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DOJ Begins Antitrust Inquiry into Seeds

March 12, 2010 | Rebecca Coons

The meeting at Ankeny, IA the first time U.S. regulators have scrutinized competition and regulation in the seed market, and come amid competitors' and farmers' accusations of antitrust behavior by seed industry's market leader Monsanto....

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Pessimism Pervades Lead up to Next Round of Climate Negotiations

The first round of formal United Nations (U.N.) climate change negotiations will take place in April in Bonn, Germany surrounded by pessimism. Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for climate change, and the Danish minister at the helm for much of the...

Supreme Court Will Not Hear ACC’s Appeal of Clean Air Act Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal by ACC that sought a review of an appeals court’s decision disallowing an exemption from certain emissions limits during “startup, shutdown or malfunction” (SSM)...

Power Drive: Chemical Sector to Benefit from Fragmentation of Energy Supply through 2060

Automotive batteries, biofuels, and solar energy, are three renewable energy segments that can provide significant opportunities for the chemicals sector through 2060, according to a new report by Ingo Schröter, principal for consulting firm A.T...

ECHA Publishes Proposal to Reclassify Eight Chemicals as SVHCs

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has published new proposals to classify eight chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC) and to put forward the chemicals as candidates for Authorisation under the European Union’s (EU) Reach...

Senator Introduces Bill to Delay EPA GHG Action

U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D., West Virginia) has introduced a bill to delay the implementation of U.S. EPA greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation for stationary sources the senator's office announced today. The bill would delay EPA permitting requirements for...

EPA Head Outlines GHG Emissions Thresholds

The U.S. EPA will phase-in regulations for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) starting with a 75,000 tons/year emissions threshold, according to the agency's head. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told a Senate subcommittee...

DuPont Restarting Production at Belle, WV

DuPont says it has restarted most of the units at its Belle, WV chemical complex that were not involved in recent accidents, including a phosgene release that killed a worker in January....

China to Develop Low-Carbon Economy

The Chinese government says it will take action to develop a low-carbon economy and that the low carbon targets will be included in the 12th five-year plan for national economic development (2011-2015). The Chinese government says it will...

European Commission Approves BASF's Amflora Starch Potato

Commercial Cultivation Scheduled to Start in 2010...

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