ICIS Blogs : studies and reports

Carbon cap and trade costs little

Green Chemicals — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:36:46 GMT

I was working about the Cash for Clunkers bill (where you can exchange your old car for money voucher for a new supposedly more environment-friendly car) and it was more complicated than I thought...I need to do more research about that. So for now let's...(read more)

BPA under fire from new studies

Green Chemicals — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:36:44 GMT

And the bisphenol-A (BPA) cycle of "is it safe or not?" goes on... Several studies have again come out mostly from the Endocrine Society and none of them were pleasing to the BPA manufacturers' (and consumers') ears. First stop is during...(read more)

Frost & Sullivan (too many!) reports

Green Chemicals — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:20:03 GMT

Green reports from consulting firm Frost & Sullivan especially focusing on renewable energy have been piling up for the past month. It's time to get rid of them!!.. by posting them in the blog, of course. Demand for Energy-efficiency Offers High...(read more)

Green workers feel safe says Reuters

Green Chemicals — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:58:22 GMT

A recent Reuters survey indicate that green collar workers (about 68% of those who were polled) felt secured in their jobs because of heightened response in the past few years from government and business to the threat of climate change. The Reuters'...(read more)

Is Organic Food Sustainable?

Green Chemicals — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:17:37 GMT

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...(read more)

Battered by battery news

Green Chemicals — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:15:43 GMT

A lot of chemical investments going on for next generation alternative energy storage (specifically lithium ion), which could accelerate the use of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles in the near future. Just this week, BASF announced its plans to build...(read more)

Top climate lobbyists

Green Chemicals — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:41:22 GMT

As mentioned in yesterday's post, New York Times posted this interesting article about major firms lobbying for businesses and organizations that seek to influence global warming legislation this year. According to a recent study from the watchdog...(read more)

Windy news

Green Chemicals — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:44:32 GMT

Another catching up I need to do is about several wind energy announcements from the past few weeks. Late last month, the Department of Energy announced that it will provide $93 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support further...(read more)

Toxic Media?

Green Chemicals — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:55:15 GMT

A toxicologists survey by Harris Interactive on behalf of the Statistical Assessment Service ( STATS ) and Center for Health and Risk Communication at George Mason University, found that majorities of toxicologists rate most government agencies as accurately...(read more)

Guides to safe plastics

Green Chemicals — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:58:56 GMT

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...(read more)

Philly rejects plastic bag tax

Green Chemicals — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:27:47 GMT

It looks like I'm having a field week with plastics... The American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Progressive Bag Affiliates said today that Philadelphia's City Council rejected on May 14 the proposed 25-cent-per-bag tax on plastic and paper grocery...(read more)

Another Spain study critic

Green Chemicals — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:00:17 GMT

I got this email from the Washington News Observer (sort of like TMZ except covering politics instead of celebrity news *lol*) and they send several YouTube clips about their exclusive interview with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) criticizing Obama's...(read more)

Chemical companies: Green surfers or divers?

Green Chemicals — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:54:33 GMT

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...(read more)

Will organic sales still go up in '09?

Green Chemicals — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:43:35 GMT

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) reported that total organic sales last year grew 17% despite tough economic times. US organic food sales grew 16% to reach $22.9 billion, while organic non-food sales grew 39% to $1.648 billion. Organic food sales is...(read more)

Should solar manufacturers invest in the US?

Green Chemicals — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:30:34 GMT

If the US is expected to become one of the largest solar market, then shouldn't we be investing in solar manufacturing instead of having the solar materials imported? That is one of the ongoing debate being discussed at consulting and tax firm Deloitte...(read more)