Month: December 2016

Food-grade liquid carbon dioxide is now being produced commercially from waste carbon dioxide, heretofore an industrial by-product that was released into the atmosphere, at a Delaware City CO2 purification and liquefaction plant run by Praxair, Inc.. Back in 2015, Praxair signed a long-term agreement with Delaware City Refining to purchase their crude carbon dioxide. The … Read more

Six years ago, a Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s pipeline under San Bruno California ruptured and the resulting explosion and fire killed eight people. In April 2015, the California Public Utilities Commission fined PG&E $1.6 billion for causing the San Bruno disaster. This was the largest financial punishment ever levied on an American utility. In … Read more