The European Commission has endorsed a German state government aid package worth €47 million ($75 million) awarded for the construction of a solar wafer manufacturing plant being... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13053.html
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has overturned a landmark public nuisance verdict in a lawsuit filed by the state against former manufacturers of lead-based paint Millennium Holdings... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12943.html
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA; Helsinki), which overseas implementation of the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) law, has... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12949.html
The European Parliament’s environment committee has voted to scale down the European Commission’s previously announced plans to make biofuels account for 10% of transport... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12950.html
The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA; Alexandria, VA) says it has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC; Washington) to examine the pricing practices of major... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12960.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/regulatory/12964.html
The Carlyle Group’s (Washington) PQ Corp. says it has completed the merger with Ineos subsidiary Ineos Silicas. Financial terms were not disclosed. Carlyle will own 60% of the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12965.html
Anxiety is mounting within the European chemical industry over the European Commission’s plans to revise the European Union’s (EU) Emissions Trading System (ETS). The... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12968.html
The Responsible Care program, born in Canada in 1987, was first implemented in the U.S. in 1988 at a time when public perception of the chemical industry stood at an all-time low... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12977.html
The G8 summit began today at Toyako, Japan and climate change is high on the meeting's agenda. The U.S. and several other developed nations are expected to announce plans at the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12859.html
Growth in chemicals output slowed in Germany to 3% in the first half of 2008 from 6% in the first half of 2007, industry association VCI (Frankfurt) says. Second-quarter figures were... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12836.html
The Rhode Island Supreme Court today overturned a landmark public nuisance verdict against former manufacturers of lead-based paint. The high court’s decision means the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12799.html
European Union (EU) greenhouse gas emissions decreased 0.3%, or by 14 million m.t. of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, in 2006 compared with the previous year, to 5.1 billion m.t., the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12725.html
The Egyptian Peoples Assembly, the country’s parliament, has recommended the relocation of EAgrium’s (Cairo) $1.4-billion fertilizer project at Damietta, Egypt. The... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12726.html
The European Commission has fined three groups a combined €4.97 million ($8 million) for conspiring to fix the price of aluminum fluoride (AIF3) between July and December, 2000... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12728.html
Huntsman Corp. filed suit against private equity firm Apollo Management and two of its principals last week, seeking damages in excess of $3 billion and charging that they falsely... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12733.html
Attorneys have filed several lawsuits in recent weeks against makers of baby bottles and child training cups that contain bisphenol A (BPA). The lawsuits are seeking class action... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/12734.html
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