The European Union plans to reduce energy prices for industry to stimulate growth, create jobs, and improve the competitiveness of European companies, according to a report in German newspaper Die Welt. These are the main points to be discussed at a summit...
European energy commissioner Günther Oettinger has challenged EU member states to complete the internal, European energy market, to secure supplies in a cost-effective and sustainable way. "We have an internal market, but yet countries seek to solve...
Competitively priced energy will be essential if the European Union is to deliver jobs and growth alongside progress in combating climate change, Cefic said at a business summit held recently at Brussels. Cefic leaders urged policymakers to balance climate...
Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from installations participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) decreased in 2012, but the surplus of emission allowances increased, the European Commission says. "The good news is that emissions...
Rennovia (Menlo Park, CA) has announced that hexamethylenediamine (HMD) will be its second commercial target, having demonstrated a chemocatalytic process to produce HMD from renewable feedstocks. In conjunction with Rennovia’s renewable adipic acid...
Mounting consumer pressure and legislation such as plastic bag bans and global warming initiatives will increase demand for biodegradable plastics in North America, Europe, and Asia from 269,000 m.t. in 2012 to nearly 525,000 m.t. in 2017, representing an...
A consortium of industry groups including ACC and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers filed a joint petition yesterday seeking a US Supreme Court review of a lower court ruling that endorsed the EPA’s effort to rewrite provisions of the...
Vote against so-called back-loading seen as "good news for Europe."...
The Chinese government says that China and the United States have agreed to deepen their cooperation in clean energy. The decision was made during a meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese state councilor Yang Jiechi at a China-US energy...
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