Chemicals & Energy

Cobalt Producer to Tackle Child Labor Concerns With Supply Probe

December 6, 2017

Chinese cobalt refiner Yantai Cash Industrial Co. will demand suppliers show that their raw materials aren’t produced with child labor after the London Metal Exchange set a deadline for companies that ship to its warehouses to spell out efforts to combat the problem.

Toyota to Turn Cow Manure Into Hydrogen to Back Its Fuel Cell Vehicle Push

December 5, 2017

Forbes

Fuel cell cars and trucks are a tiny piece of the U.S. clean vehicle market, due in no small part to the limited number of hydrogen fuel stations in California, one of the few places they’re sold. To help fix that Toyota is building a first-of-its-kind refinery to make large quantities of the zero-emission fuel from a dirty source: cow manure.

Automakers Pledge Ethical Minerals Sourcing for Electric Cars

December 5, 2017

The New York Times

Leading carmakers including Volkswagen and Toyota pledged last week to uphold ethical and socially responsible standards in their purchases of minerals for an expected boom in electric vehicle production.

Bellona: Electric Revolution Must Start on Land

December 4, 2017

Maritime Executive

At the COP23 climate conference in Bonn last month, Oslo-based environmental NGO Bellona held a forum on electrification of shipping. While most discussions at the summit centered on zero-emissions land transportation, Bellona held a discussion on what it would take to bring the shoreside electric revolution to the seas.

New Nuclear Power Cannot Rival Windfarms on Price, Energy Boss Says

December 1, 2017

The Guardian

New nuclear power stations in the U.K. can no longer compete with windfarms on price, according to the boss of a German energy company’s green power arm.

UPS Inks Its Largest Investment in Renewable Natural Gas to Date

November 30, 2017

Air Cargo World

UPS is heading into the year’s end inking an agreement with Big Ox Energy to purchase the equivalent of 10 million gallons of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year.

VDM - Solving Complex Metal Supply Chain Problems with OMP Plus

November 22, 2017

OM Partners

Why Builders of Big L.A. Projects Are Making Concrete With Gravel and Sand Shipped From Canada

November 21, 2017

Los Angeles Times

The 519 miles of L.A.'s freeway system. Dodger Stadium. City Hall. All built with concrete filled with rock and sand washed down from Southern California's iconic mountain ranges.

As Power Grid Sputters in Puerto Rico, Business Does Too

November 21, 2017

The New York Times

Miriam Gonzalez stepped outside her shuttered restaurant in this municipality near San Juan and offered an exaggerated grin. "This is my happy face," Gonzalez, 52, said, her voice heavy with mockery. "It's a very happy face. We all have it on."

The U.S. Is on the Threshold of the Biggest Oil and Gas Boom Ever

November 20, 2017

Fortune

The U.S. is set to enjoy the biggest increase in oil and gas production the world has ever seen over the next few years, according to a new report.

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