Chemical Industry Weekly News Round-Up, March 18

This Week on CW: Berkshire Hathaway is acquiring Lubrizol in a $9.7 billion all-cash deal that values the company at $135/share. After the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the industry is trying to figure out what the impact will be. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has voted to restrict EPA's ability regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Eastman is discontinuing production of two phthalate plasticizers, diethyl phthalate and dibutyl phthalate. Around the Web: An editorial in the New York Times discussed the future of plastic...

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