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China Will Cut Back Its Coal Use. What does it Mean for the United States?

April 29, 2016April 26, 2016 by Ken Silverstein

China is getting sick of breathing dirty air. So the top brass there says that the country will cut output from its coal-burning power plants over the next three years. But what does it mean to the United States and is this really a concession? The bottom line is that ... Read more »

GE Wastewater Treatment Helps Coal-to-Chemical Plant Meet New Environmental Rules

April 26, 2016April 28, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

To help meet new environmental regulations governing wastewater treatment at Chinese coal-to-chemical plants, a facility in Yulin City will install General Electric’s advanced zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology. GE’s ZLD evaporator and crystallizer system will eliminate liquid discharge of waste and enable water reuse at the Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical ... Read more »

Climate Policy Is Coming. Is Business Prepared?

April 5, 2016April 8, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Businesses can expect stricter carbon pollution regulations coming soon — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, according to some. We saw this reasoning explained in companies’ briefs supporting the EPA’s Clean Power Plan last week, with major tech firms Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, along with Ikea and Mars ... Read more »

US-China Carbon Pact Relies on Clean Technologies Helping Corporate America

April 4, 2016April 1, 2016 by Ken Silverstein

Calling their quest to conquer climate change a “pillar” of the relationship, the White House says that this country and China will ink a deal on April 22 — Earth Day — that formally advances their mutual cause. The goal, it says, to get a grip on global warming before ... Read more »

China Expands Solar Capacity

March 21, 2016 by Carl Weinschenk

China will expand its solar power capacity by a factor of three by 2020, according to Bloomberg. In four years, the site says, China will generate 15 GW to 20 GW of solar power, according to Nur Bekri, who leads the National Energy Administration. The nation generate one quarter of ... Read more »

Big Waste to Energy Plant Slated for Shenzhan

February 29, 2016 by Carl Weinschenk

Shenzhan, China is building the largest waste-to-energy plant in the world, according to a story in Science Alert. The story says that the plant will burn 5,000 tons of waste daily, with at least one-third of the trash being transformed into usable electricity. The story says that the price will ... Read more »

JAC Motors Pioneers First Use of VOC-Free Automobile Powder Coating

December 11, 2015December 11, 2015 by Karen Henry

JAC Motors has pioneered the first use of AkzoNobel’s volatile organic compound (VOC)-free powder technology for automotive body coatings. The automaker is using AkzoNobel’s Interpon powder technology to coat SLX truck bodies at its site in Mengcheng, China. Chinese automakers have been looking for ways to meet new coatings standards, according ... Read more »

IBM Expands Climate, Air Pollution Initiative Globally

December 9, 2015December 10, 2015 by Karen Henry

IBM Research is expanding its Green Horizons initiative globally to help city governments, utility companies and factories better understand and address pressing air pollution and climate change issues. The Green Horizons initiative is based on innovations from IBM’s Research Laboratory in Beijing with contributions from leading environmental experts across IBM’s global ... Read more »

Aquatech to Build Zero Liquid Discharge Project for Coal-to-Liquids Plant

October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Water treatment developer Aquatech has been awarded a contract to provide a water treatment facility that includes a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) plant for a coal-to-liquid-fuels conversion project being developed by Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry, a division of Shenhua Group, China’s biggest coal producer. The ZLD plant will recycle more ... Read more »

Ecolab Is First in World to Receive Alliance for Water Stewardship Standard Certification

October 2, 2015October 1, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ecolab’s manufacturing plant in Taicang, China, is the first site in the world to be independently certified under the Alliance for Water Stewardship’s global standard for water stewardship. The ASW Standard is an ISEAL-compliant framework developed to promote sustainable freshwater use and to evaluate water stewardship practices. This globally consistent ... Read more »

$7M for Enhanced Water Recovery Projects

September 30, 2015September 29, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Five projects that aim to use salty water from carbon dioxide storage sites to produce fresh water have been selected by the Department of Energy to receive more than $7 million in funding. These projects will develop and validate strategies to manage pressure and the flow of CO2 in saline ... Read more »

Dow’s Role in US-China Sustainability Research

September 29, 2015September 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Dow Chemical is playing an active role in US-China sustainability research. Dow was also one of the attendees at the US-China business roundtable last week. Neil Hawkins, chief sustainability officer at Dow Chemical, discusses the collaborations he is leading in China.

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