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Safety+Health Magazine | January 16, 2020

United Steelworkers is suing the Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator, Andrew Wheeler, over the agency’s recent changes to the Obama-era Chemical Disaster Rule. In a lawsuit filed Jan. 7 in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, USW is petitioning the court to restore the original text of the rule. EPA’s Risk Management Program Reconsideration final rule, which took effect Dec. 19, eliminated various provisions intended to prevent fu...

Products and Technologies

Westlake Chemical Corporation | February 01, 2022

Westlake Chemical Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Hexion Inc.’s global epoxy business for approximately $1.2 billion in an all-cash transaction. Based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, the epoxy business, which will be branded as Westlake Epoxy, is an industry leader in the manufacture and development of specialty resins, coatings and composites for a variety of industries, including high-growth and sustainability-oriented end-uses such as wind turbine bla...

Chemical Management

IBM | December 16, 2020

IBM and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste ("Alliance") today reported IBM will join the Alliance as a Supporting Member. The Alliance is a non-benefit association that unites a network of individuals from across the plastics esteem chain to battle the worldwide waste test. As a component of work with the association, IBM will team up with the Alliance to plan another information stage facilitated on IBM Cloud to help track plastic waste and recuperation worldwide. ...

NEWS 1130 | February 17, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency reported Alaska led the nation in 2018 toxic chemical releases. But a state commissioner contends a large portion should not be categorized as toxic. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune argued that releases caused by unearthed rocks moved at mining sites do not have a significant effect on public health, The Juneau Empire reported Friday. More than 99% of Alaska’s releases, 970.6 million pounds (440.3 million kilogram...