… mechanism, which protects against carbon leakage and thus against the relocation of industrial production outside Europe, will be limited to large import volumes of … border adjustment protects energy-intensive sectors such as the aluminium or steel industries from imports originating in countries with weaker climate regulations, … authorities, without undermining climate targets or the protection of the European industry against unfair competition. Thus, the reform clearly demonstrates that …

… trend of recent years continues / 40.8 percent decrease since 1990 The energy industry accounts for the majority of energy-related emissions Source: Tom Bayer / … 40.8 percent since 1990. Progress was made in all sectors, especially in the energy industry. However, the available data also shows that around one third of the …

… implementation of nano-specific requirements within the framework of legislation on chemical safety, for example for the REACH Regulation. 30.06.2022 The publication of … in the medical or automotive sectors. The OECD Test Guidelines for the testing of chemicals comprise a set of standardised, internationally harmonised and accepted …

… growth. The German economy is also growing, but the 2.1 percent increase in industrial emissions is more than offset by the 5.4 percent reduction in emissions … 5.88 in 2017 was too low to provide incentives for emission-reducing investments in industry. Since the beginning of the year, however, the price has more than doubled … 0.6 percent. Slight reductions in emissions were recorded by installations in the chemical industry and refineries at minus 1.0 and minus 0.5 percent respectively.  …

… insulation materials will be banned Source: Kara / Fotolia.com For a long time the chemical hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, was the most economically significant … Convention. This means that a worldwide ban on the sale and application of the chemical will soon become effective. We have compiled information about why the …

… pollution caused by PFAS. Some 150 participants from science, public institutions, industry and environmental organisations attended the conference and 200 more joined … enter the environment via various routes and cause long-term pollution (“forever chemicals”). Rastatt, Germany : A large-scale PFAS contamination was most likely …