China refiner issues $140 million green bond to fund new capacity
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Oil refiner Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co. has issued a green bond worth 1 billion yuan ($140.60 million)
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Chemicals (TRBC)
Texas county sues Exxon over air pollution from petrochemical fire: official
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Harris County, Texas sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday over pollution from a fire a day earlier
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Fire at chemical plant in southern Spain causes huge cloud of smoke
A cloud of smoke is seen during a fire in a chemical factory in San Roque, near Algeciras, Spain June
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China’s water quality improvements ‘imbalanced’ in first quarter: Xinhua
FILE PHOTO: Fishermen travel down the Yellow River to cast their net on the northern outskirts of Zhengzhou, Henan province,
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Exxon to report plastic pellet spills, shareholder says
FILE PHOTO: A logo of the Exxon Mobil Corp is seen at the Rio Oil and Gas Expo and Conference
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Texas refineries cut output as petrochemical spill curbs shipping
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc and LyondellBasell Industries cut production on Monday at their Houston-area oil refineries because
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Bayer Roundup cancer trial goes to jury after closing arguments
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A trial in which a California man alleged his use of Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed
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Root and branch reform: Swedish scientist makes fuel from tree waste
LUND, Sweden (Reuters) – Might tree roots, twigs and branches one day be used to power cars? That’s what a
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South Africans make bricks from human urine
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving
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