All emissions articles
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BusinessChemicals industry roundup 2024
Europe continues to struggle with high energy and feedstock costs, while US and Asia negotiate supply gluts
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NewsUK proposes expansion of Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime sector
Shipping would need to purchase allowance for carbon dioxide emissions
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BusinessShell appeal overturns ruling enforcing faster emissions cuts
Dutch court underlines firm’s climate responsibility but rejects legally binding reduction requirement
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ResearchRecycled construction waste could cut cement and steel’s carbon footprint
Cement can be regenerated during steel recycling in an electric arc furnace
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NewsBiomass, plastic waste and carbon dioxide feedstocks key to cutting chemical industry’s emissions
Royal Society report warns that without intervention defossilisation of the chemicals sector will take many decades
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BusinessBASF’s electric cracker demonstrator goes online
Collaboration with Sabic and Linde will test two different furnace designs
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BusinessOil and gas industry emissions are not on track to hit climate goals
Several big firms have rolled back their targets, saying governments need to set pace with policy
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BusinessSustainability – from dirty word to industry imperative
Efforts to reduce the environmental impact of chemical processes have shaped the evolution of the entire sector
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NewsEU sees big role for carbon capture to meet emissions targets
Bloc forecasts that it will need to sequester around 280 million tonnes per year by 2040
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BusinessUK plans carbon emission tariffs on imports
Government is consulting on plans to prevent ‘carbon leakage’, as well as extending emissions trading scheme to 2050
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OpinionAre chemicals the elephant in the sustainability room?
What the transition to a net zero, circular economy means for chemists and the chemicals industry
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NewsEU’s carbon border tariff enters first phase
Carbon border adjustment mechanism aims to equalise the carbon price of domestic and imported products
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NewsLow UK carbon prices ‘disincentivise’ investment in decarbonisation technology
Changes to the UK’s emissions trading scheme could damage the chances of reaching net zero
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NewsEfforts to cut methane are hobbled by gaps in coverage and uncertainty on emissions
Only 13% of the world’s methane emissions are covered by agreements to reduce them
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BusinessUS government sues chemical firm over chloroprene emissions
Denka disputes claims of ‘unacceptably high’ releases from neoprene manufacturing facility
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ResearchStudy says UK underestimated offshore methane emissions from oil and gas activity
Research adds to consensus that most countries don’t really know how much methane they are releasing into the atmosphere
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NewsWorld’s militaries urged to account for their outsized carbon footprints
Global military emissions – not currently reported – should be accurately logged in national inventories of greenhouse gas emissions, UK experts argue
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BusinessSetting the standard for calculating indirect emissions
Industry collaboration creates carbon footprinting guidelines for chemical products
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BusinessData reveals disparities in US refinery benzene emissions
Monitoring shows several facilities consistently exceed federal action levels
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BusinessMeasuring methane emissions is crucial to cutting them
Atmospheric monitoring highlights large under-estimates in reported methane emissions