Four people have been injured following an explosion at the Stallingborough, U.K. manufacturing plant of titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Cristal Global (Cristal; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia). A reactor tank ruptured today at 00:30 local time releasing a cloud of...
Global chemical companies on average could each save more than €1 billion ($1.4 billion) in cash flow if they increased their sustainability performance, according to the findings of a study by a team of European researchers. The report’s authors...
Preliminary findings of a report commissioned by the United Nations have identified that the world’s 3,000 largest companies in 2008 caused loss and damage to the environment totaling $2.2 trillion. The cost is the equivalent to about one-third of the...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted today to require publicly listed companies in the U.S to disclose risks related to climate change. The "interpretive release" will guidance to companies as to what must be disclosed, SEC says...
Monsanto has been selected by environmental groups as the recipient of the Angry Mermaid Award, which recognizes corporations that have done the most to sabotage effective action on climate change. The award has been introduced by environmental groups Attac...
Cabot Corporation's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2008 totaled 4,440,000 m.t., an 11% decline from 2007, according to the company's most recent sustainability report. The decline matched the company's...
A federal jury has awarded 10 plaintiffs more than $100 million in a lawsuit against BP as compensation for alleged exposure to toxic emissions at the company’s Texas City, TX facility. The jury awarded $10 million in punitive damages to each plaintiff...
The Copenhagen climate negotiations have focused on securing a deal to cut absolute levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and create a system for financing poorer nations’ efforts to mitigate against and adapt to climate change. Beyond the main scope...
There is still no deal in sight at the start of the penultimate day of high level negotiations at the United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen. Chinese officials reportedly say there is now little chance of agreement on the two key issues of...
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