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PoliticsDaily.com reports that President Obama is considering a plan similar to the successful Cash for Clunkers program that would encourage Americans to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

Dover Chemical Corp. has completed another phase of enhancements to its phosphite operations at its Dover, OH, facility.

Cognis, Monheim, Germany, has established a new Internet sustainability portal as part of its comprehensive sustainability management efforts.

Celanese Corp. has announced the expansion of its vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) manufacturing facility at its Nanjing, China, integrated chemical complex.

The Thermoset Resin Formulators Association (TRFA) has launched a newly designed Web site.

On Oct. 9, 2009, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released its initial list, or Catalogue, of products subject to lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, mercury, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) restrictions.

Green continues to be an important trend in our industry, which is why we’ve once again dedicated an issue to this topic.

The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) has honored Garlock Sealing Technologies with its 2009 MVP2 Award for the Best P2 pollution prevention project.

The Ohio Soybean Council Foundation (OSCF) recently awarded the first ever Bhima Vijayendran Scholarship of $5,000 to Julia Faeth of New Riegel, OH.

METTLER TOLEDO has announced the use of new power supplies for electrochemistry meters that are fully ENERGY STAR^® compliant.