Keyword: climate

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EU Parliament Passes ETS Reform Draft

20.02.2017 - By a vote of 379 to 263 with 57 abstentions, the plenary session of the European Parliament on Feb. 15 adopted draft legislation for revising the Emission Trading Directive (ETS)...

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Trump Names Climate Change Skeptic to Head EPA

09.12.2016 - As he continues choosing personnel to fill positions in his new cabinet, the US president-elect, Donald Trump, has turned to another polarizing figure, Scott Pruitt, to head the...

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Monsanto Unit Buys Digital Farming Company

29.11.2016 - Monsanto subsidiary, The Climate Corporation, has acquired VitalFields, a farm management software company based in Tallinn, Estonia, for an undisclosed sum. Having previously...

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EU Set to Ratify Paris Climate Accord

04.10.2016 - At an extraordinary summit in Brussels on Sept. 30, the EU’s Council of Ministers agreed to ratify the landmark Paris climate agreement. The European Parliament, which had urged...

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CEFIC Warns on Low Carbon Economy

08.11.2015 - In an open letter to the EU’s leadership published in the British business daily Financial Times, chemical producers organized in the European Chemistry Council, CEFIC, have...

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China to Launch Carbon Trading Market by 2017

18.06.2015 - China is poised to start its national carbon-trading scheme in late 2016 or early 2017, as part of its strategy to promote green, low-carbon economic development, officials said at...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Reinventing Sustainable Value Creation

06.05.2015 - In the last several years, we have witnessed global trends that are changing the way global chemical companies operate. These trends include a consolidation of suppliers...