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Financial crisis and $60 oil: Now what?

A colleague of mine (and several readers of the green blog) expressed a spreading sentiment of uncertainty whether the current financial crisis and the price downfall of crude oil will put a brake in the investment surge towards renewable energy and other clean technologies. Venture capital investments...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008
Less emission from hybrid plastic

California-based bioplastic manufacturer Cereplast said the use of its Biopropylene hybrid resin (which can replace up to 50% petroleum-based plastic content) emits 42% less greenhouse gas emission compared to the use of regular polypropylene. In a study by a professor from Michigan State University...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-29-2008
First wind energy-bat study

Good news for bat lovers! Wind energy supplier Iberdrola Renewables is conducting a study on the interaction between bats and wind turbines because of the growing concern of high death rates of bats near wind farms. Iberdrola has partnered with conservation group Bat Conservation International (BCI)...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-14-2008
Unsealing Green Seal

Lots of news going on concerning the soap and detergent industry. The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) sent a press release a couple of days ago about their objections on a revised environmental standard for industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaners developed and published by the non-profit...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008
Plug-Ins better than hybrids

Here's a year-long study from San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) proving that a plug-in electric vehicle has more advantages than a standard hybrid and more so over the current traditional cars. Here are some of their selling points: The plug-in hybrid achieved 67 MPG, a 60-percent increase...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-25-2008
More BPA-free bottles

I was debating with myself whether to post another bisphenol-A (BPA) story as it's getting to be too repetitive. Another study, this time from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), reported that the estrogenic chemicals are found in urine samples and that they have a strong link...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-17-2008
Top sustainable companies

ICIS Chemical Business (the magazine I work for) released yesterday its Top 100 global chemical companies based on their financial performance, and Germany's BASF topped the chart with $85bn (EUR61bn) in 2007 sales. Just less than a week ago, BASF was also picked as the top sustainable company within...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008
Cosmetic show in full green force

I've been running around at the annual HBA cosmetic event in New York city for the past two days and that led me to not being able to do my blogging job, for which I apologize. Fortunately, the 3-day show is full of green news, events and presentations. For my stories on new green packaging products...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-11-2008
Busting solar myths

Wind turbine syndrome, vibro-acoustic disorder, and now solar blindness...Fact or fiction? The myth busters may have to work on these ones but for now, other myths in the solar energy area are being dispelled by the company Sunrise Solar . Myth 1: Solar electricity cannot provide a significant part of...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008
Solar updates

ICIS Chemical Business , the magazine I work for, recently published two very nice articles about the photovoltaics market. According to Dede Williams , Germany is facing feedstock shortages and competition from cheaper regions, while Ed Zwirn reported a global overview of the industry. And with that...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-23-2008

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