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EPA | January 13, 2020

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement agreement with the Torrance Refining Company, LLC over chemical safety and risk management violations. The refinery has corrected the violations, will pay $125,000 in penalties and will spend $219,000 to enhance chemical safety features at the refinery. “It is critical for the refinery to maintain an up-to-date and accurate Risk Management Plan,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Mike St...

EurekAlert | February 07, 2020

Qiliang Li, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Volgenau School of Engineering, and Mason doctoral students are performing modeling, simulation, calculation, and design of gas sensor arrays using multivariate regression analysis. Their goal is to provide an effective and efficient simulation technology to design high performance gas sensors and sensor arrays. Li will lead the research activities for the project. He will be responsible for modeling and design of gas sensor devices and...

The guardian | June 18, 2020

US environmental regulators have decided they will not put restrictions on perchlorate – a rocket fuel ingredient known to harm fetal brain development – in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency argued that the federal government, states and public water systems have already taken proactive steps to reduce perchlorate levels. Perchlorate is found in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks and other products. It can also be naturally occurring. The chemical disrupts the thyro...

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Technip Energies, Technip Energies | June 04, 2021

PARISandOSLO, Norway,Technip Energies announced today the initiation of an agreement with Agilyx Corporation ("Agilyx"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS (Euronext Growth (Oslo): ("AGLX"), and pioneer in the advanced recycling of post-use plastics. This collaboration aims to accelerate the implementation of Agilyx's technology for the advanced recycling of post-use polystyrene. Under this agreement, Technip Energies will market and license the inte...