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The Hidden Dangers of Technology

Why checks and balances are so important

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After the spill: research for safer offshore operations

A decade on from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, James Pettigrew discusses the efforts to bring together stakeholders and conduct research to boost offshore safety

Type: Feature

Using wood waste to produce biochemicals: green chemistry for a green future

Amanda Doyle speaks to Florence Gschwend, CEO and Co-founder of Lixea, about the company's new process to turn wood waste into biochemicals, bioplastics, and biofuels.

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Maybe, You Can Drive My Car

Tom Baxter explains why he does not see a future for hydrogen fuel cells in passenger cars

Type: Feature

Decarbonisation Versus Profits

Mercedes Maroto-Valer discusses how the chemical industry can contribute to post-pandemic net zero

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Tackling Hidden Thoughts Within

Our sector must do more to improve unconscious bias in the workplace, says Kelly Paul

Type: Feature

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Tom Baxter argues the case for leaving the UK’s inert oil and gas architecture in place, rather than paying a hefty price for decommissioning

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Patenting in the Pandemic

The importance of locking down innovation in troubled times

Type: Feature

Appraisals: Turning a Wince into a Smile

How to get the best out of appraisals, either as an appraiser, or as an appraisee.

Type: Feature

New EU Safety Data Sheet Requirements

Aidan Bushell explains changes for Dust Explosions (Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/878)

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Report: Shell knew about Nigeria bribery

Charities publish leaked emails on OPL 245 purchase

Type: News

UN climate experts warn society must make unparalleled shift

LIMITING global warming to 1.5°C requires rapid and unprecedented changes to society, UN climate experts have warned policymakers in a follow up to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

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Wylfa suspension could lead to a UK energy crisis

HITACHI has announced the decision to suspend indefinitely its UK nuclear power station construction project Wylfa Newydd, on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Experts have warned that this could lead to a UK energy crisis.

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Fatal dam breach in Brazil leaves hundreds missing

A TAILINGS dam in Brazil has collapsed, leaving a reported 16 people dead and 297 missing. Other sources put the death toll closer to 40. The dam, known as Dam 1, was part of the Córrego do Feijão mine, located in Minas Gerais, and is mining company Vale’s second dam in Brazil to fail in just over three years.

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Brazil dam collapse prosecutors investigate collusion

THE lead prosecutor investigating the cause of the fatal dam collapse at a mine in Brazil has alleged that collusion between the operator and auditor compromised safety and allowed dangerous conditions at the dam to go unaddressed.

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Zero emissions by 2050: government’s climate experts urge action

THE UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said the country could feasibly emit no emissions by 2050 if the government takes urgent action on the implementation of CCS and hydrogen for heating.

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Report reveals policy gaps in UK Government’s net zero pledge

THE Science and Technology Committee (STC) has highlighted policy gaps in the Government’s plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, and makes recommendations on the technologies and levels of support needed to reach that goal.

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Oil and gas majors are undermining climate goals, report warns

OIL and gas companies have approved US$50bn of investment since 2018 in major projects that undermine climate goals, Climate Tracker reports.

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Dam collapse tragedy could have been prevented

BRAZIL’s National Mining Agency (ANM) has released a technical report on the history of the tailings dam at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine near Brumadinho, which fatally collapsed earlier this year. The report says that Vale withheld information which could have helped to prevent the dam collapse.

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