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• The world is round after all

  I asked my boss two years ago what were his favourite business books. His list included The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century by Thomas Friedman. Of course I rushed out and bought the book. It has sold by the truck load and was quoted... Posted Sep 16 2008, 02:47 AM by Asian Chemical Connections Filed under: US, Economics, China, Environment, technology, Europe, India, Sabic, Business, Oil & Gas, climate change, sustainability, global warming, Peak Oil, Thomas Friedman, Flat and Crowded, Hot, globalisation

• Get off your backside!

  Click here for some positive thinking - Energy%20Carta%20Conference%20Executive%20Summary_general%20150808.pdf The Asian Energy Youth Summit - organised by the non-profit organisation Energy Carta - is an example of doing something about the climate-change... Posted Sep 04 2008, 12:53 PM by Asian Chemical Connections Filed under: Environment, technology, Business, climate change, sustainability, Innnovation, Conergy, NUS, Energy Carta, Project Better Place

• Do you ever get that sinking feeling?

  I am afraid I do when it comes to climate change and, as a result, don't always switch off lights when I leave rooms, don't always say no to unnecesssary plastic bags when I buy anything and will happily (and this could be the worst damage of... Posted Sep 02 2008, 08:49 AM by Asian Chemical Connections Filed under: US, Economics, Environment, technology, Business, Singapore, climate change, sustainability, Company Strategy, New Scientist, camels, uptight neighbours, US National Research Council, polar bears, American Pyschological Association, light bulbs

• Lost polar bears

  Sometimes the way to get to your pocket is to tug your heart strings and this advertising about polar bears almost worked on mine. According to WWF , several polar bears are way miles away from home and swimming more in open waters to find food and shelter... Posted Aug 25 2008, 10:39 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, General, Government, climate change, WWF, global warming, polar bear, Alaska

• The danger of bogus science

  Believing what you want to believe (or pretending to believe in something because it's in your commercial interests) has always been a problem. But the stakes have never been higher than in the case of climate change. To yet again refer to the excellent... Posted Aug 22 2008, 08:16 AM by Asian Chemical Connections Filed under: Economics, Environment, technology, oil prices, Business, Oil & Gas, climate change, sustainability, New Scientist, Peak Oil, oceanic oscillations, oil-supply crisis, IPCC

• Even the goldfish will get it

  Another great article in The New Scientist talks about a new system for mapping much more precisely the impact of climate change on eco-systems. Designed by The Nature Conservancy , the system - linked with Google Maps - will enable conservationists to... Posted Aug 19 2008, 02:50 PM by Asian Chemical Connections Filed under: Economics, China, Environment, climate change, global warming, flooding, New Scientist, Tigers, goldfish brains, Lehman Brothers, Guangdong

• China's growth conundrum

  I couldn't let today pass without including a picture of the Olympic Stadium in Beijing where the opening ceremony is about to take place. The purpose of this redefined blog is not to look at the short term, though. For expert commentaey on the effects... Posted Aug 08 2008, 05:51 AM by Asian Chemical Connections Filed under: Economics, China, Environment, BASF, Business, Oil & Gas, climate change, global warming, Company Strategy, water crisis, China growth

• Next decade's weather forecast: BAD

  Summer this year in New York has seen several weeks of downpours and continuous heat and humidity, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said you ain't seen nothin' yet. The EPA released its climate change report last month and noted... Posted Aug 07 2008, 11:33 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, General, studies and reports, EPA, Government, climate change, report, weather

• EU climate rules chill sports car makers

  An interesting article from Reuters regarding the effects of European carbon trading schemes in sports cars manufacture. Makers of sports car such as Lamborghini, Porsche, Fiat (which also makes Ferrari and Maserati), and Aston Martin are claiming that... Posted Aug 05 2008, 05:02 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: EU, Regulation, General, Government, climate change, carbon emission, sports cars

• 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 industry needs... Posted Aug 04 2008, 09:50 AM by Asian Chemical Connections Filed under: US, China, Environment, Europe, Markets, climate change, sustainability, Company Strategy, carbon tax, free-trade talks

• 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... Posted Aug 02 2008, 07:20 AM by Asian Chemical Connections Filed under: US, Economics, China, Environment, Europe, India, Business, climate change, Company Strategy, carbon tax, free-trade talks

• Time to wake up to climate change

  India is known to move slowly. So it is perhaps not surprising to read that most local companies have yet to formulate strategies to face the challenge of climate change. KPMG recently released a report on a study carried out earlier this year to understand... Posted Jul 30 2008, 11:13 AM by India Chemicals Blog Filed under: Companies, Fine Chemicals, Refining, Petrochemicals, Government Policy, Speciality Chemicals, climate change, economy, kpmg, carbon footprint

• Humans are to blame?

  For those who think global warming is just nature's way of being grumpy, US physicists are saying otherwise and reaffirmed that humans are to blame for the future mess the world is going to be in. "Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities... Posted Jul 22 2008, 04:21 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, General, studies and reports, climate change, greenhouse gas, APS, statement, Physics

• Green lawyers to the rescue

  Preserving the environment is proving to be a profitable venture for lawyers. In the past few weeks, I've encountered several announcements from law firms stating that they are forming new businesses dedicated to untangling the intricacies of the... Posted Jul 22 2008, 02:23 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, Company initiatives, General, climate change, Lawyers

• Dirty ships keep out!

  Ports from around the world are planning to join the greenhouse gas (GHG) cutters club by implementing their own regulations such as charging higher docking fees to polluting ships. Port representatives met last week at the C40 World Ports Climate Conference... Posted Jul 16 2008, 04:17 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, Regulation, General, climate change, pollution, ships, docks, ports