C&EN Special Issue: Sustainability - Volume 86, Number 33, August 18, 2008
» Sustainability
Learning to live off the sun in real time
» Converging Pathways
Chemical companies and environmentalists edge closer together in the pursuit of sustainability.
» Calling All Chemists
Chemists and chemical engineers will be providing the thousands of technologies a sustainable world requires.
» Sticks & Carrots
From individuals to transnational​ government bodies, moving toward sustainability requires policy.
Sustainability Issue
Web Exclusives
Information, Please
The Sustainable Packaging Council works with manufacturers to develop placards that plainly describe the attributes of sustainable packaging products. This slide show presents placards for products ranging from traditional glass bottles to molded palm fiber.
Biofuels, Batteries, And Solar Cells: The Future Of Driving
Plug-in hybrid vehicles offer the possibility of running on a combination of low carbon emissions and carbon-free electricity
The Haber-Bosch Reaction: An Early Chemical Impact On Sustainability
Ammonia production helped boost global agriculture but also led to unsustainable population growth
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August 11, 2008
Dow's Dioxins
Saga of pollution, politics, and struggle over cleanup has nationwide implications.
Energy Stalemate
Chemical industry urges Congress to break impasse and allow more offshore drilling.
Editor's Page
Cleaning up Dow's dioxins.
Government Concentrates
EPA denies waiver on renewable fuels.
August 4, 2008
Sunny Forecast For Fuel Cells
Novel electrode materials bring large-scale use of solar power closer to reality.
July 23, 2008
Industrial Biotechnology Activity On Rise
Technology can improve process efficiency and provide environmental benefits, ITC says.
July 21, 2008
Government Concentrates
Dow, energy lab pen ethanol deal.
July 14, 2008
Questioning NF3
Scientists seek measurements of electronic chemical in atmosphere.
Climate Conflicts
Congress faces great pressure, sparse unity as it gears up for next year's climate-change battle.
July 7, 2008
Kyoto's Low-Hanging Fruit
Is a program intended for developing countries enriching Arkema?
June 30, 2008
Hansen Renews Plea For Action
NASA climatologist urges curbs on growth of CO2 emissions.
Business Concentrates
Perstorp launches biotech project.
June 26, 2008
Green Chemistry Challenge Awards
EPA recognizes developers of technologies that are less toxic or wasteful.
June 16, 2008
Silicones Establish Pervasive Presence
Panorama study tracks importance of sector throughout European industrial and consumer world.
Business Concentrates
Braskem advances with green plastic.
June 9, 2008
Government Concentrates
Report touts polymer science.
Seeking Out Better Catalysts
Lower cost, lower toxicity metals could boost industry sustainability efforts.
May 26, 2008
Farm Bill Moves Ahead
Energy provisions focus on cellulosic biofuels.
A Tsunami Of Electronic Waste
No high-tech solutions for the detritus of the Information Revolution.
Editor's Page
Bush and the environment.
Government Concentrates
Veto threatened on R&D, energy tax breaks.
May 19, 2008
Science Concentrates
Making methanol from carbon dioxide and sunlight.
May 12, 2008
Seeking Sustainability
Ingredient makers strive to understand and satisfy cosmetic labeling promises.
Food Versus Fuel Fight Heats Up
Two states, 24 senators seek to limit support programs.
Cellulose Breakdown
Genomic analysis of cellulose-degrading fungus boosts biofuel research.
EPA's Scientific Integrity
Former Bush Administration official calls for open chemical assessment process.
Sweet Success
Innovations in agricultural and processing practices extend the range of products derived from the sugar industry.
May 5, 2008
Business Concentrates
Bayer advances natural polyols.
April 28, 2008
C&EN Talks With: Bob Peoples
Green Chemistry Institute's personable new director plans to build consensus for chemists' sustainability efforts.
ACS Comment
Cutting-Edge symposia available online.
April 21, 2008
Lab-To-Market Connection
Specialty chemical companies try to ward off commoditization of their products with a mix of marketing, formulation, and basic R&D.
Buzzword In The Engine
Sustainability push highlights the role of specialty products in consumer and industrial markets.
