Dow Chemical Spending $100 Million On Energy Efficiency, Emissions Reduction

The Dow Chemical Company ( NYSE: DOW ) — which makes specialty materials and chemicals for electronics, automotive, water, energy and agricultural sectors — today announced that it aims to green its own operations, in part, by investing $100 million in internally pitched projects that will reduce the company's energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Doug May, vice president of energy and climate change at Dow, noted in a press statement that a focus on "carbon management" and reduced energy consumption would deliver favorable financial returns for the Midland, Mich. company that has, of late, rebounded from mid-2010 losses...