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Sasol ecoFT | June 23, 2022

German aircraft manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft and South African chemicals and energy company Sasol have signed a MoU on advancing technology for green hydrogen-based PtL-SAF in aviation. Sasol ecoFT and Deutsche Aircraft have both recognised the urgency in transitioning towards climate neutral aviation. The two companies thus plan to foster the certification of sustainable drop-in and non-drop-in jet fuels, more particularly the ramp-up of PtL-SAF for aviation. With its D328eco p...

chemical watch | April 09, 2020

The Mexican health authority's proposal for a hazard-based national chemicals law would conflict with the trade deal agreement it signed with North America, in which countries agreed to move towards risk-based chemicals management systems. Industry groups want the country’s General Health Council (CSG) to amend its policy to align more with the US and Canadian systems – if it moves forward at all. "If any version of the project is agreed, it should be more linked to w...

Scientific American | January 24, 2020

The Sunshine Project, a gargantuan petrochemical complex planned on 2,500 acres along the Mississippi River south of Baton Rouge, La., will be one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in America when it becomes fully operational in 2029. Earlier this month, Louisiana regulators approved an air quality permit that will allow the facility to pump 13.6 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. That’s equivalent to adding 2.6 million cars to the road annually. No industr...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT, MARKET OUTLOOK

Businesswire | April 24, 2023

Carbios a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastics and textiles, has accelerated its enzyme screening process with a microfluidic technology developed in partnership with the Paul Pascal Research Centre (a joint research unit of the CNRS and the University of Bordeaux, which specializes in microfluidics). This cutting-edge technology enables the screening of millions of enzymes in just one day, speeding up the proces...