http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 4:16:00 EDT DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, a 50-50 joint venture between DuPont and Danisco's Genencor, has chosen Vonore, TN as the site to build its previously announced cellulosic ethanol pilot... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/alternative_fuels/13188.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Ineos says within two years it plans to begin the commercial production of ethanol, which could be used to fuel vehicles, derived from biodegradable household waste. Generating ethanol... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/13162.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT ENI (Rome) says it will appeal a €1.9-billion ($3 billion) fine imposed by a Turin, Italy court for environmental damage caused by leaks of the pesticide DDT in 1990-96 from a chemical... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/13086.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT President Bush says he will lift a long-standing executive order banning oil and gas drilling in most of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), which is aimed at expanding domestic supplies and... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/13098.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Researchers at the University of California (Irvine) have published a report on nitrogen trifluoride’s (NF3) effect on global warming, arguing that NF3 should be included in international... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/13139.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT EPA has issued new safety requirements for five pesticides, in an effort to reduce human exposure to soil fumigants. The requirements call for growers using methyl bromide, chloropicrin... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/13140.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Canada’s environmental protection agency Environment Canada (Toronto) has issued regulations banning the manufacture of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants, including the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13138.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Symrise says it has added laboratories to its development center at Mexico City to focus on savory and sweet... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/13104.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lonza says it has entered into a long-term partnership with Novartis to jointly develop and manufacture Novartis’s biologics pipeline. Under the deal, Lonza will provide services from its... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/13119.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Jubilant Biosys Ltd. (Bangalore, India), a subsidiary of Jubilant Organosys (Noida), says it has entered into a drug discovery partnership with biotechnology firm Amgen (Thousand Oaks, CA). The... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/13120.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT