Keyword: climate change

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Kurt Bock: Electricity Grid Fees Put Jobs at Risk

11.11.2013 - BASF chief executive Kurt Bock said German jobs could be lost if the chemicals giant has to start paying electricity grid fees to shift the burden of funding a renewable energy...

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U.S. Justices to Hear Challenge To Obama On Climate Change

16.10.2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a challenge to part of the Obama administration's first wave of regulations aimed at tackling climate change, accepting its biggest...

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Poland Says Will Lead Call for Carbon Cuts at Warsaw U.N. Talks

15.10.2013 - Coal-dependent Poland said it would lead the call for all nations to deepen greenhouse emissions cuts when it hosts U.N. climate talks in Warsaw next month, in a surprise reversal...

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Chemistry is Key

14.12.2012 - Before the opening of COP-18 on November 26, if you'd asked anyone -- an environmentalist, an industrialist, the proverbial man or woman on the street -- what they thought what the...

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Greenhouse Gases Levels At Record, Accelerating

23.11.2011 - Greenhouse gases that cause climate change have reached record levels in the atmosphere and show no sign of receding, despite global awareness of the need to switch to alternative...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Climate Change

09.11.2011 - Flood Resilience - At first sight, climate change and plant safety seem to be separate issues, with the first one having much more public attention. However, we did not need...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Sustainability All Along The Value Chain

15.03.2011 - Sustainable From Beginning to End - With the naturals trend pushing boldly forward, the time when natural products claim a stalwart position in the industry and become a part of...