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EPA proposes ban on all consumer, most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride

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Methylene chloride, also known as dichloromethane and DCM, is a volatile chemical used in a wide range of industrial, commercial, and consumer applications such as adhesives, sealants, degreasers, cleaners, and automobile products. Methylene chloride is also used in industrial settings for making other chemicals.

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Viridos executes agreement with ExxonMobil to help scale algae biofuels toward commercial levels

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earlier known as Synthetic Genomics, has signed a joint development agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) with the intent to bring Viridos’ low-carbon intensity algae biofuels toward commercial levels. Viridos Inc., —Vijay Swarup, vice president of Research and Development at ExxonMobil.

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UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. 500 times more than surface and aviation sources.

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CSIRO and partners launch $68M Hydrogen Industry Mission

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CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, launched a new $68-million Hydrogen Industry Mission. CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall said the mission-based partnership was the key to creating a new industry for the future energy needs of Australia and the world.

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Alcoa outlines technology roadmap to decarbonize aluminum industry

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outlined a technology roadmap to support its vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. The process could create an entirely new value chain to economically produce aluminum of a quality that far exceeds the purity of the commercial-grade aluminum produced in a smelter. Alcoa Corp. Earlier post.)

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Origin Materials launches Net Zero Automotive Program with Ford; carbon-negative PET

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The Net Zero Automotive Program is a sustainable automotive supply chain initiative focused on industrializing new materials to drive decarbonization in the automotive industry. The assessment studies Origin products across four environmental criteria: climate change; ecosystem quality, resource consumption; and human health.

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Cummins to acquire Meritor in $3.7B deal

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Cummins has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Meritor, a global leader of drivetrain, mobility, braking, aftermarket and electric powertrain solutions for commercial vehicle and industrial markets. Climate change is the existential crisis of our time and this acquisition accelerates our ability to address it.