Alex Tullo

Senior Correspondent, Chemical & Engineering News. Dad. Guitarist. Go Blue!

[Alex Tullo @AlexTullo]

New belt buckle.

[ClickHole @ClickHole]

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[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"Losing my institutional email address felt like losing a small but vital piece of the scientist I had become." #ScienceWorkingLife https://t.co/cfQrbNAf1M

[Ernest Scheyder @ErnestScheyder]

What are rare earths?
Why should you care about lithium?
How did China come to dominate the critical minerals industry?
What does this mean for our world?
Get answers in my book and read about the people and places behind this global battle to power our lives:

[Sheryl Gay Stolberg @SherylNYT]

"A middle finger to every MAHA mom."

Trump has ordered the government to ramp up production of the weedkiller glyphosate, citing national defense. MAHA is furious. Kennedy, in an awkward spot, issued a statement backing POTUS
w/ @HirokoTabuchi

https://t.co/pbWTxaNais

[Mason Hamilton🛢📊⛽️ @T_Mason_H]

It’s true we have an abundance of natural gas in several parts of the U.S., particularly in the Marcellus (PA, OH, WV) and West Texas — but lack the pipeline capacity to deliver it to regions that need it. Not just in the depths of winter, but throughout the year. 🧵
https://t.co/ld7o2yxuKa

[Ernest Scheyder @ErnestScheyder]

.⁦@AlbemarleCorp⁩ to idle Australia lithium plant after profit miss https://t.co/Zh3fGZZF9f

[Barbell Financial 💪🏻💰 @BarbellFi]

We might sell our house soon

Going to do seller financing

Charge a buyer 5.5% interest

Which is less than a bank mortgage

But more yield than we can get on cash

And if the buyer ever fails to pay

We take the house & keep the payments

Why aren’t more people doing this? 🤔

[theficouple @theficouple]

Let’s say you had $132,000 in the bank.

But you also have a $132,000 mortgage at 4.8%.

Would you invest the money in the stock market or pay off the house?

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

Animal-free endotoxin testing approved: The US Pharmacopeia has approved new testing guidelines for sterile pharmaceutical products. https://t.co/TmBhwnppdY

[Alex Tullo @AlexTullo]

LyondellBasell is detailing its European asset review. Eastman's French recycling project is slow to get going.
https://t.co/kqQLu0dit4

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

Saudi petrochemical powerhouse @SABIC, #7 In C&EN’s Global Top 50, is having a busy year. It is selling off its steel unit to focus on chemicals, shuttered an older ethylene unit in Europe, and gave the green light to a new Chinese joint venture: https://t.co/7mWkWCzUcW

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

This week in the C&EN Magazine: C&EN’s Global Top 50 chemical firms for 2024 + Lead seeks to lead in radiopharma + Why do mosquitoes seek human blood? Read more: https://t.co/rxNS46n9EV

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

Making the cut for C&EN’s Global Top 50 with $11.5 billion in sales is @dsmfirmenich. The company is the result of the May 2023 merger between the Dutch chemical company DSM and the Swiss flavors and fragrance maker Firmenich: https://t.co/7mWkWCzUcW

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

With $74.5 billion in sales in 2023, @BASF again topped C&EN’s Global Top 50 ranking. But the German firm has been struggling lately due to high energy prices in its home country and has thus plans to cut costs: https://t.co/37tfvAz2Af

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

A perennial fixture to C&EN’s Global Top 50, @DuPont_News, #33 in the ranking this year, won’t likely make the cut in another year or two following its planned split into three separate firms. https://t.co/37tfvAz2Af

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

C&EN's Global Top 50 has arrived! Following a post pandemic boom, the world’s 50 largest chemical companies experienced a down year. Total sales for the group dropped by 10.7%, to $1.0 trillion. https://t.co/geeSGYwIwS .

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

C&EN’s Global Top 50 ranking captures the rise of some firms relative to others based on ambitious expansions, acquisitions, and the fortunes of the sectors they serve: https://t.co/IJ7wITLcly

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

.@zwitterco, one of C&EN’s #10StartUpsToWatch, is using zwitterions to create antifouling water filters: https://t.co/vxlq334Nth

Nominate a company for the 2023 10 Start-Ups to Watch here: https://t.co/wjlbN1Wzee

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

Echoing preliminary results from a handful of European chemical companies, Dow, the largest US chemical producer, has reported declines in both sales and earnings for the second quarter. https://t.co/YDhufv5MEb

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

C&EN’s Global Top 50 chemical firms for 2023 + Alzheimer’s drug donanemab slows cognitive decline + How do photosynthetic organisms handle light so efficiently? Read more: https://t.co/oozrKTRwpF