Dow Corning Names Global Marketing Manager for Solar Business

08-Oct-2008 - Hans ten Cate has been named global marketing manager of the Dow Corning Solar Market Business Unit. Based at Dow Corning’s European headquarters in Belgium, he is responsible for defining and leading the implementation of marketing and brand management strategies. “Hans’ talent and experience ...

BASF receives European award for Carbon Balance

08-Oct-2008 - BASF was awarded the European Responsible Care® Award by the European chemical industry association CEFIC for its Carbon Balance. The judges commemorated the project as a highly innovative measurement approach that allows BASF to present a comprehensive carbon balance for its operations. “It is ...

Ozone controls failing to protect human health and the environment

07-Oct-2008 - Existing controls are failing to reduce the air pollutant ground level ozone to a level that protects human health and the environment, and climate change will make the challenge harder, warns a major new report from the Royal Society the UK national academy of science. The report Ground-level ...

'Chemical equator' discovery will aid pollution mapping

26-Sep-2008 - Scientists at the University of York have discovered a 'Chemical Equator' that divides the polluted air of the Northern Hemisphere from the largely uncontaminated atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere. Researchers from the University's Department of Chemistry found evidence for an atmospheric ...

New process derives 'green gasoline' from plant sugars

22-Sep-2008 - Alternative energy doesn't always mean solar or wind power. In fact, the alternative fuels developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineering professor James Dumesic look a lot like the gasoline and diesel fuel used in vehicles today. That's because the new fuels are ...

Sophisticated monitoring array to address mystery of uranium plume

Groundwater contamination remains significantly unchanged for 10 years

19-Sep-2008 - Scientists have puzzled for years about why uranium contamination in groundwater continues to exceed drinking water standards in an area located at the south end of the Hanford Site. The Department of Energy wants answers to why the uranium persists. Now, an innovative system has been installed ...

Newly detected air pollutant mimics damaging effects of cigarette smoke

Persistent free radicals, a newly discovered air pollutant, could have effects similar to cigarette smoke, Louisiana researchers say.

19-Aug-2008 - A previously unrecognized group of air pollutants could have effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke, Louisiana scientists are reporting in a study scheduled for presentation at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Inhaling those pollutants ...

Strange molecule in the sky cleans acid rain, scientists discover

14-Aug-2008 - Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. It's the unusual chemistry facilitated by this molecule, however, that will attract the most attention from scientists. Marsha ...

Praxair Appointed to Advisory Committee of Climate Disclosure Standards Board

23-Jul-2008 - Praxair, Inc. has been appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB). Convened by the World Economic Forum in January 2007, the board's mission is to advance consistency of disclosure related to climate change in annual reports. The board will develop a ...

Arkema launches an industrial production project in Europe of a low-GWP* fluorinated gas for automotive air-conditioning

11-Jul-2008 - Arkema will invest in European production of a new low-GWP fluorinated gas- R1234yf. Beginning in 2011, this new low GWP gas will gradually replace the HFC134a gas currently used in auto AC systems. As one of the world's leading fluorinated gas producers, Arkema is anticipating more restrictive ...