Reusing the major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial plants — rather than releasing its warming potential into the environment — is on the verge of becoming a commercial reality. Several large chemical companies in Germany and small start

All over the country, chemistry undergraduate students are doing green chemistry outreach and activities as part of their ACS Student Chapters. To recognize their efforts, ACS GCI presents a Green Chemistry award to chapters that have done at least three

Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality awarded its Green Chemistry Governor Award 2013 in the Education Category to the University of Michigan, Office of Campus Sustainability (OSC).

OCS received the award for its continued efforts to make U-M labo

For those of you unfamiliar with the process of dragging a company kicking and screaming through a university system, it requires people that believe in what you are doing (both from the university Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) and from your own tea

C&EN recently published a business article about the 2nd Annual Plasticity Forum, which took place in Hong Kong, June 2013. The forum was convened to address the growing problems of plastic waste that accumulates in the environment. Plastic bags, bottles,

by Kathryn Sheridan, CEO, Sustainability Consult

In recent years, the bio-based chemical industry has experienced steady growth and interest in the ‘bioeconomy’, an economy based on the consumption and production of materials from renewable sources. Compan

The past six weeks have been eventful. In early September there was the ACS National Meeting in Indianapolis and that was an enjoyable week.  Indianapolis turned out to be a great venue with lots of good programming and some very memorable events. I espec

ACS GCI kicked off October in New Brunswick, NJ with the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable. As you may know, the Institute convenes the Pharmaceutical, Formulators', and Chemical Manufacturer's Roundtables to promote the implementation of green chemistry

The American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows Program was created by the ACS Board of Directors in December 2008 to recognize members of ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the Society.  This year, 96 remark

"Like a Comet

Blazing ‘cross the evening sky

Gone to soon

Like a rainbow

Fading in the twinkling of an eye

Gone too Soon…"

David Wylie was a native of New Zealand and joined the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI) in 2011 as the Program Manager.  For over

Photo (L-R):  Robert M. Simpson, President & Chief Executive Officer, CenterState CEO; Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr., President, SUNY-ESF; NYS Governor Andrew M. Cuomo; and Dan Montoney, Chief Technology Officer, Rapid Cure Technologies, tour the SUNY-ESF

India's chemical industry has grown into a land of opportunities with its ever increasing manufacturing capacities. With prosperity comes problems that need immediate attention. India, like the rest of the world, has a huge responsibility to tackle pollut

Even after treatment, hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") wastewater still contained contaminants that could harm aquatic life and human health, a study has found.
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A new study has found that liquid wastes from hydraulic fracturing,

When I first began synthesizing green, biodegradable surfactants for my PhD at the University of Arizona, I would never have guessed that it would evolve into patented technology or that I would be standing at the door of my first venture, GlycoSurf. Whil

In the midst of an intensifying global water crisis, scientists are reporting development of a more economical way to use one form of the “ice that burns” to turn very salty wastewater from fracking and other oil and gas production methods into water for