New Look Industry Research Initiative to Foster Innovation
Cefic is today celebrating the 10th anniversary of the long range research initiative (LRI)-a program designed to provide answers to gaps in fundamental scientific data relating to chemicals and the environment and human health. The next step for the... Waxman to head House Energy and Commerce Committee
House lawmakers have named Representative Henry Waxman (D., CA) to head the powerful Energy and Commerce committee, a set back for incumbent chairman John Dingell (D., MI) who has been the committee’s top Democrat since 1981. The committee will... |
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Environment
Informex Turns to Green Chemistry
InformexUSA, the flagship annual U.S. chemicals expo due to take place next in San Francisco in January 2009, will for the first time tailor a significant part of the event toward green chemistry. The green chemistry arm of the expo, named the GreenExchange...
Regulatory
ACC Launches Pilot Project to Speed Up HPV Assessments
ACC, EPA, and the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (Washington) have launched a pilot project to develop an approach to...
R&D
Honeywell-USDC in Displays Pact
Honeywell Electronic Materials (Tempe, AZ) and U.S. Display Consortium (USDC; San Jose) will together invest a total of $500,000 to develop new materials for flexible... |
Innovation
Rhodia Opens Shanghai R&D Center
Rhodia today opened its previously announced international R&D center at Shanghai. The center will be focused on the Asian market. It will be one of Rhodia’s five major R&D centers worldwide, the company says. The center will support...
Sustainability
Amyris Opens Renewable Diesel Pilot Plant
Amyris Biotechnologies says it has opened its first pilot plant producing renewable diesel fuel from sugarcane at Emeryville, CA. The demonstration plant will generate... |
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