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February 8, 2013
Six sodium chlorate manufacturers have established a consortium to seek authorization under Europe's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach)...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Six-producers-establish-consortium-to-seek-authorization-of-sodium-dichromate-under-Reach_49714.html
February 4, 2013
Gina McCarthy, USEPA’s assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, is a leading candidate to take EPA administrator Lisa Jackson’s place as EPA...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/Report-Gina-McCarthy-a-favorite-to-replace-Jackson-as-EPA-chief_49555.html
November 7, 2012
Voters in California have rejected Proposition 37, a ballot measure that aimed to require food manufacturers to label all foods containing more than 0.5% genetically modified (GM)...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/California-rejects-proposal-to-label-GM-foods_47503.html
September 28, 2012
EPA says it has finalized plans to clean up contaminated soil, groundwater, and six waste-disposal areas at the American Cyanamid Superfund site at Bridgewater Township, NJ. The soil...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/EPA-Starts-Cleanup-of-NJ-Superfund-Site_46578.html
September 27, 2012
Cheryl Falvey, general counsel for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC; Washington), will join the law firm Crowell & Moring (Washington) as a partner in the...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/General-Counsel-for-Product-Safety-Commission-Heads-to-Crowell-and-Moring_46522.html
September 19, 2012
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ; Bonn, Germany), a company owned by the federal government of Germany and that operates in many fields...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/German-Firm-Withdraws-Offer-to-Dispose-of-Contaminated-Soil-from-Bhopal_46348.html
July 19, 2012
The U.S. EPA says it will use its existing authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to evaluate toxicity issues related to new and existing uses of certain flame...
http://www.chemweek.com/services/environmental/U-S-Senate-EPA-to-Review-Flame-Retardant-Safety_45010.html
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
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