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ISDS as a Catalyst for Growth: The U.S. Chemical Industry’s Case for Stronger Investment Protections Under the USMCAU.S. chemicals manufacturers welcomed last Friday’s signing of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in Buenos Aires, however, legitimate concerns remain.
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News Apr 30, 2018 Chemical Industry Leaders Honored For Exceptional Environmental, Health, Safety Initiatives Awards presented at the annual Responsible Care® Conference & Expo.
News Apr 30, 2018 Release of Styrene Monograph Conclusion Signals Need for Change of IARC's Rulebook By New Director CAPHR coalition urges WHO to delay preamble advisory group until new IARC Director seated.
News Apr 26, 2018 American Chemistry Council’s Dooley Announces Retirement ACC President and CEO Cal Dooley announced today that he will retire at the end of 2018 when his current contract expires.
News Apr 23, 2018 Exceptional Polyurethane Technologies Sought For Distinguished Innovation Award Applications accepted through June 15.
News Apr 19, 2018 Solving the Ocean Plastics Problem Requires Understanding How Plastics Get Where They Shouldn’t Be The American Chemistry Council issued the following statement for Earth Day which may be attributed to Steve Russell, vice president of plastics.
News Apr 16, 2018 ACC Publishes 2018 Statistical Reference Book on Plastic Resins The 2018 edition contains detailed tables on North American resin production, sales, industry capacities and utilization rates from 2007-2017.
CommentsNews Apr 13, 2018 ACC: National Academies Missed a Critical Opportunity with IRIS Review The NAS committee has missed a critical opportunity to offer recommendations that could improve the scientific rigor of future IRIS assessments because the official scope of the committee’s assessment was so severely limited.
News Apr 12, 2018 ACC President and CEO Testifies on Damaging Impact Tariffs Would Have on Booming U.S. Chemicals Industry Dooley says administration should engage in constructive negotiations with China, prevent retaliation on America’s most competitive industries.
News Apr 10, 2018 ACC Urges Senate to Confirm EPA Deputy Administrator Nominee We urge the Senate to confirm Mr. Wheeler so that he can begin contributing to the important work EPA does to protect human health and the environment.
News Apr 10, 2018 ACC Welcomes White House Plan to Streamline Environmental Permitting for New Infrastructure Updating America’s infrastructure will facilitate job creation, including in the chemistry industry, which – thanks to shale gas – is experiencing historic growth.
News Apr 04, 2018 Registration Now Open For the 61st Polyurethanes Technical Conference Longest-running Polyurethanes Conference in North America Expected to Draw Professionals from Across the Industry
News Apr 04, 2018 ACC Comments on Chinese Announcement of Potential Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Exports U.S. chemical manufacturers believe the principles of free and fair trade should apply to all members of the WTO, and that includes China.
News Apr 03, 2018 Vehicle Lightweighting with Plastics Still Critical to Safety, Performance and Consumer Preference America’s plastics makers will continue to assist regulators and the automotive value chain by serving as advanced lightweight plastic and composite material experts during the upcoming rulemaking process.
News Apr 02, 2018 Plastics Makers Applaud Georgia Bill That Will Support Recovery of Non-recycled Plastics This legislation recognizes the value of non-recycled plastics and the importance of keeping these materials out of landfills and in productive use.
News Mar 21, 2018 Plastics Makers Applaud Wisconsin Bill that will Help Grow Recovery of Non-Recycled Plastics This new legislation will make Wisconsin a welcoming environment for innovative new manufacturing that converts post-use non-recycled plastics into fuels, chemicals or feedstocks for new plastics.
