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January 25, 2012
Solvay has created Solvay Energy Services, a new business selling expertise within the group and to third parties to optimize energy costs and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Solvay...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Solvay-Creates-Energy-Services-Business_40687.html
November 21, 2011
FMC has acquired the assets of Adventus Intellectual Property (Mississauga, Ontario), a an environmental technology and services company from investment firms Covington Capital and...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/FMC-Acquires-Environmental-Technology-Firm_39203.html
April 11, 2011
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD; Geneva) has introduced a guide to enhance business understanding of the value of natural resources, including fresh water, food, fiber and natural hazard protection. WBCSD’s guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) will enable firms to explicitly account for the full value of ecosystem impacts and inputs, including the benefits derived from ecosystems as well as the costs associated with their loss, the group says....
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Sustainability-Council-Launches-Business-Guide-to-Ecosystem-Valuation_33992.html
February 15, 2011
A study released today by Standard & Poor's (S&P; New York) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) found that federal climate action is unlikely to pose a major credit risk to...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Study-Climate-Policies-Unlikely-to-Pose-Credit-Risk_32878.html
January 18, 2011
Fine chemicals producer Siegfried (Zofingen. Switzerland) says it has signed an agreement to sell its waste treatment and disposal facilities at its Zofingen site to EBM Group...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Siegfried-Sells-Waste-Management-Infrastructure-at-Zofingen_32191.html
January 17, 2011
CW’s analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from top diversified chemical companies reveals that emissions at many firms fell from 2008 to 2009, primarily due to reduced...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-Industry-Fails-to-Adjust-In-Spite-of-Recession_31946.html
November 17, 2010
Halliburton, which was subpoenaed by EPA last week for its refusal to voluntarily disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracking, has launched a new website identifying the chemicals...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Halliburton-Launches-Fracking-Chemicals-Website_30983.html
October 19, 2010
Veolia Innovation Accelerator, an innovation outsourcing program launched earlier this year by the environmental services giant Veolia (Paris), has attracted interest from 150...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Veolia-Innovation-Platform-Attracts-Significant-Interest_30324.html
September 30, 2010
Bayer says it has begun offering expertise in process and plant safety to chemical and pharmaceutical companies via its business unit Bayer Technology Services (BTS). The new service...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Bayer-Offers-Plant-and-Process-Safety-Services_29876.html
July 30, 2010
BASF, energy firm Inpex (Tokyo), and engineering firm JGC (Yokohama, Japan) say they have jointly entered into an agreement to carry out demonstration tests on the effectiveness of a...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/BASF-Inpex-JGC-to-Jointly-Test-CCS-Technology-in-Japan_28442.html
July 27, 2010
A new study by the World Resources Institute (WRI; Washington, DC) has found that existing federal and state authority is insufficient to meet the Obama administration's stated...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Study-Finds-Federal-Rules-Insufficient-to-Meet-GHG-Reduction-Goals_28366.html
July 26, 2010
Tenaska, an energy company, says it has selected Fluor’s Econamine FG Plussm carbon capture technology for use in its Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center (Sweetwater, TX), which is...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Tenaska-Selects-Fluor-Carbon-Capture-Technology_28335.html
July 6, 2010
The U.K. media is continuing to speculate on the future of BP, following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Times newspaper reports today that the UK government is drawing up...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/BPs-Woes-Mount_27839.html
June 9, 2010
Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have asked the Chemical Safety and Hazard Identification Board (CSB; Washington) to investigate  the April 20 blowout of...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/CSB-to-Investigate-BPs-Deepwater-Horizon-Accident_27296.html
April 1, 2010
The U.S. Interior Department (DOI; Washington) and President Obama announced a plan allowing for oil and gas drilling in some offshore areas yesterday. The plan will open up areas in...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/U-S-Announces-Offshore-Drilling-Plan_25780.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/services/environmental/CBO-Waxman-Markey-Will-Moderately-Reduce-U-S-GDP_22965.html
October 21, 2009
The 2009 market for CMS is expected to be $900 million-$1 billion in the U.S., $1-$1.2 billion in the NAFTA region, and $1.3-$1.6 billion globally....
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/CMS-Providers-Expect-Global-Market-to-Triple-in-5-10-Years_22235.html
September 28, 2009
Calgon Carbon announced that its ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system will be used at the John Carroll Water Treatment Plant in Marlboro, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. The company...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Calgon-Carbon-to-Provide-UV-System-for-Boston-Water-Treatment_21704.html
September 17, 2009
BASF and Masdar (Masdar City, Abu Dhabi) have announced a partnership agreement for collaboration in the construction of Masdar City, the world's first carbon-neutral and zero-waste...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/BASF-Inks-Deal-with-Masdar_20864.html
June 18, 2009
The global market for carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) is projected to reach $3.5 trillion by 2020...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Global-Carbon-Market-Projected-to-Reach-$3-5-Trillion-by-2020_19652.html
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