All the headlines from our Chemicals Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 28 2006 // Running for president, George W. Bush said he was ready to regulate carbon dioxide. But in early 2001, shortly after taking office, he changed his mind.It would be too expensive to force reductions of the leading...
Apr 18 2006 // Speaking near a cluster of chemical plants, New Jersey’s two United States senators and its new homeland security director said the state should be able to enact tougher safety standards for chemical facilities than...
Jan 20 2006 // Schools were open but about 500 residents were unable to return to their homes Jan. 19 after a train carrying sodium cyanide caught fire in a collision with another train near Lincoln, Ala.Jerome Hand, a spokesman for the...
Dec 22 2005 // Oil-storage tanks in South Portland and paper mills in other parts of Maine would be among the facilities subject to additional safety standards if federal legislation to be introduced this week is enacted.U.S. Sen. Susan...
Aug 18 2005 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, (CSB) recently issued an urgent recommendation calling on the BP Global Executive Board of Directors to commission an independent panel that would review a range of...
Nov 5 2004 // The AIG Companies have launched LexHomeland Protector, a comprehensive terrorism insurance portfolio designed to help protect businesses against terrorism risks, including losses arising from biological and chemical...
Jul 27 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, has introduced hurricane spin-down insurance that can be used by the chemical process industry to help reduce the financial costs of closing...
May 27 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Verlan Fire Insurance Company has a program for flammable chemical. The company is a specialist in chemical manufacturing, blending, packaging and distribution. Open to all.Dollars: Policy limits of $100...
Oct 9 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
Sep 18 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
Aug 14 2000 // What is the most authoritative source of truthful information in the whole universe? No question about it. It’s Southwest Airlines’ Spirit magazine. You know. The magazine found in the seat pocket right in...