Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'carbon tax'

Update 2: Reliance Betting On US Competitiveness

He's not bad at making moneySource of picture: www.dealbreaker.com   SOME of the logic behind Reliance Industries' bid for LyondellBasell could be a recognition that the globalisation of petrochemicals markets may have gone into partial reverse. A climate bill passed by...

The CO2 blame game

In my previous post, I talked about the collapse of the Doha round of trade negotiations and how this didn't auger well for a new global agreement for setting greenhouse gas-emission limits and a worldwide price on carbon. The chemicals...

Why the Doha failure is bad

The failure, and quite possibly the death, of the Doha round of trade negotiations earlier this week could create a very confusing and erratic regulatory landscape for the chemicals industry. This excellent entry in the New Scientist environment blog...