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December 1, 2009
Nippon Shokubai (Tokyo) says it is at an advanced stage of developing an acrylic acid manufacturing process based on glycerine, a byproduct obtained in the manufacture of biodiesel...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Shokubai-Advances-Glycerine-to-Acrylic-Acid-Process_23164.html December 1, 2009
Total Petrochemicals says Futerro, its 50-50 joint venture with biotechnology company Galactic (Brussels), has started up production at its 1,500 m.t./year bio-based polylactic acid...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Futerro-Starts-PLA-Unit-Bayer-Boosts-Polyisocyanates_23175.html November 30, 2009
Stopping the production and resulting emissions to the atmosphere of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants, along with a handful of other measures unrelated to carbon dioxide emissions...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Banning-HFCs-Mooted-as-Fast-Route-to-Climate-Protection_23007.html November 30, 2009
The U.S. government has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions “in the range of 17%” below 2005 levels, or the equivalent of a 5.5% cut below 1990 levels...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/U-S-China-Set-Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-Reduction-Targets-U-N-Says-its-Too-Late-for-Political-Maneuvering_22999.html November 25, 2009
Leave aside for a moment the bickering between former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair and current prime minister Gordon Brown and the fact that the U.K. has a whopping sense of...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/How-Green-is-the-New-EU-President_22955.html November 25, 2009
The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation, aimed at curbing U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, will result in a slight reduction in gross domestic product (GDP) growth through...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/CBO-Waxman-Markey-Will-Moderately-Reduce-U-S-GDP_22965.html November 20, 2009
The company also has a Solar Solutions centers at Freeland, MI and expects to open another at JinCheon, South Korea early next year....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Dow-Corning-Opens-West-Coast-Solar-Solutions-Center_22900.html November 20, 2009
Participants of the Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) - a program introduced by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) to further the scientific understanding of...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Chemicals-Safety-Getting-on-with-it_22899.html November 18, 2009
Nippon Shokubai (Tokyo), one of the global leading producers of acrylic acid with an estimated market share of 13%, says it is at an advanced stage of developing acrylic acid...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Nippon-Shokubai-Advances-Acrylic-Acid-from-Glycerine-Process_22855.html November 17, 2009
Leading polyolefins firms, including Borealis and Shell, have begun to look closely at the risk of water shortages affecting their polyolefins manufacturing chain. About 80...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Leading-Polyolefins-Firms-Identify-Water-Scarcity-as-a-Risk_22841.html November 16, 2009
Next month’s United Nations (UN) climate summit meeting in Copenhagen may feature only political agreement between countries and not a legally binding commitment to reduce green...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Copenhagen-Two-step-Climate-Treaty-in-the-Cards_22823.html November 16, 2009
The company has set a goal to produce 2 billion of the bottles, named PlantBottle, by the end of 2010...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Coca-Cola-to-Introduce-Plant-Based-PET-Bottles_22822.html November 16, 2009
Chemical companies are featured in six out of the eight groups shortlisted to win the Angry Mermaid Award, which recognizes corporations for doing the most to sabotage effective action...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Chemical-Industry-Shortlisted-for-Award-for-Sabotage-of-Climate-Action_22817.html November 11, 2009
The current rate of investment to in clean energy must be increased by $10.5 trillion between now and 2030 if the world is to keep CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere below 450 ppm...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Switching-to-Low-Carbon-Economy-Will-Cost-an-Additional-$10-5-Trillion_22695.html November 11, 2009
Research in catalysis is driven by the environmental challeges of our time, says winner and University of Michigan professor Melanie Stanford....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Michigan-Scientist-Wins-BASF-Catalysis-Award_22704.html November 11, 2009
Bayer says it is rolling out eight environmental projects across the fields of healthcare nutrition and climate protection. The series of projects shows that the company is...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Bayer-Rolls-Out-Series-of-Environmental-Projects_22703.html November 10, 2009
Report says stellar growth will be fueled by consumer demand for more environmentally-sustainable products, the development of biobased feedstocks, regulatory pressure, and higher crude oil and natural gas prices....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Bioplastics-Demand-to-Grow-Fourfold-by-2013_22677.html November 10, 2009
The unit will be used to test and improve Futerro's two-step process, which entails fermentation of sugar from beets followed by polymerization of the monomer to produce biodegradable plastic granules....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Total-PLA-Joint-Venture-Starts-Up-Demo-Unit_22674.html November 6, 2009
Uhde Corp. of America will be Myriant's contractor for U.S.-based projects, and Uhde GmbH will be Myriant's EPC contractor in all other regions....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Myriant-Uhde-Sign-EPC-Alliance-for-Bio-Based-Succinic-Acid_22628.html November 6, 2009
The U.S. carbon market is likely to undergo some growing pains should cap-and-trade legislation pass, said speakers and delegates at Carbon Market Insights Americas, held this week in...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/green_issues/Carbon-Trading-Adjustment-Period-Ahead-for-U-S-Price-Hard-to-Project_22618.html |
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