U.K. government body the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA; St. Leonards-on-Sea, U.K.) in its first monthly report on the supply of biofuels in the U.K. has identified that between mid-April... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/13549.html
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations have disclosed that by year-end they plan to connect their respective systems for registering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions credits. The... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13514.html
BP says it has entered into a partnership with Verenium (Cambridge, MA) for the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. During the first 18 months of the alliance, the... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13510.html
Researchers led by Jacobo Santamaria of the applied physics department at the Complutense University of Madrid (Madrid) say they have developed an electrolyte for solid-oxide fuel cell... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13480.html
Monsanto disclosed today that it is looking for a buyer for its bovine milk boosting drug Posilac recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST). Monsanto did not disclose if it was yet in... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13486.html
Voltaix (Branchburg, NJ), a producer of specialty chemicals for the electronics sector, says it has received $12.5 million in financing from Intel’s venture capital arm Intel... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13364.html
Cefic's Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) is part of the chemical industry’s programme to address societal concerns and boost understanding of the long-term impacts of its... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13344.html
The Norwegian government has decided to press ahead with a major testing program for carbon capture and storage (CCS). The program will feature significant but undisclosed state... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13347.html
REC Group (Sandvika, Norway), a silicon gas and solar materials producer, says its silicon division has entered into an undisclosed number of “significant long term... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13326.html
Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (GPIC; Manama, Bahrain), an equally owned joint venture between the government of Bahrain, Sabic, and Petrochemical Industries Co. (Kuwait City), says... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/13195.html
Arkema says it should learn by year-end whether automotive manufacturers will adopt its recently developed coolant R1234yF for use in auto air conditioning applications across the... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13194.html
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, a 50-50 joint venture between DuPont and Danisco's Genencor, has chosen Vonore, TN as the site to build its previously announced cellulosic ethanol... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13188.html
Ineos says within two years it plans to begin the commercial production of ethanol, which could be used to fuel vehicles, derived from biodegradable household waste. Generating ethanol... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/13162.html
The chemical industry should incorporate cradle-to-cradle (C2C) recycling of chemicals, and toxic chemicals should be phased out completely, says Michael Braungart, a leading chemist... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/13106.html
Rising gasoline prices and green-conscious consumers have forced the global automotive industry to rethink its power train, setting the stage for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/13115.html
The National Chemical Laboratory (NCL; Pune, India), a publicly funded R&D organisation with a focus on chemistry and chemical engineering, says it has signed an agreement with... http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/13192.html
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