Contributed by Ray Borg, Chair of the UMass Sustainable Scientists Association and Outreach Coordinator of the NSYCC

On Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Sustainable Scientists Association, and the Nort

Turning Greenhouse Gas into Gasoline

November 15, 2016 | Phys.org

A new catalyst material developed by chemists at MIT provides key insight into the design requirements for producing liquid fuels from carbon dioxide, the leading component of greenhouse gas

Why We Must Design as if We're Part of Nature

November 4, 2016 | Green Biz

To simply design for sustainability is no longer enough, we need to design for regeneration! Collectively, as a species, we have already done too much damage to simply aim for sustai

Bio-based Cosmetic Start-up Amalie Beauty Inc Uses Natural Ingredients Grown in MIT Grad's Backyard Garden

October 27, 2016 | Indystar

MIT 2014 alumna Megan Cox created a line of “Farm to Face” products as a naturally-derived alternative to conventional cos

ISGC 2017, May 16th to May 19th, La Rochelle, FRANCE - is one of the worldwide leading events in the field of green chemistry and gathers more than 800 attendees either from academia or industry.

Apart from 24 invited lectures, ISGC 2017 will welcome 280 o

Researchers Identify Greater Environmental Risks in 'Green' Material

Oct 17, 2016 | Phys.org

University of Sheffield Professors Ian Reaney, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Lenny Koh, Management School, undertook the first comparative li

Sharon Nolen, PE, CEM
Manager, Eastman’s Worldwide Energy Program

At Eastman, we believe sustainability is about creating more value than the resources we consume, and we focus our efforts in three key areas - creating “productivity” value through more effi

Contributed by Ben Swanson, President, Trevor Tumiel, Treasurer, and Phil Sheridan, Faculty Advisor, SCACS, Canisius College

During this past spring, the Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (SCACS) at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, org

Contributed by Karolina Mellor, Ph.D., Program Coordinator, Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering

The development of green chemistry was made possible because of the individuals in academia, industry, government and NGOs who dared to dream

Contributed by Karolina Mellor, Ph.D., Program Coordinator, Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering

Green chemistry offers solutions to difficult-to-tackle environmental problems. For example, the green chemistry framework has successfully be

Contributed by David Constable, Director, ACS GCI

Some of you may have read a few recent publications about the future of chemistry^{1, 2}. It’s always interesting to read articles like these to see the author’s vision of chemistry as it is now and for chemis

By Aaron Smith and Morgan Bright, Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) at WVSU; and Micheal Fultz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, West Virginia State University

The importance of the role of chemistry throughout a sustainable

Contributed by Professor James Mack, Associate Professor and Assistant Head, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati

It is amazing that it has been about 20 years since I was first introduced to both green chemistry and mechanochemistry.  I will admit

Two Tenure-Track Positions Open for Assistant Professor in Green Chemistry at McGill University

October 13, 2016 | McGill University

First Ever Commercial Flight to be Flown Using Bio-based Jet Fuel Derived from Cellulosic Sugars

October 11, 2016 | See News

Contributed by Kendra Leahy, Graduate Student and Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cincinnati

If you asked my research adviser, Professor James Mack, why chemistry is done in solution, you would most likely get a response that started like this: “Well, there