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January 6, 2011
U.S. EPA has issued a final rule requiring the testing of 19 high production volume (HPV) chemicals for health and environmental impacts. "This rule is one of a series of actions...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/EPA-to-Require-Testing-of-19-Chemicals_31887.html January 6, 2011
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT (Oberhausen, Germany) say they are testing how plastics can be given new characteristics...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/CO2-Impregnation-Creates-New-Characteristics-in-Plastics_31930.html January 5, 2011
The site will include a 8 million gallon/year biofuel unit powered by renewable biomass, including yard, vegetative, wood, and municipal waste....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Ineos-Wins-USDA-Grant-for-Florida-Biorefinery_31905.html January 4, 2011
Vermont Law School (VLS; South Royalton, VT) has published a ‘Top 10 Environmental Watch List’ for U.S. environmental laws and policies that it predicts will play out in...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Top-10-Watch-List-For-Environmental-Law-in-2011_31888.html December 28, 2010
The Chinese Commerce Ministry is cutting export quotas for rare earths minerals by about 11% for the first half of 2011, it announced today. China supplies more than 95% of the world's...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/China-Reduces-Rare-Earths-Export-Quota_31827.html December 23, 2010
U.S. EPA has reached a settlement with several states, local governments and environmental groups regarding the timeline for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regulation of refineries and...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/EPA-Clarifies-Refinery-GHG-Rules_31782.html December 22, 2010
The European Commission has issued draft legislation to strengthen the rules on the control of major accidents involving hazardous chemicals. Proposed changes to the so-called Seveso...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/EU-Rolls-Out-Plans-to-Strengthen-Plant-Safety-Legislation_31739.html December 21, 2010
Biomaterials start-up Elevance has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round, the company announced today. The funding round is the company's third. Naxos Capital partners led...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Elevance-Raises-$100-Million-in-Funding-Round_31742.html December 20, 2010
China’s chemical industry association the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) has joined the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) as an...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Dows-Andrew-Liveris-Welcomes-China-as-ICCA-Member_31698.html December 20, 2010
A report by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE; Washington) says the country could well face shortages of rare earth materials within the next fifteen years. Rare earth materials, or...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/DOE-Report-Details-Possible-Rare-Earths-Shortages_31597.html December 20, 2010
Enzymes technology firm Novozymes has agreed to buy Merck KGaA’s (Darmstadt, Germany) Crop BioScience business for $275 million. The firm’s say they expect to complete the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Novozymes-to-Buy-Merck-KGaAs-Crop-BioScience-Business-for-$275-Million_31716.html December 17, 2010
This Week on CW: In another private equity backed M&A deal, YuleCatto is buying PolymerLatex from TowerBrook Capital Partners for $585.7 million. Nearly 200 nations signed the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-Dec-17_31715.html December 16, 2010
The jv will use sugarcane as feedstock and Amyris' yeast platform to produce farnesene, which will then be converted to high-end base oils....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Amyris-Cosan-Form-Base-Oils-JV_31617.html December 16, 2010
Fine chemicals firm Novasep (Pompey, France), and Daniso (Copenhagen), say they have jointly developed a “cost-effective, environmentally friendly process” to produce...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Novasep-and-Danisco-Develop-Process-for-Betaine-from-Bioethanol_31615.html December 16, 2010
There is not yet a global deal that will protect the world from catastrophic climate change, but the so called Cancun Agreements secured by parties to the UN climate summit in Mexico...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Progress-on-UN-Climate-Agreement-Going-Chemical-Industrys-Way-update-2_31595.html December 15, 2010
The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI; San Diego, CA) announced in May of this year that it had, for the first time in scientific history, created a new, living microorganism in a...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Synthetic-Biology-Injecting-New-Life-into-the-Chemical-Industry_31497.html December 14, 2010
The polyolefin films are Dow's first photovoltaic encapsulant....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Dow-Begins-PV-Encapsulant-Production_31588.html December 10, 2010
This Week on CW: At GPCA 2010 this week in Dubai, attendees discussed the strong rebound in petrochemicals demand, tempered by coming supply additions. The need for innovation to meet...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-Dec-10_31549.html December 10, 2010
By Jim Stoppert CEO of Rivertop Renewables (Missoula, MT) Universally, companies in the green chemistry space are seeking to mitigate the negative economic and environmental...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Blog-Drop-in-Versus-Novel-Chemicals_31339.html December 10, 2010
Bayer Material Science (BMS) earlier today said it plans to begin commercial sale of polyols derived from CO2 within the next five years. Speaking in Leverkusen at Bayer’s annual...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Bayer-Moves-Closer-to-Commercializing-Polyols-from-CO2-with-video_31399.html |
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