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Real time global carbon counter in NYC

I haven't seen this yet but definitely worth checking out during my lunch break. A new real-time global carbon counter was unveiled last week in the heart of New York City at 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, outside Madison Square Garden and Penn Station...

Published 22 Jun 2009 19:19 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Company initiatives, General, NYC, carbon emission, Deutsche Bank, carbon counter
The challenge of biopesticides

Got the copy of my latest article about biopesticide , with pretty cool (and a little gross) graphic of a venus flytrap. As previously tweeted , I was intrigued by how the biopesticide industry have been struggling in the overall pesticide and crop protection...

Published 15 Jun 2009 22:13 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Environment, Regulation, Company initiatives, Investments, General, R&D, EPA, Health and safety, biopesticide, regulations
How to check if your compost is ready

I saw this bit "How to check if your compost is ready" a few months back and forgot about it until somebody retweeted it today (thanks to @greenbiztweets). It is very timely as I just finished my bioplastic article, which talked about compostable...

Published 12 Jun 2009 21:57 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: video, General, bioplastic, compost
Celebrating World Environment Day

I have no idea that there is such a thing as World Environment Day but I was reminded from this corporate e-mail that came in from Reed Elsevier (our parent company) this morning: -------------------------- Dear Colleagues, Today, on World Environment...

Published 5 Jun 2009 18:41 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Company initiatives, General, Reed Elsevier, World Environment Day
Is Organic Food Sustainable?

Interesting debate from ooffoo.com about the sustainability of the organic food industry. In the US, organic food sales still grew 16% last year already occupying almost 4% of all food products sales in the US, according to the Organic Trade Association...

Published 4 Jun 2009 19:17 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Food, General, studies and reports, organic, debate, studies
Is this a green soap to you?

I read an article from the New York Times' Green Inc. blog about their interview with hotelier Richard Spigler, president of Great Addresses, the company that manages the Carlyle and also the Savoy Suites in D.C. Spigler talked about, among other...

Published 4 Jun 2009 4:13 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: green, General, waste, hotels, soap
NAMPA BPA meeting leaked

This has been going around the twittering world (in my twittering world anyway) which led to various outraged comments and further cynicism from various environmental/health advocates on bisphenol- A's (BPA) supposed safety as according to BPA manufacturers...

Published 2 Jun 2009 22:06 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Regulation, Company initiatives, General, safety, advocates, media, BPA, NAMPA
Learning from Green's History

Speaking of history, have you ever wondered how the green movement came to being? An article from ICIS Chemical Business (the magazine I work for) examined the rise of green consciousness during the 1960s triggered by Rachel Carson's 1962 bestselling...

Published 28 May 2009 15:00 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: General, ICB, fats and oils, regulations, environmentalists, Huffington Post, history
Wind farm 'kills Taiwanese goats'

Bats may not be the only creatures having problems with wind farms. It seems these are also being blamed for these goats' insomnia-related deaths. According to this report from BBC News, the poor goats (about 400 of them) died from exhaustion because...

Published 27 May 2009 16:44 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: General, deaths, Taiwan, wind farm, goats
Guides to safe plastics

Plastic manufacturers beware! I've been seeing a lot of these "Guides on safe plastics" in the tweeting world... Here's one from the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility . They place HDPE (#2), LDPE (#4) and PP (#5) as safe plastics...

Published 20 May 2009 17:58 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: plastics, General, studies and reports, Health and safety, internet, safe, guides
Teflon lawsuit didn't stick

Catching up on some of the twitter news I encountered last week, one is a May 1 ruling from Judge Ronald Longstaff in Iowa that said DuPont is off the hook with its Teflon case. DuPont said the Des Moines, Iowa, federal court dismissed a consolidated...

Published 19 May 2009 23:16 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: General, PFOA, DuPont, lawsuit, Teflon
AOCS wrap-up Day 3

The green blogger focused mostly on regulatory issues in the cleaning industry during the last day of the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) centennial meeting in Orlando, Florida, even though her doppelganger (who was lounging in the hotel pool) was...

Published 14 May 2009 23:39 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Regulation, General, phosphates, cleaning products, soaps and detergents, regulations, 4 dioxane, 1
AOCS wrap-up Day 2

[Photo of AOCS annual meeting 1945. Photo Credit: AOCS] The second day at the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) centennial meeting was particularly interesting as in their Hot Topics Symposia for the morning session, I have to choose between Historical...

Published 13 May 2009 23:55 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: General, R&D, palm oil, sustainability, surfactant, unilever, Kimberly-Clark, AOCS
Chemical companies: Green surfers or divers?

ICIS (the company I work for) in cooperation with technology start-up company Genomatica is working on a survey on whether chemical companies these days are just riding the sustainable chemistry wave e.g. looking at energy/manufacturing efficiency, using...

Published 13 May 2009 15:54 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: General, studies and reports, ICIS, sustainability, survey, chemical companies, green chemistry, Genomatica
AOCS wrap-up Day 1

So here's a snapshot of my days at the American Oil Chemists Society's (AOCS) 100th year meeting in Rosen Shingle Creek resort in Orlando, Florida. The meeting was attended by around 1,520 delegates, down from last year's 1,700 mostly because...

Published 12 May 2009 13:16 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Company initiatives, Investments, General, phosphates, enzymes, detergent, surfactant, AOCS, lactic acid

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