from-Chemicals-More-Common-Than-Previously-Thought_19707.html June 18, 2009
Dow Chemical and Gazprom Marketing and Trading, a Western European subsidiary of the Russian state energy monopoly, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Dow-and-Gazprom-to-Work-on-GHG-Reduction_19641.html June 18, 2009
The global market for carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) is projected to reach $3.5 trillion by 2020...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Global-Carbon-Market-Projected-to-Reach-$3-5-Trillion-by-2020_19652.html June 12, 2009
Among the many interesting bits in a recent report by Trucost and the IRRC Institute about carbon risk for S&P 500 companies was some data on the carbon intensity of chemical...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/The-Chemical-Industry-and-Carbon-Intensity_19544.html June 12, 2009
A study on costs that S&P 500 firms would incur from a U.S. cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows chemicals to be among the top-five sectors with the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Climate-Study-Costs-High-for-Chemical-Firms_19537.html June 9, 2009
The Chinese government says that the Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang met with Todd Stern, U.S. special envoy for climate change, at Beijing yesterday, and that China and the U.S. plan...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/China-U-S-to-Work-Together-on-Climate-Change_19413.html June 9, 2009
Climate negotiators representing the European Union (EU) and China in recent days have initiated discussions about their commitment to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Climate-Change-EU-and-China-Start-Talking_19293.html May 29, 2009
Legislation for a mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee by a 33-25 vote, with all but one of the committee’s...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/ACC-Says-Climate-Bill-Puts-Sector-at-a-Disadvantage_19233.html May 22, 2009
Legislation for a mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee last night, 33-25, with all but one of the committee's...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Waxman-Markey-Bill-Passes-Committee-Baseline-Other-Details-Concern-Industry_19125.html May 19, 2009
A small group of the chemical industry’s senior executives gathered together in the past week at the United Nations (UN) International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-2)...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Al-Mady-Hambrecht-Jourquin-and-More-Demonstrate-Leadership-on-the-World-Stage_18981.html May 19, 2009
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has released a revised version of legislation to create a U.S. cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, reflecting an...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Waxman-Secures-Moderate-Democrats-Support-for-Climate-Bill-Update_18957.html May 14, 2009
U.S. Advances Parallel Climate Mandates U.S. regulators and lawmakers have taken significant steps toward mandatory controls on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in recent weeks, and some...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/The-Cost-of-Warming_18663.html May 13, 2009
Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) called a White House Office of Management and Budget (O.M.B.) document critical of the EPA's recent findings on greenhouse gases a "smoking gun." But it doesn't really rise to that level....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/Grasping-at-Documents_18920.html May 12, 2009
U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu has disclosed that the U.S. DOE plans to stop funding R&D on fuel cell vehicles. “We are moving away from funding vehicular hydrogen fuel...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/climate_change/U-S-DOE-to-Withdraw-Fuel-Cell-R-and-D-Restart-Funding-for-FutureGen-Project_18880.html |
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