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June 29, 2010
A World Economic Forum (WEF) report published today has identified that biorefineries could help mitigate against climate change and that they have the potential to infuse up to $230...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Biorefineries-Set-to-Infuse-$230-Billion-into-Global-Economy-Provide-9-percent-of-Chemicals-by-2020_27729.html June 29, 2010
Huntsman and Genencor say Gentle Power Bleach (GPB), an enzymatic pre-bleaching technology for textiles codeveloped by the companies, uses significantly less water than conventional...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/LCA-Shows-Huntsman-Enzymatic-Bleach-is-Greener_27724.html June 28, 2010
DSM and Roquette Freres (Lestrem, France) say they have formed an equally owned joint venture, Reverdia V.o.f., for the production, commercialization and market development of...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/DSM-and-Roquette-Freres-Form-Bio-Succinic-Acid-JV_27704.html June 23, 2010
BASF and Dow Feature Among Presidential Green Chemistry Award Winners (with podcasts) BASF and Dow Chemical have been recognized in the Presidential Green Chemistry Awards for...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/BASF-Dow-Codexis-and-Merck-Feature-Among-Presidential-Green-Chemistry-Award-Winners-with-podcasts_27575.html June 21, 2010
Dow Chemical and BASF are recipients of a 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, for their jointly developed hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology, the...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Dow-BASF-Receive-Green-Chemistry-Award_27535.html June 21, 2010
Dow Chemical today broke ground on a lithium-ion battery plant in Midland, Michigan. The plant will be built and operated by Dow Kokam, a joint venture between Dow and TK Advanced...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Dow-JV-Breaks-Ground-on-Lithium-Ion-Battery-Plant-Update_27523.html June 21, 2010
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., and Codexis (Redwood City, CA), an enzymes firm, have been honored with the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the U.S. EPA for...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Merck-and-Codexis-Honored-with-Presidential-Green-Chemistry-Award_27522.html June 16, 2010
The burgeoning plastics industry in the Mideast's Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region faces its own set of challenges, speakers and delegates at the first annual Gulf Petrochemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/GPCA-Plastics-Summit-Industry-Expansion-Creates-a-New-Set-of-Challenges_27470.html June 14, 2010
A study published by Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Germany’s federal environment agency, has identified potential hazards associated with the use of bisphenol A (BPA). UBA published its...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/German-Federal-Agency-Challenges-BPA-Safety-Scrutiny-of-Reach-Dossier-to-Follow_27429.html June 10, 2010
Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R., AK) resolution to halt EPA's climate regulatory efforts has failed in the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 53-47. The resolution was strongly supported by a...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Murkowski-Resolution-Fails-in-Senate_27339.html June 9, 2010
The U.S. Senate has scheduled a vote on Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R., AK) resolution seeking to halt EPA's regulatory process for greenhouse gases (GHGs) for Thursday, June 10. The...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Senate-to-Vote-on-Murkowski-Climate-Resolution-on-Thursday-Update_27274.html June 7, 2010
Bayer MaterialScience and Bayer Technology Services are working together with RWE Power and RWTH Aachen University on the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the production of...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Bayer-MaterialScience-Developing-CO2-to-Polyether-Polycarbonate-Polyols-Process_27242.html June 3, 2010
Tessenderlo Group has confirmed press reports that it is in talks to exit its fertilizers business. The company says that a number of parties have shown signs of interest in a...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Tessenderlo-in-Talks-to-Sell-Fertilizer-Business-Mulls-Exit-from-PVC_27072.html June 3, 2010
Under pressure to reduce the number of animal tests that will be required under the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) program, the European Chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Reach-ECHA-Issues-Guidance-to-Reduce-Extent-of-Animal-Testing_27141.html June 1, 2010
Chemical Firms Fail to Capitalize on Premiums for Greener Products Chemical manufacturers are failing to take advantage of premiums that they could earn from the sale of greener...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Chemical-Firms-Failing-to-Capitalize-on-Premiums-for-Greener-Products_27098.html May 28, 2010
In 1992, The United Nations met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the first Earth Summit. Unprecedented environmental and social challenges necessitated the development of a global program of action for Sustainable Development. Dubbed ‘Agenda 21’, this framework calls for a globally integrated approach....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Blog-Towards-Rio+20-The-Nexus-Between-Chemicals-and-Sustainable-Development_27076.html May 28, 2010
Showa Denko says it has completed the renovation of its ethylene plant at the company’s Oita, Japan complex, and has installed large new cracking furnaces, which has improved...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Showa-Denko-Improves-Energy-Efficiency-and-Reduces-CO2-Emissions-of-Oita-Ethylene-Plant_27071.html May 27, 2010
Bayer CropScience and Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC; Sao Paulo) say they intend to enter into a broad R&D cooperation in biotech sugarcane. The main goal is to combine the...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Bayer-CropScience-Links-with-Brazilian-Unit-in-Sugarcane-R-and-D_27055.html May 26, 2010
Lanxess says it has invested $10 million in the privately held biofuel and biochemical company Gevo (Englewood, CO), as part of a proposed cooperation to produce isobutene from...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Lanxess-Invests-in-U-S-Biofuel-Firm-Gevo_27053.html May 26, 2010
Biopesticide firm AgraQuest (Davis, CA) is planning to launch an IPO sometime in 2011, CEO Marcus Meadows-Smith told attendees at CW's CFO Conference in New York yesterday. The company...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/AgraQuest-Plans-2011-IPO_27051.html |
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