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ASC applauds passage of bipartisan TSCA reform bill.

2015-05-06 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

ASC congratulates Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (S.697). Approval of this bipartisan reform to the broken Toxic Substances Control Act is a major step forward in getting EPA to evaluate thousands of chemicals that have not been addressed since law’s passage in 1976. ASC will continue to reach out to other Senate offices to build support for full Senate vote later this year.

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EU Lawmakers Reach Deal to Advance Carbon Reform to 2019

2015-05-06 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: European Union negotiators are endorsing an accelerated overhaul of the blocs carbon market after the price of emission rights fell to levels that fail to deter polluters. Representatives of EU governments, the European Parliament and the European Commission decided on Tuesday to back the 2019 start of a reserve to soak up a permit glut, two years earlier than proposed, according to Latvia, which holds the EU rotating presidency. Carbon futures for December rose 0.3 percent, adding to this months...

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BIO addresses Senate patent reform legislation.

2015-05-04 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

BIO issued statement regarding introduction of the Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act. According to BIO, the PATENT Act is clearly a positive step towards building greater consensus among patent stakeholders on ways to target abusive litigation tactics. However, it does not contain any of the critically needed reforms to prevent the continued exploitation and abuse of the PTO’s inter partes review (IPR) proceeding against patent owners.

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