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Fuel Cell Update: DOE Awards $4.5 in Research to 3M, Colorado School of Mines; BASF Closes Somerset, NJ Facility

August 5, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

The Energy Department announced a $4.5 million investment in two projects – led by Minnesota-based 3M and the Colorado School of Mines – to lower the cost, improve the durability, and increase the efficiency of next-generation fuel cell systems. The projects will focus on research and development work aimed at ... Read more »

Cornell Opens Climate Change and Agriculture Center

July 29, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Cornell University has started a center to help farmers adapt their operations to climate change. The Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture will serve as a clearinghouse for research, climate monitoring, decision-support tools and applications at the intersection of climate and agriculture, the Cornell Chronicle reports. One of the ... Read more »

Universities Sign Green Chemistry Commitment

July 10, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The University of California-Berkeley, University of Minnesota, Northeastern University and 10 other colleges and universities that have signed the Green Chemistry Commitment, intended to increase the number of green chemists and scientists in the US and the business opportunities available to them. Dow Chemical is an official partner, a Green ... Read more »

BASF, Samsung Develop Anti-Sloshing Blanket for LNG Transport

July 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BASF and Samsung Heavy Industries have developed a blanket made of foam cubes to prevent liquefied natural gas from sloshing during its transport in tankers. Each cube, with sides of 1 meter, is made of two blocks of Basotect, BASF’s open-cell foam made from melamine resin. Basotect has high acoustic ... Read more »

BASF, Linde Group, ThyssenKrupp Partner on CO2 Technology

July 5, 2013July 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BASF, the Linde Group and ThyssenKrupp plan to develop an environmentally friendly technology for utilizing carbon dioxide as a raw material on an industrial scale. BASF says the partners aim to find new ways to produce hydrogen and syngas — a key raw material for the chemical industry also used in ... Read more »

Green Plastics Process Discovered

June 4, 2013July 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have discovered a new chemical process to make p-xylene, an important ingredient of common plastics, at 90 percent yield from lignocellulosic biomass, the highest yield achieved to date. Xylene chemicals are used to produce PET (polyethylene terephthalate), which is used in many products including soda ... Read more »

Lux: Solar Market to Recover From Woes

May 31, 2013 by Leon Walker

Overcapacity and poor margins have bankrupted a multitude of solar suppliers and forced corporate investors out of the market over the past two years, but the industry is set to recover quickly thanks to converging supply and demand according to Lux Research. Profit margins will recover as oversupply plummets in 2015, ... Read more »

Disney, BASF Join Sustainable Brands’ Group; Ceres, WRI Join Growing Blue

May 30, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Several companies and sustainability organizations have joined forces this week in efforts to promote environmental management and economic development. The World Resources Institute and Ceres have become the newest members of the Growing Blue network, an online resource designed to help businesses and communities gain a better understanding of water ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Barrick $16m Fine, Edison ‘Misled Regulators’

May 29, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Southern California Edison willfully misled the public and regulators to avoid a full safety review of its redesigned San Onofre nuclear power plant in California, according to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Boxer published correspondence between Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which she said ... Read more »

Johnson Matthey, BASF, Umicore ‘Lead Emission Control Catalyst Market’

May 28, 2013May 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Stringent regulations aimed at minimizing vehicle emissions have spurred the global emission control catalyst market, led by Johnson Matthey, BASF and Umicore in the mobile segment, and Cormetech in the stationary segment, according to Frost & Sullivan. The market earned revenue of more than $6.70 billion in 2012 and is ... Read more »

BASF, Genomatica Plan Renewable Butanediol Facility

May 21, 2013July 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BASF has inked a deal with California biochemical company Genomatica to build a production facility to make sugar-based 1,4-butanediol (BDO) using Genomatica’s technology. The German chemical giant says renewable BDO has valuable applications for the plastics, textile and automotive industries. Under the terms of the agreement, Genomatica will continue to ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: EcoLogo for Printing, BASF Water Stewardship

May 14, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

UL Environment has launched UL 2803, its revised EcoLogo third-party environmental standard for printing services. The revised standard combines two former EcoLogo standards – Lithographic Printing Services (CCD 041) and Digital Printing Services (CCD 141) – and includes new criteria aimed at reducing risk to human and environmental health. The ... Read more »

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