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Big oil stingy with green investments?

According to advocacy group the Center For American Progress, oil companies BP, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell are said to be big misers when it comes to renewable energy investments even though they spend millions of advertising dollars...

Published 31 Mar 2009 21:25 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Investments, studies and reports, clean energy, Oil companies
New York buzz on BPA

Several New York news are recently buzzing about bisphenol-A (BPA) in polycarbonate baby bottles as Senator Charles Schumer (along with Senator Dianne Feinstein of Calif. and Rep. Edward Markey of Mass.) led a nationwide proposal to ban the plastic bottles...

Published 31 Mar 2009 17:09 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Regulation, General, Government, bisphenol A, Health and safety, New York, baby bottles
US house prices below 1979 levels in real terms

US house prices remain on a "downward path" according to today's latest S&P Case-Shiller house price index . S&P report that in terms of nominal prices (including inflation), "average home prices across the US are now at similar...

Published 31 Mar 2009 15:31 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: Economic growth, Case-Shiller index, Financial Events, housing, Futures trading, Leverage, recession
Live Twitter from NPRA Todd Buchholz speech

I've been on Twitter for about two weeks and it still seems like a lot of fun, but now I see the early adopters are already jumping ship for the Next Big Thing. There's an email in the Blog inbox inviting me to join a Yammer group, when I've...

Published 31 Mar 2009 11:43 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: conferences, gossip, NPRA, twitter, media life, Todd Buchholz
Top NPRA parties 2009

Who in the real world gets invited to five parties in one evening? Even in these hard times, most of the regular NPRA parties were still on, even if some of them were a bit sparsely attended and doorkeepers were rather less strict about keeping uninvited...

Published 31 Mar 2009 11:40 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: conferences, parties, gossip, ICIS, Mitsubishi, NPRA, San Antonio, Kolmar, Vopak, Gantrade
Teijin launches eco technologies

Japanese chemical company Teijin has been very active in their green product development these past few years and I will in fact attend their New York press conference tomorrow morning (March 31). At the event, they will globally launch their Eco-A-Wear...

Published 30 Mar 2009 22:41 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: polyester, Company initiatives, Products, Investments, recycling, bioplastic, Teijin
Obama gets tough on US auto industry

There has been plenty of speculation that President Obama's mid-West background might tempt him to take a soft line on the troubled automotive industry. But his comments on Thursday that there has been "a lot of mismanagement of the auto industry...

Published 30 Mar 2009 17:45 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: recession, auto sales, Chrysler, GM, Ford, Fiat, deflation
Scottish golf event hard to resist

SAN ANTONIO (Chemicals Confidential)--The Blog hears that some guests being invited to a petchems industry golfing event to be held at the prestigious Scottish course of Gleneagles this summer are reluctantly having to decline the invitation due to new...

Published 30 Mar 2009 13:08 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: business travel, gossip, corporate life, golf, Scotland, Gleneagles, corporate hospitality
25x25 launching blog soon

25x25.org in the US is launching the 25x25blog on 1 April. I'll be keeping an eye on it. 25x25 is an interesting organisation this is its vision: By 2025, America's farms, forests and ranches will provide 25 percent of the total energy consumed...

Published 30 Mar 2009 12:04 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, blog, Blog roundup, 25x25
The ICIS suite at NPRA 2009, San Antonio, Texas

Photos of the ICIS suite in the Marriott Riverwalk (MRW) Hotel at NPRA on Sunday, 29 March 2009. Read More...

Published 30 Mar 2009 10:18 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: ICIS, NPRA, San Antonio, photos, Climate, Marriott Riverwalk Hotel
NPRA 2009: Photos of the Rivercenter lobby

Thanks to Chris for taking a few photos of the Marriott Rivercenter (MRC) lobby on Sunday afternoon, the first day of NPRA. The conference has shifted its focus to the new Hyatt Grand this year, so there's a lot more space in the MRC lobby, where...

Published 30 Mar 2009 10:08 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: conferences, hotels, NPRA, San Antonio, Marriott Rivercenter, Add category
New twist in Bhatinda story

Is Lakshmi Mittal having second thoughts about participating in the Bhatinda refinery project? This report suggests that Mittal might walk out of the project if the state government does not extend fiscal incentives that had been promised a few years...

Published 30 Mar 2009 7:21 by India Chemicals Blog

Filed under: Companies, Refining, Petrochemicals, Government Policy, refinery, polypropylene, Bhatinda, Mittal
Less chemicals on P&G's gel detergent

Procter & Gamble (P&G) says its new Ariel ExcelGel, which was recently launched in Western Europe is currently transforming the detergent category in that region. Gianni Ciserani, P&G president, Western Europe said last week at the 7th Annual...

Published 30 Mar 2009 0:15 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Company initiatives, Products, Investments, sustainability, detergent, P&G
Cleaners under pressure to be green

Spring has sprung (although it seems winter wants to stay forever!) and cleaning is again a hot topic to cover. According to the Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) , the current economy is influencing a lot of consumer's buying choices and cleaning...

Published 29 Mar 2009 23:18 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Company initiatives, green, Products, studies and reports, cleaning products, SDA, toxic
On-line conferencing - you can't beat the real thing

SAN ANTONIO (Chemicals Confidential)--When times are hard and travel budgets are cut, conferences struggle to get the delegates. So consultant Dewitts moved its pre-NPRA Houston conference online , and our own Peter Taffe switched his booking from "the...

Published 29 Mar 2009 18:16 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: business travel, conferences, Houston, NPRA, San Antonio, DeWitt, online conferences

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Big oil stingy with green investments?

New York buzz on BPA

US house prices below 1979 levels in real terms

Live Twitter from NPRA Todd Buchholz speech

Top NPRA parties 2009

Teijin launches eco technologies

Obama gets tough on US auto industry

Scottish golf event hard to resist

25x25 launching blog soon

The ICIS suite at NPRA 2009, San Antonio, Texas

NPRA 2009: Photos of the Rivercenter lobby

New twist in Bhatinda story

Less chemicals on P&G's gel detergent

Cleaners under pressure to be green

On-line conferencing - you can't beat the real thing