Malaysia, Indonesia in a Soup After EU Food Companies Demand the Levels of Hydrocarbons in Palm Oil to be Dropped!

According to Reuters, Nestle among other EU companies have demanded to their palm oil suppliers in Malaysia and Indonesia to ensure the hydrocarbons entering the palm oil during the process of manufacturing be cut down. These hydrocarbons find their way in to palm oil because of the mineral oil i...

Colombia's top administrative court ordered the suspension of operations at 15 fracking wells

The top administrative court in Colombia instructed the suspension of operations on Friday at 15 fracking wells controlled by coal miner Drummond DRMND.UL, as they are banned by an earlier ruling at a stage of production.

In a measure welcomed by environmentalists, the State Council of ...

Making industrial chemicals green

Captured carbon as a feedstock:

The researchers checked out twenty large-volume chemicals made of fossil-fuel-based hydrocarbons, together with paraxylene, toluene, propylene, and alkane. They then checked out how those industrial chemicals may be fashioned while not the direct use of f...