Chemicals
Locus, ChemAdvisor Combine Chemical Database and Environmental ePortal
ChemAdvisor's chemical regulatory database will be offered as a module within Locus Technologies' ePortal, the two environmental software companies have announced.
Locus president and CEO ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Chemical Safety Board, New Mexico Waste Pit Rule, ISO 50001
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) reiterated its call for the creation of a national fire code for hazardous waste facilities following a deadly chemical ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Moratorium on Uranium Mining, CDC on Fracking, CSAPR, Lake Tahoe Restoration
The Department of the Interior today is expected to announce a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining claims in a million-acre buffer zone around the ...
Teck American, Dow Were Top Toxics Emitters in 2010
Teck American, Dow Chemical and Incobrasa Industires were the companies that reported generating the largest quantities of toxic chemicals in production-related waste, according ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: VDI 4707, European Parliament, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, e-Stewards, LEED
Four double deck high-speed elevators from ThyssenKrupp Elevator installed in the 492-meter-tall Shanghai World Financial Center have received the VDI 4707 energy efficiency class A rating. ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Drops Kyoto Protocol, Keystone Pipeline, Gulf Lease Sale, MATS
Canada is evoking its legal right to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, indicating that penalties as high as $14 billion for its failure to meet emissions ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Turbine Standards, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Sustainable Wallcoverings
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), agreed to cooperate on the advancement of more efficient permitting for wind ...
Plant to Develop Green Textile Component
Verdezyne has opened a pilot plant to produce adipic acid, a key component in a "green" nylon that could be used in carpets, clothing and ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 50001, LEED, BizNGO Group, CODE REDD
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has been ISO 50001-certified at its largest manufacturing site, in Wakefield, Great Britain. It is the first company in the global food ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Pact Setback, California Tailpipe Rules, Biofuel Support
The world's richest countries have all but given up on a new climate treaty that would take effect this decade ahead of next month's talks in ...
BioAmber, Mitsui to Ramp Up Production of Green Cosmetics Chemicals
Chemical company BioAmber and Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co are to build bio-succinic acid and 1, 4 butanediol production facilities aimed at making ingredients for sustainable ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Construction Code, WM Certifications, LEED Airports
The provisions in the new 2012 International Green Construction Code were completed during a final hearing at the International Code Council's meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. The ...
3E Adds CDR Services, GC3 Builds Chemical Data Portal for Retailers
EH&S compliance and information management services provider 3E Company has released a new services suite aimed to assist businesses with disclosure processes and chemical data reporting ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: ANWR Drilling Push, Canada Reacts, EV Fire Probe
A jobs-related proposal from House Republicans to support new infrastructure spending is dominating by a plan to massively expand offshore oil and gas leasing and open ...
Canadian Lodge Upgrades to UF Water Treatment; EPA Fines DuPont
Water resources management and wastewater treatment company Tri-Tech Holding signed a $690,000 contract to provide an ultra-filtration (UF) water treatment system to Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Compliance Survey Results, Bentley ISO 50001, Printing Cartridge Standard
The results are in from a survey of senior executives at more than 200 global process industry companies. According to the poll conducted by CSC and ...
Father of Green Chemistry on ‘Designing Tomorrow’
Paul Anastas, the coiner of the term "green chemistry," a leader of the EPA's Office of Research and Development, and director ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Wine Standard, Energy Star Update, WEEE Recast
An international wine trade group has adopted a standard for calculating the industry's greenhouse gas emissions, Off License News reported. The International Organisation of Vine ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Senate Saves EPA Rules, BP Fines, Rat Bait Cancellation
Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican-sponsored jobs package that included a provision to block EPA rules that will scale back toxic emissions from industrial ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: GHS 90 Days Away, Green Code, NSF/ANSI Standard 60
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has submitted a final rule to revise its Hazard Communication Standard to align with GHS, MSDSonline reported. The Office ...
