Green building will support 7.9 million U.S. jobs and pump $554 billion into the American economy over the next four years according to a new study from the U.S. Green Building Council and Booz Allen Hamilton.

To eliminate the problems associated with fluid leaking from tanks, pumps, vessels, trays and other containers, Baumer has introduced the FODK 23 Optical Sensor for Leak Monitoring.

PoliticsDaily.com reports that President Obama is considering a plan similar to the successful Cash for Clunkers program that would encourage Americans to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

Dover Chemical Corp. has completed another phase of enhancements to its phosphite operations at its Dover, OH, facility.

Cognis, Monheim, Germany, has established a new Internet sustainability portal as part of its comprehensive sustainability management efforts.

Celanese Corp. has announced the expansion of its vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) manufacturing facility at its Nanjing, China, integrated chemical complex.

The Thermoset Resin Formulators Association (TRFA) has launched a newly designed Web site.

On Oct. 9, 2009, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released its initial list, or Catalogue, of products subject to lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, mercury, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) restrictions.

Green continues to be an important trend in our industry, which is why we’ve once again dedicated an issue to this topic.

The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) has honored Garlock Sealing Technologies with its 2009 MVP2 Award for the Best P2 pollution prevention project.