The American Apparel & Footwear Association applauded President Barack Obama for signing the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2576). The AAFA-supported legislation, an update of the Toxic Substances ...
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Pakistan International Airways (PIA) has signed a three year agreement with Symphony’s distributor Business Dynamics for conversion of the airline's normal plastic packaging into d2w biodegradable plastic. PIA, which is the first ...
New diesel technology will be part of a $23.6m zero-emission transportation test program in California for emerging commercial vehicle technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gases, smog, and petroleum usage in ports and rail yards along ...
Fiat Chrysler has announced that its 2017 Chrysler Pacifica offers better fuel efficiency with 28-mpg on highways. The company says that it earned this rating from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a benchmark that has been ...
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The 20-year cost of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator's compliance with the US Clean Power Plan could be as little as $5.8 billion to as much as $104 billion in today's dollars, depending on which strategies are pursued, ...
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The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards program that governs utility emissions will remain in effect while the US Environmental Protection Agency, under instruction from the US Supreme Court, continues to review the rules, an appeals court ...
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Spring wheat growers will have a new herbicide option in 2016. Dow AgroSciences announced that PerfectMatch herbicide, broadleaf weed and grass control solution for spring wheat and durum, received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
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As Dow AgroSciences looks to the future of weed control, it's decided to sell its entire global dinitroaniline (DNA) herbicide portfolio. Gowan Company announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the DNA ...
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has ordered Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen to recall and repair 15,000 vehicles featuring 3.0-liter diesel engines sold in the state since 2009. According to the watchdog, the vehicles contain an ...
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An Electric Reliability Council of Texas report released Tuesday shows the independent system operator expects the supply of electricity to be tighter in summer 2016 than it did in the May version of the report. ERCOT's Capacity, Demand ...
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The unveiling of final renewable fuel requirements for US refiners ignited a rally in gasoline futures Tuesday, helping support the rest of the oil complex. The front-month gasoline crack, basis ICE Brent, reached $13.61/b Tuesday, its ...
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South Korea has ordered Volkswagen to recall 125,522 diesel vehicles after finding that emission test in the vehicles are manipulated. Regulators in South Korea have also imposed a $12.3m fine on the German automaker for emissions ...
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The relationship between feedstock soybean oil and blendstock heating oil rose Tuesday to hit its highest level in more than two and a half years, as rising feedstock prices continued to bite. The "boho" factor, as the relationship is ...
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When Congress announced the US Renewable Fuel Standard a decade ago the aim was to combat the growing need for foreign oil as well as increase the production and promotion of clean, renewable biofuels. As 2016 approaches, and the ...
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European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
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