Business Concetrate
French chemical makers pursue carbon credits.
April 16, 2008
Taylor & Francis Launches Green Chemistry Journal
New title complements other journals that cover green chemistry and sustainability research.
April 15, 2008
Paying For Renewables
DuPont, Mohawk find consumers will pay more for products made from renewable materials.
April 8, 2008
Energy Defines Sustainability
Presidential symposium lays out challenges and opportunities for chemists and chemical engineers in energy research.
April 3, 2008
BASF And Dow Target Wind Turbine Market
Chemical leaders launch new epoxy products at Paris composites show.
March 31, 2008
Cargill, Materia Launch New Firm
Elevance will make specialty chemicals from vegetable oils.
ACS Pharma Roundtable Awards in Green Chemistry
ACS Comment
In pursuit of global solutions.
Government Concentrates
EPA awards small business grants.
March 24, 2008
Mixed Impact Of Cutting CO2
Large range of outcomes possible from legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Government Concentrates
Study promotes manufacturing R&D.
Newscripts
The solution becomes the problem.
March 17, 2008
EPA Sets Stricter Ozone Standard
Chemical manufacturers say change is unnecessary and too costly.
March 10, 2008
Business Concentrates
Chevron, Weyerhaeuser form biofuels venture.
Government Concentrates
Long slide for R&D energy spending.
March 5, 2008
Green Chemistry R&D Bill Introduced
Senate measure aims to prevent pollution by encouraging cleaner and safer chemicals.
February 25, 2008
ACS Comment
A great partnership.
ACS Comment
Report of the ACS Executive Director to the ACS Council April 2008.
Government Concentrates
Solar life-cycle emissions are lowest.
Government Concentrates
NAE lays out grand challenges.
February 18, 2008
BASF Makes Bold Carbon Claim
Chemical maker says its products save more greenhouse gases than they generate.
Having It All
Chemical makers supplying the detergents industry seek both sales and sustainability.
2009 R&D Budget A Tough Sell
Bush's final budget is a mixed bag for science; big changes are expected from Congress.
Editor's Page
Investing in the future.
February 11, 2008
Tail-Pipe Cleanup
Sensing technology is key to reducing pollutants from cars, study shows.
Venture Funds Turn to Cleantech
Investors see profits in solar power, renewable fuels, and energy storage.
February 4, 2008
Inadvertent Contamination
Flame retardants are seeping from research bases into Antarctica's pristine environment.
President Urges Research Funding
Bush backs physical sciences, clean energy, and free trade.
Green Assertions
Federal Trade Commission scrutinizes environmental marketing, carbon-offset claims to weed out deception.
February 1, 2008
California Compiles Options For Greener Chemicals
Report calls collecting and disseminating toxicity data, labeling products essential.
January 28, 2008
ACS News
ACS position statements aim to influence legislation.
Toward Greener Therapeutic Proteins
Pfizer researchers assess ways to improve biologics manufacturing.
January 21, 2008
Greener Cleaners
Consumer demand for environmentally friendly cleaning products has changed the game for chemical suppliers.
Green Advantage
Cognis And Alco Benefit From Natural Chemistry Roots.
GM Backs Ethanol Start-Up Coskata
Company claims its technology can significantly lower the price of the fuel
Cellulosic Ethanol Deemed Feasible
Production from farmed switchgrass can surpass energy, environmental, and economic hurdles.
January 15, 2008
West Antarctica Ice Decreases
Region considered stable appears to be losing ice faster than thought, thanks to climate change.
January 8, 2008
Ethanol From Switch Grass Deemed Feasible
Large-scale study indicates production from farmed prairie grass can surpass energy, environmental, and economic hurdles.
January 7, 2008
New World For Biofuels
Ethanol production standards will transform biofuels business, advocates predict.
Cool Comfort
The race to find a replacement auto refrigerant heats up in Europe as a ban on HFC-134a looms.
January 3, 2008
Gold Catalyst Mediates Transformation Of Biomass Feedstocks
Aerobic oxidation of furfurals leads to value-added methyl esters.
