Chemical Industry

Explained: Sokol's Role In Berkshire's Lubrizol Deal

Posted 05.31.2011

NEW YORK: Warren Buffett's leading heir apparent at Berkshire Hathaway, David Sokol, has resigned after buying shares in Lubrizol Corp, a chemical...

Pesticide Regulation Head Leaves Post For Chemical Giant

Civil Eats | Posted 05.25.2011

California's top pesticide regulator is leaving her job to work for Clorox. Mary-Ann Warmerdam, the director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation...

BPA Ban in California Passes, Despite Industry Spin

Sarah Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Sarah Janssen

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has introduced legislation in the Senate that would ban BPA in infant food packaging, in addition to other food and beverage containers. You can bet that the industry spin is going to continue.

Obama's Green Agenda under attack from group linked to chemical industry

The Guardian | Suzanne Goldenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

A secretive group linked to a leading European chemical company has joined the campaign to defeat Barack Obama's green agenda, taking the fight beyond...

Coming of the Green Industrial Revolution

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephan B. Tanda

Over the past 200 years human civilization has experienced the most remarkable period in its history, an era of unprecedented economic, technological,...

Chemical Plant Security Bill Passes. Entire GOP votes "NO!!!"

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Savage

The GOP speechify endlessly about the threat of global terrorism, but when it comes to actually taking measures to do that, well, don't ask Big Business to spend their money on it.

Latest Sell-Out: Dems Moving to Gut Chemical Security Bill, Risking Millions of Lives

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Art Levine

Democrats have apparently been cowed by intensive industry lobbying and Republican legislators' talking-points at recent hearings denouncing the new bill as a jobs-killer.

Too Poor to Get the Groceries Home?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.25.2011

Valerie Tarico

It's time to stop the utter condescension that says harried poor people can't learn new tricks too or be expected to inconvenience themselves for the common good.