Glenn Ruskin, ACS GCI ContributorEver since humans harnessed fire over 1.5 million years ago, combustion has been at the heart of our energy creation. Fire from wood was first used by humans to cook meat, provide warmth and protection from wild anima...

Dr. Jonathon Moir, Program Manager, GCTLC, Beyond BenignBeyond Benign and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (GCI) are excited to announce that after a year of planning, strategy work, and scoping, the technical development of the new Green Chemistry...

By Christiana Briddell, Sr. Communications Manager, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteA growing number of institutions are incorporating green chemistry into classes and labs, but very few currently offer an undergraduate degree in Green Chemistry. The Un...

By Megan Arnett, Ph.D., Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, University of California, BerkeleyThis past year was marked by transitions for all of us, and this was no less true for the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (BCGC). M...

By Christiana Briddell, Sr. Communications Manager, ACS Green Chemistry Institute®The next generation of researchers is inspired and motivated to weave sustainable design into both fundamental research approaches and applied chemistry and engineering...

 Many members of our community will warmly remember Dr. Nina McClelland, who was a champion of green chemistry, a life-long advocate for environmental standards to improve the health and safety of our environment, and a true believer in the value of ...

By Aurora Ginzburg, Ph.D., Education Program Specialist, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteAs the year draws to a close we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some of the significant green chemistry research, educational initiatives, and innovatio...

The green chemistry community lost a leader in the Pacific Northwest last month with the sudden passing of Ken Zarker—manager of Washington State Department of Ecology’s pollution prevention and toxic reduction activities. Ken was a champion of green...

By Mary Kirchhoff, Ph.D., Director, ACS Green Chemistry InstituteFor those of you old enough to remember Bob Hope, “Thanks for the Memories” was his signature song, and the title seems appropriate as I write my last column as GCI Director.  I began m...

20 Years of Scientific Breakthroughs That Both Change Patients’ Lives and Sustain a Healthy PlanetBy Juan Colberg, Seda Arat, Maria Gonzalez Esguevillas, Scott France, Kailey Huot, Rajesh Kumar, Daniel Laity, Manjinder Lall, Johnny Lee, Javier Magano...

By Frank Roschangar, Boehringer IngelheimMore than ever before, pharmaceutical companies are expected to assess the impact of their sustainable development achievements.  However, the lack of a consistent metric system impedes the objective quantific...

Eight research groups received a total of $300,000 in green chemistry funding from the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable (GCIPR) this fall. The 2021 funded research projects cover a variety of areas, including flow chemistry, gr...

A recording of the September 22, 2021, webinar hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to educate stakeholders on the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards and the nomination process is now available. The webinar reviewed the history of t...

The 2020-2021 school year was not an easy one by any means! However, many ACS Student Chapters were able to find ways to continue their activities—and 27 succeeded in still meeting the criteria to receive a Green Chemistry Award. Winning chapters inc...

To encourage ACS members to get involved in sustainability policy issues, two ACS committees are collaborating to create a new ACS award. The ACS Committees on Environmental Improvement (CEI) and Chemistry & Public Affairs (CCPA) created a jointly-ad...