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July 19, 2011
The U.K. government’s plans for a number of carbon emission taxes on industry, including a planned carbon price floor, if introduced, would have a serious impact on the...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Energy-Carbon-Costs-Will-Undermine-U-K-Chemical-Industry_36215.html July 13, 2011
BASF has begun producing hydroxypropyl carbamate acrylate (HPCA), a crosslinking acrylate monomer, using a proprietary one step enzymatic fermentation process. The HPCA is generated by...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/BASF-Introduces-Novel-HPCA-Monomer-update_36119.html July 13, 2011
(update with comment from Moody's) Julia Gillard, Australia’s prime minister, disclosed plans over the weekend to tax the country’s 500 largest emitters of...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Australias-Chemical-Industry-to-be-Hurt-by-Carbon-Tax-update_36077.html July 12, 2011
Cargill says all the palm oil products it sells to Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the U.S. will be certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) by 2015. RSPO...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Cargill-Vows-100-percent-Sustainable-Palm-Oil-by-2020_36103.html July 12, 2011
by Steve Donen, vp./Process Development & Engineering, Rivertop Renewables Often the greatest innovations take place in the laboratory, but as many innovators will tell you...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Five-Considerations-when-Taking-Green-Chemistry-from-Lab-to-Scale_36101.html July 12, 2011
A pilot proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system, which has been taking hydrogen byproduct from AkzoNobel’s chlor-alkali plant at Rotterdam, the Netherlands and converting...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell-at-AkzoNobel-Passes-Key-Milestone_36099.html June 28, 2011
DSM says it has agreed to acquire yeast development firm C5 Yeast Company (Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands) from foodstuffs producer Royal Cosun (Breda, The Netherlands) for an...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/DSM-Boosts-Biofuel-Offer-with-Acquisition-of-Yeast-Business_35818.html June 13, 2011
CW’s Alex Scott interviews Ken Kaufman, Dow Corning Corporation’s v.p./Manufacturing, Engineering and Global Operations on Dow Corning’s approach to greening its...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/How-and-Why-Dow-Corning-is-Making-its-Supply-Chain-Greener_35481.html June 13, 2011
by Neil Hawkins, group v.p./sustainability and environment, health and safety, for Dow Chemical Companies across the globe have increasingly applied sustainability...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Fostering-Collaborations-that-Advance-Sustainabiilty-and-Solutions-to-World-Challenges-from-China-to-the-U-S-_35478.html June 10, 2011
BASF’s actual sustainability performance is far lower than the company’s level of performance perceived by certain segments of the public, while the likes of Dow Chemical...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Study-Dow-Chemical-Outperforms-BASF-on-Sustainability-but-Investors-Purchasers-and-Graduates-Dont-See-it-that-Way-update_35379.html June 10, 2011
Researchers at U.S. DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL; Richland, WA) and visiting researchers from Wuhan University (Wuchang, China) together have developed a...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Sodium-Manganese-Oxide-Batteries-a-Low-cost-Option-for-Mass-Energy-Storage_35448.html June 9, 2011
As reported by CW this week from Süd-Chemie’s ‘Defining the Future’ technology symposium in Beijing, Chinese chemical companies are developing a huge pipeline of...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Can-Chinas-Chemicals-from-Coal-Sector-Become-Environmentally-Sustainable_35156.html June 7, 2011
A study from the University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) has concluded that exposure of bisphenol A (BPA) through diet may be under estimated. In the study, Cheryl Rosenfeld, associate...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Study-Concludes-BPA-Accumulates-more-Rapidly-within-the-Body-than-Previously-Thought_35321.html June 3, 2011
The polycarbonate and bisphenol section of industry group Plastics Europe (Brussels) has emphatically rejected claims made by advocacy group the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Industry-Hits-Back-at-Advocacy-Groups-Claims-on-Bisphenol-A_35266.html June 2, 2011
Car manufacturer Daimler and gases and technology company Linde Group say they will spend tens of millions of dollars in the coming three years to install 20 hydrogen fuel stations for...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Daimler-Linde-to-Build-20-H2-Filling-Stations-in-Germany_35242.html June 1, 2011
ZeaChem (Lakewood, CO), a biotech start-up, and Procter & Gamble, say they have agreed to jointly develop a technology platform for making “drop-in” biobased...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/ZeaChem-and-P-and-G-Sign-Joint-Development-Deal_35205.html May 31, 2011
Solvay has developed a process for capturing and using methane from its soda ash operations in Green River, Wyoming that is set to slash its emissions of carbon dioxide-equivalent...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Soda-Ash-Solvay-Moves-Ahead-of-the-Pack-on-Environmental-Initiatives_34849.html May 31, 2011
The European Union (EU) Member State Committee (MSC) has identified seven new substances of very high concern (SVHC) that are to be further evaluated for their potential harm to human...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/EU-Member-States-Identify-Seven-New-Substances-of-Very-High-Concern_35171.html May 24, 2011
The European chemical industry’s Care+ program, which enables small and medium size chemical companies to reduce their energy costs, is notching up a series of successes across...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/EUs-Care+-Energy-Program-Notches-up-Early-Successes-update_34868.html May 23, 2011
Süd-Chemie will award John B. Goodenough, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the University of Texas (Austin), with its inaugural innovation prize, which...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Sud-Chemie-Recognizes-Developments-in-Next-Generation-Lithium-Batteries_35006.html |
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