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The Chemical Engineer | October 29, 2018

PHOTANOL, a platform renewable chemicals company, is building a demonstration plant for what it claims is a “ground-breaking” chemicals technology which produces chemical building blocks from sunlight and CO2. The facility will be located at a site in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, owned by partnering chemicals company Nouryon. Using genetically modified bacteria, chemicals such as organic acids and terpenes can be produced from sunlight and CO2. Currently, 17 products can be produced by...

chemicalwatch | November 09, 2017

More research is needed to understand how possible pollution from chemicals used in unconventional oil and gas (UOG) development, including fracking, may harm human health, according to US researchers. Chemicals used in fracking may cause adverse neurological and developmental effects in babies and children, they said in a review article....

PR Newswire | May 01, 2017

The global fracking chemicals & fluids market is expected to reach USD 57.59 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Globally increasing demand of fuel and electricity has been a major factor driving the market growth. The utilization of fracking chemicals in drilling operations has increased owing to the growing demand of horizontal drilling methods....

The Independent | March 11, 2019

Spraying chemicals into the atmosphere to block sunlight could cut global temperature increases in half without any dangerous repercussions, Harvard scientists have suggested. Solar geoengineering has long been floated as a potential method to tackle global warming, but many are concerned about its potential for unwanted side effects. Liberally spraying aerosols into the air could even exacerbate climate problems by tampering with rainfall in some regions. But with rising concern about the devas...