The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), a technology alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, has announced a partnership with Phillip Townsend and Associates (PTAI) to establish a program of formal...
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Am I the only one who has had it up to here and more with the relentless imperative that I buy green? I have this incredible urge to pollute and waste. I do not like being bullied, and I am being bullied. When I'm at the store,...
South Korean scientists succeed in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals, heralding the creation of environmentally conscious plastics.
"The government rescues banks that are 'too big to fail,' not ones that are too good to save." Pardon the sarcasm of my friend, a West Side community organizer, but he and a lot of his fellow do-gooders are still angry over the...
Some words just don't seem to go together. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, didn't bite on a proposal to create a tax increment financing district in the East Loop. One and Two Illinois Center and One and Two Prudential Plaza -- would...