http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:36:28 EDT It's snowing in New York today – again. Luckily, it does not appear to be snowing much in Washington, or else we may get a repeat of this ridiculous "debate." Let me be perfectly... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/24989.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST The big political news in the U.S. this week is the victory of Republican Scott Brown in a special election for a Senate seat in Massachusetts. In a particularly bad twist for Democrats, Brown... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/24246.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST As Congress dithers on regulating U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving ahead with a new set of rules that could regulate them, anyway. While... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/24133.html Thu, 14 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST About 20% of the 84,000 chemicals used commercially in the U.S. are protected by a provision in the Toxic Substances Control Act that allows their names and properties to be kept secret... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/23937.html Wed, 6 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST The U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act was passed 35 years ago and regulates 91 contaminants in U.S. drinking water. The list of contaminants has not been updated since 2000 (hey, I wonder what... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/23635.html Thu, 17 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST Alex Scott's post earlier today about the 'religion' of climate change got me thinking about an odd parallel between climate change denialism and another debate here in the U.S.... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/23388.html Wed, 9 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST Some U.S. House Republicans plan to accompany President Obama to Copenhagen, though they don't appear particularly interested in reaching an agreement. Representative Joe Barton – who is... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/23391.html Wed, 9 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST Has the mess really been cleaned up?... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/23233.html Wed, 2 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST Let's get pessimistic!... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/22883.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST Chem Links is our weekly round-up of stories and links from around the web related, in some way, to the chemical industry. If you have any suggestions, please email vvalk@chemweek.com ... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Vincent-Valk/22721.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST