02.11.2017
- To settle a long-running lawsuit over alleged violations of the US Clean Air Act, oil and petrochemicals titan ExxonMobil has agreed to spend $300 million on upgrading eight US...
08.08.2017
- Following all approvals, Dow and DuPont announced late last week that they plan to complete their $130 billion merger on Aug. 31. Almost simultaneously, DuPont said it would pay...
22.05.2017
- Dutch oil and chemicals storage group Vopak has agreed measures with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on...
16.01.2017
- Scotland’s environmental protection agency, SEPA, has issued fines to 383 industrial companies or sites – including Ineos, BP and Syngenta at Grangemouth – for their “poor” or...
02.11.2016
- US chemical producer Eastman has settled damage claims brought by residents of the US city of Charleston, West Virginia, dating back to a January 2014 spill of the coal-cleaning...
06.03.2014
- At The Source - Waste has been an issue in the chemical industry for many years, but the approach to waste has changed significantly over that period. Twenty-five to 30 years ago...
02.09.2013
- Getting Serious About Pollution? - According to a report by the World Health Organization, seven of the 10 most polluted cities in the world are in China. Depending on the method...
10.04.2013
- A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline...
