Manufacturing

Manufacturers, spurred in part by sustainability concerns, are removing the water in shampoos and lotions, and selling them as powders.

Natural-gas exporter Venture Global LNG said it would build a new, multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas export facility in Louisiana, as demand for U.S. gas exports surges in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The number of deaths caused by industrial pollution, including from chemicals and the burning of fossil fuels, rose between 2015 and 2019 even as the toll exacted by household pollutants and unsafe drinking water fell, new research shows.

The biotechnology company said it didn’t know about the financial-reporting investigation by Jorge Gomez’s former employer until after he started with Moderna.

The state attorney general is investigating fossil-fuel and petrochemical companies including Exxon Mobil, accusing them of overstating the role of recycling in reducing plastic pollution.

Tiny Peshtigo is considering joining a nearby city to address problems with its water supply, which is polluted with chemicals known as PFAS.

Plan would compress the existing timeline under which a shipper’s petition for relief is considered, speeding up any potential intervention by regulators.

Eliminating emissions from chip making hinges on addressing emissions of highly-polluting gases that are currently essential to the process.

A joint venture between the German energy group and Andrew Forrest highlights how the Western push to cut reliance on Russian energy imports is accelerating investments in renewable energy.

Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP’s efforts to gain four seats on the board of chemical producer Huntsman Corp. have failed, with Huntsman saying shareholders elected the company’s 10-member slate of nominees.

President Biden said Russia should be expelled from the G-20 and pledged the U.S. would take in up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine as he met with world leaders to discuss new sanctions and humanitarian aid.

Hydrocarbons are used to make many items, such as fertilizer and food packaging, and someone has to bear the brunt of higher oil and natural-gas costs.

The railway has been in negotiations and mediation since September with the union, and it denied the union’s claim that it had initiated a lockout.

Shortages of fuel, fertilizer and workers caused by the Russian invasion will shrink an annual bounty that countries rely on around the world. “We want to plant, but the situation is totally unpredictable.”

Enamine and Life Chemicals, which supply molecules to drug developers, are working to resume shipments as their staffs flee the fighting.

Tinkering with the water’s chemistry, trying ways to send CO2 to the deep sea: Scientists and entrepreneurs look at innovative methods to boost carbon capture—and the risks they could bring.

Western officials are concerned the accusations could serve as a pretext for Moscow to unleash chemical or biological weapons.

The company traps waste gas and uses bacteria to turn it into sustainable chemicals and products for customers including Unilever and Coty.

Higher farm costs could help push up grocery bills further in 2022, analysts say, following a year in which global food prices rose to decade highs.

Officials warned that the ammonium nitrate at the Winston-Salem plan could explode, prompting the evacuation of residents and the cancelation of classes at Wake Forest University.