Chemicals & Energy

Retail Sales in September Surge Most in Two Years

October 18, 2017

Americans increased their spending at retailers last month by the most in two and a half years, driven by strong auto sales as residents of hurricane-ravaged areas replaced destroyed cars.

Steel Firm Faked Data for Metal Used in Planes and Cars

October 13, 2017

Bloomberg

The industrial scandal engulfing Kobe Steel Ltd. began to reverberate overseas as Japan's third-biggest steelmaker said its staff falsified data about the strength and durability of some aluminum and copper products used in planes, trains and potentially a space rocket.

EPA Improves Its Water Pollutant Monitoring Tool

October 12, 2017

Environmental Leader

The EPA is improving access to the Water Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool; the tool allows users to determine who is discharging water pollutant, what (and how much) pollutants they are discharging, and where they are discharging.

Meet the New U.S. Entrepreneurs Farming Seaweed for Food and Fuel

October 6, 2017

The Guardian

Michael Graham reaches into a bright blue tub of bubbling water and pulls out a handful of a dark brown curly substance. It's slippery to the touch, smells like the sea, and tastes a bit like salty kale.

Clean Energy Is Approaching a Tipping Point

September 29, 2017

Bloomberg

The cost of renewables is plunging faster than forecasters anticipated just a few years ago as as technologies like gigantic wind turbines arrive on the market.

DP-DHL Launches Tool to Identify Supply Chain Disruption Risk

September 27, 2017

Air Cargo World

This year's hurricane season has been devastating for the communities impacted by the series of storms so far in the Caribbean region.

Six Next-Gen Technologies That Are Reshaping the Energy Industry

September 25, 2017

Maritime Executive

BP recently presented its view on six next-generation technologies that matter to the energy industry - including blockchain, 3D printing and artificial intelligence.

Where Corn Pollutes America Most, and Who's Responsible

September 21, 2017

Bloomberg

Companies want to know the environmental impact of their supply chains. Researchers used a crucial commodity to show them.

U.S. Industrial Output Plunged After Hurricane Hit

September 21, 2017

Industryweek

Output at U.S. factories plunged in August due to the big hit from Hurricane Harvey that shut down huge parts of the nation's oil refining, the Federal Reserve reported last week.

Plants Get Reprieve: EPA Adds Two Years to Reduce Toxic Metals in Wastewater

September 20, 2017

Environmental Leader

The EPA has finalized a rule postponing the dates for certain rules that would limit runoff from two waste streams at power plants: bottom ash transport water and flue gas desulfurization. Compliance dates for the rules, which were issued in Nov. 2015, have been pushed back by two years, the EPA says.

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