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March 19, 2010
ACC president Cal Dooley participated in a session earlier this week with Senators John Kerry (D., Massachussets), Lindsey Graham (R., South Carolina), and Joe Lieberman (I....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/ACC-in-Talks-On-Revised-Climate-Bill_25491.html March 17, 2010
The Chlorine Institute (Arlington, VA) asked the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to reconsider the Positive Train Control (PTC) rule, a new regulation that requires railroads to...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/Chlorine-Institute-Questions-New-Railroad-Rule_25456.html March 17, 2010
Brazilian trade officials say they are considering suspending patent and intellectual property rights on goods including agricultural chemicals, biotechnology products, and...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/U-S-Brazil-Trade-Rift-Threatens-Patents-on-Agchem-Biotech-Products_25458.html March 17, 2010
A U.S. appeals court judge has ruled that growers may plant Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) sugar beets during this year’s season, rejecting a request by...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/Judge-Rules-Growers-Can-Plant-Monsanto-Sugar-Beet_25466.html March 17, 2010
ChemTrust (London), a non-government organization, is pressing regulators to adopt measures that recognize the synergistic adverse effects of synthetic chemicals on human health and...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/safety/NGO-Presses-for-Adoption-of-Cumulative-Risk-Assessment_25452.html March 16, 2010
A consortium of 28 companies and research institutes has begun a four-year project to develop an efficient biorefinery system for converting biomass into final chemical products. Named...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/European-Partners-Form-Biomass-Refining-Alliance_25419.html March 16, 2010
The first round of formal United Nations (U.N.) climate change negotiations will take place in April in Bonn, Germany surrounded by pessimism. Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/climatechange/Some-Pessimism-Ahead-of-April-Climate-Meeting_25420.html March 16, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal by ACC that sought a review of an appeals court’s decision disallowing an exemption from certain emissions limits...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/legal/Supreme-Court-Refuses-ACC-Appeal-of-Clean-Air-Decision_25427.html March 16, 2010
Sixteen cities from six Midwestern states have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Illinois seeking compensation from Syngenta for the costs of filtering the company’s embattled herbicide atrazine from drinking water. The commonly used chemical has been under increased scrutiny in the past year despite its re-registration in 2006. The EPA announced in October of 2009 that it would review atrazine’s safety profile after reports of higher-than-legal amounts of the chemical were found in Midwestern water systems. Other studies have linked the herbicide to abnormal sexual development in frogs....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Atrazine-Prompts-Lawsuit-New-Study-Cites-More-Frog-Effects_25416.html March 16, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week began the first in a series of workshops exploring potential antitrust violations in the U.S...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/U-S-Begins-Inquiry-into-Ag-Antritrust_25417.html March 16, 2010
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has published new proposals to classify eight chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC) and to put forward the chemicals as...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/reach/ECHA-Proposes-Eight-New-SVHCs_25424.html March 16, 2010
Four people have been injured following an explosion at the Stallingborough, U.K. manufacturing plant of titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Cristal Global (Cristal; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia)...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/safety/Accident-Injures-Four-at-Cristal-Globals-U-K-Facility_25422.html March 16, 2010
Bayer CropScience informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (Mumbai) in a recent statement that a fire occurred at the company’s production facility at Ankleshwar, India on March 11, and...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/safety/One-Dead-at-Bayer-India-Site_25423.html March 16, 2010
The accident five years ago at BP’s Texas City, TX site that killed 15 has had a profound effect on corporate safety cultures, with executives increasingly focusing on policies and management systems that do more than pay lip service to safety. The stakes are high. The direct costs alone are staggering, as are the costs associated with reputational harm....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/safety/Expert-Looks-Back-on-How-BP-Texas-City-Changed-Corporate-Culture_25426.html March 16, 2010
The University of North Texas (UNT; DentonTX) has been awarded grants totaling $120,000 to develop toxicology tests relating to the aquatic environment, for Cefic, the European...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/Cefic-Selects-U-S-University-for-HazChem-Tests_25421.html March 16, 2010
The Illinois’ House of Representatives is considering a bill that would restrict the use of the dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene (perc) in newly installed machines by the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/Illinios-Seeks-Perc-Phaseout_25425.html March 15, 2010
A consortium of 28 companies and research institutes has begun a four-year project to develop an efficient biorefinery system for converting biomass into final chemical products. Named...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/EU-Consortium-Begins-Biorefinery-Development-Project_25395.html March 12, 2010
The meeting at Ankeny, IA the first time U.S. regulators have scrutinized competition and regulation in the seed market, and come amid competitors' and farmers' accusations of antitrust behavior by seed industry's market leader Monsanto....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/legal/DOJ-Begins-Antitrust-Inquiry-into-Seeds_25378.html March 10, 2010
The first round of formal United Nations (U.N.) climate change negotiations will take place in April in Bonn, Germany surrounded by pessimism. Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/climatechange/Pessimism-Pervades-Lead-up-to-Next-Round-of-Climate-Negotiations_25265.html March 9, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal by ACC that sought a review of an appeals court’s decision disallowing an exemption from certain emissions limits...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/Supreme-Court-Will-Not-Hear-ACCs-Appeal-of-Clean-Air-Act-Ruling_25244.html |
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