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Since the early 1900s, the Tennant family had raised cattle over rolling hills in the far western reaches of West Virginia, near the Ohio River. But in the late 1980s, […]

The influence of environmental disclosures on business success is examined through the issue of toxic waste site liability of US chemical companies during the late 20th century.

On April 4, 2002 (67 FR 16154-16259), EPA proposed maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for miscellaneous organic chemical manufacturing processes and miscellaneous coating manufacturing. The miscellaneous organic chemical manufacturing [...]

OVERVIEW: Environmental management has become an issue of substantial concern, particularly in the chemical industry. A comparative study of U.S. and German chemical companies shows that they adopt substantially different strategies to express this concern. Four different strategies have been identified, and the characteristics that indicate responses to environmental factors are substantially different among the clusters. It is suggested that regulatory agencies should take these differences into account, and that companies that have adopted a particular strategy should be aware of alternative approaches by their competitors. The choice of new technology and the R&D portfolio will be affected by the strategies chosen.

Nitrogen & Methanol looks at how industry has responded to the increasing environmental regulations governing the production of nitric acid and NOx emissions. Four technologies are studied, including the application [...]

McKinsey: How did Dow's environmental strategy develop? Popoff: It has evolved over the years -- in line with that of the chemical industry. We often characterize this evolution in terms [...]

Bold approaches to reforming the state's regulatory maze are appearing across Florida. The best news is these new methods rely on the market, protect the environment and get rid of [...]

A carefully thought out business strategy can turn environmental technologies into instruments of competitive advantage. Du Pont Corp and Henkel Corp have successfully influenced government legislations requiring the phaseout of chlorofluorocarbons and phosphates by initiating technological innovations even before the ban. This strategic move was motivated by the need to create new markets for substitutes, the research of which they have invested in heavily. Government incentives for strategic behavior should be created, but provisions should be provided to prevent increased market power.

The Global Environment & Multinational Corporations The fact of human intervention in ecological processes is not in doubt. Despite uncertainties and continued controversy, human influences on the global environment appear […]

This article examines the current status on VOC emission control For close to three decades, North American industry has paved the way and has led the world in controlling volatile [...]

As an energy source in Europe, as an environmental breakthrough in North America, Ensyn Technologies' bio-oil is a winner all around Canadians are a rather skeptical lot. Breakthroughs in engineering/science [...]

The chemical industry advocates waste incineration as an environmentally sound alternative to land disposal. Many environmental groups also oppose land disposal. However, they also question the industry's need to build [...]

The rising costs of complying with environmental legislation has inclined chemical manufacturers towards waste minimization. This approach entails decreased emission and waste generation within the manufacturing process and the formulation of new approaches which could reduce waste. BASF and Bayer AG have both incorporated measures in the production process, labeling this initiative as 'production-integrated environmental protection.'

THE AGREEMENT reached in Bonn, Germany, last week proves that the US should not be a party to the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change as it would 'likely devastate' [...]

Industry group claims it would be too expensive. THE GERMAN chemical industry (VCI) is opposing trading greenhouse gas emissions on the grounds that it would be expensive to operate and [...]

Industry trade group contends that California's action violates the CAA. THE OXYGENATED Fuels Association has filed a lawsuit in the federal court in Sacramento to block California's ban on the [...]

AN INDUSTRY COALITION representing chemical manufacturers and other US business groups says the failure of negotiators to reach agreement on implementing the Kyoto Protocol signals the need for a new [...]

COMPANIES WORK TOGETHER TO REUSE COOLING TOWER WATER FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS, EL Dorado and Union County officials knew that a fresh water supply shortage would develop in south [...]

THE AMERICAN Chemistry Council (ACC) urged a Senate panel last week to examine the barriers to the Environmental Protection Agency's residual risk program. Under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments [...]

The U.S. Army Operations Support Command (formerly the Industrial Operations Command) was required to render a former trinitrotoluene (TNT) manufacturing area safe for public use -- and to do it [...]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency's proposed environmental justice guidelines are drawing widespread criticism. Environmentalists and civil rights activists say the rules are not extensive enough, and industrial and commercial interests are concerned [...]

What are the impacts for the petroleum refining industry of UK environmental directives for 2005 and beyond? A recent study by Foster Wheeler on behalf of the UK Environment Agency [...]

TEXAS NATURAL Resource Conservation Commission staff has recommended to the three-member commission a comprehensive package of pollution-reduction measures for the Houston-Galveston ozone nonattainment area. During their August 9 meeting in [...]

WITH THE millennium looming, bringing possible computer problems associated with that transition, many chemical plants and refineries in Texas appear reluctant to share the most basic information about their Y2K [...]

The agency will review whether the 330 substances still belong on the list. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency plans to review toxicity data for the original 330 chemicals on its Toxic Release [...]

THE CHEMICAL Industries Association (CIA), London, is endorsing moves by the UK's government and manufacturing sector to introduce an emissions trading system in the country, which could be one of [...]