Why would anyone want to bury carbon dioxide (CO2)? The idea seemed crazy when I first heard of it a decade or so ago. Proponents of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will argue that...
Today we face the dual challenge of achieving both energy security and a positive climate outcome. The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finds that carbon emissions from fossil fuels such as...
The earth shook in the global gases business last week, with the news that Air Liquide had agreed the $13.4bn acquisition of fellow Tier One company Airgas, Inc., signalling a potentially seismic shift in the...
Recently, when visiting our R&D Team for a review meeting, Chris Browell our Head of R&D, made an observation that left me pondering. He said, “To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the...
The American Chemical Society (ACS) urges Congress and the President to cement America’s global economic and innovation leadership by making reliable investments in the science and technology (S&T) enterprise.
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher of science Jules Henri Poincaré once stated, “It is far better to foresee even without certainty, than not to foresee at all.”
Several years ago when writing about the US market I asked – when you’re way out in front, where is there to go?
Cold sits at the heart of many global issues. Whether considering how to cut food waste and alleviate hunger; how to transport medicine to where it is needed; or how to connect remote communities with...
Take 10 minutes out with Kathy Hocker, Global Head, Packaged Gas Products at Linde Gases. Hocker is relatively new to this expanded role, having previously worked at Australian subsidiary BOC, and tells us about the...
The competitive landscape of the US industrial gas business has changed considerably over the last decade. In 2001, there was still a plethora of independent distributors and producers, ranging in size from small, local, one...
