“There is broad consensus that energy efficiency is the easiest and most cost-effective way to increase energy supplies, promote sustainability, enhance energy security and reduce energy costs,” ACC President and CEO Cal Dooley told a group of industry leaders and government representatives at the Alliance to Save Energy’s (ASE) Great Energy Efficiency Day on Wednesday. [...]
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Jobs created by new La. Nalco facility will pay more than $63K on average
A new Nalco facility in Garyville, La. will create 22 new jobs and lead to the creation of an estimated 167 new indirect jobs, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced in Louisiana last week. These 22 good American jobs, dedicated to innovations that decontaminate wastewater, will pay $63,700 on average, plus benefits. As a whole, chemical industry employees earn [...]
Covanta introduces new technology to convert waste into energy
Covanta Energy Corporation recently announced that it has completed commercial demonstration testing on a new type of technology that uses gasification to recover energy from waste. According to Covanta, the technology has the ability to gasify unprocessed municipal solid waste (MSW) in a commercial setting, while reducing emissions and generating alternative energy. This would be [...]
Energy efficiency can boost economic activity and create jobs, new study shows
“Energy-efficient manufacturing could spur $2 billion in annual economic activity, support 9,000 jobs and produce more than $71 million in local and state tax revenues,” the Detroit News reported last week, citing a study commissioned by the Michigan-based Energy Innovation Business Council (EIBC). The EIBC study examined energy efficiency across building equipment, ventilation, air conditioning, [...]
Efforts to safeguard chemical facilities cannot be overstated, but the promise of old ideas can
An editorial appearing in the New York Times last week reads more like a teaser to an action movie – overblown and out of touch (“The Risk From Chemical Plants,” May 3, 2012). All one needs to do is take a closer look at the facts to get an accurate picture of the progress that [...]
Leaders in waste-to-energy visit facility in Maine
Attendees of the North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC) were treated to an on-site visit at the Ecomaine facility in southern Maine last month. Ecomaine is a non-profit waste management company, comprised of a recycling operation, waste-to-energy facility, and a landfill/ashfill site that provide services to 335,000 people in more than 40 communities. Visiting the facility [...]
Unenlightened “How Chemicals Affect Us” gets a D+ in endocrine disruption
Twenty years of scientific literature on “endocrine disruptors” cannot be drummed up in 790 words, but consumers’ fear of them can (“How Chemicals Affect Us,” May 2, 2012). A good writer, but not a science reporter, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, before all else, failed even to define “endocrine disruptor.” This is important because [...]
Energy saved under Responsible Care in 2011 could power every home in Norfolk, Va. for one year
The American Chemistry Council today honored 19 of its members for implementing energy-efficiency improvements that helped to conserve 16.9 trillion BTUs in 2011, or enough energy to power every home in Norfolk, Va. for an entire year. Through participation in Responsible Care®, the chemistry industry’s world-class performance initiative, leading companies make strides annually toward enhancing [...]
Jeff Stier: Look to Canada for ways to improve the science behind chemical assessments
Jeff Stier, risk analyst with the National Center for Public Policy Research, offered several interesting insights the other day regarding how chemicals are assessed and managed in different countries — pointing out there are lessons to be learned from our neighbors up north. Northern Exposure We agree with Stier that chemical management regimes in other [...]
Conference highlights growing opportunities for recovering energy from waste, in U.S. and abroad
This week, representatives from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) joined businesses, policy makers and other interested groups at the 20th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC), a technical gathering focused on municipal waste-to-energy. During the conference, ACC released the results of a new study showing that emerging technologies designed to convert waste into fuels or [...]
