From the Environmental Working Group: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it would wait until mid-2010 to decide on whether to grant a waiver request that would allow for the use of up to 15 percent ethanol in gasoline. Growth Energy, an ethanol trade and lobby group, requested the waiver. EPA based their […]
From domain-b.com: The $35-billion Indian chemical industry that exports products to European countries may soon find the cost of doing business increasing because of new legislation adopted by the EU to regulate the end-use of chemicals. Complying with the new regime under the legislation would involve various processes including registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of […]
From the Green Party Of Canada: The Green Party has examined the issues around C-6 (Canada Consumer Product Safety Act) and urges the Senate to pass the Bill so that the safety of Canadians can be better protected. The Green Party supports extending to Health Canada inspectors the same powers of inspection and seizure already […]
As the lead agency for the implementation of Proposition 65, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) within the California Environmental Protection Agency intends to list the chemicals, Carbaryl (CAS No. 63-25-2) and Spirodiclofen (CAS No. 148477-71-8) as known to the State to cause cancer, pursuant to this administrative mechanism. Relevant information related to […]
From the United States Environmental Protection Agency: President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as part of his first state visit, jointly launched a new U.S.-India Green Partnership aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two nations on a wide range of environment and climate initiatives. Among these initiatives is the creation of an […]
From Prachatai: Following the incident surrounding the plant disease “natural disaster” in Kudchum district, Yasothon province, the AAN has compiled further research to raise public awareness about the impacts of carbofuran (Furadan) on the environment and human health. The Alternative Agriculture Network – Esan (AAN) is a network of more than 3,000 small-scale farmers, working […]
From the Hurriyet Daily News: As Turkey braces for potential problems in the export of some chemical substances to the European Union, a Helsinki forum will focus on chemicals issues this coming May. The Helsinki Chemicals Forum, or HCF, will be held on May 20 and 21 next year and will discuss whether REACH, the […]
From the Star-Telegram: State environmental regulators want natural gas companies to voluntarily emit less air pollution after tests showed high levels of a cancer-causing chemical near wells in the Barnett Shale gas field. On Nov. 13, regulators from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Barnett’s eight biggest operators discussed ways to cut benzene […]
From The Mercury: Testing shows that efforts by two area narrow tube factories to reduce or eliminate the amount of a potentially carcinogenic chemical they emit into the air has resulted in lower levels of that chemical, thus reducing the area’s cancer risk, state officials said. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, which has been […]
From the Official Wire: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a call Thursday for the 15th annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award nominations. The EPA said the awards recognize innovative chemical technologies that incorporate green chemistry into the design, manufacture and use of chemicals that have broad applications in industry. “Nominated technologies should reduce or […]