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The EPA gives out Green Chemistry Awards to the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle, including the design, manufacture, and use of a chemical product.
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2009 Small Business Award | Green Chemistry | US EPA
epa.gov 6/22/2009 — Innovation and Benefits: Virent's BioForming process is a water-based, catalytic method to make gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel from the sugar, starch, or cellulose of plants that requires little external energy other than the plant biomass. The process ...
Organic Chemistry
boston.com 12/4/2008 — A young family from Oregon moves to Newburyport and injects West Coast cool into a run-down workers' cottage.
Green Chemistry Articles
rsc.org 7/13/2009 — Paper Article citation: Andrew J. Hunt, Green Chem. , 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b906607a Expanding the potential for waste polyvinyl-alcohol Andrew J. Hunt, Vitaly L. Budarin, Simon W. Breeden, Avtar S. Matharu and James H. Clark Expanded polyvinyl-alcohol ...
Chemistry and Morality
washingtonpost.com 12/15/2008 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
Green Power Leadership Awards | Green Power Partnership | US EPA
epa.gov 9/14/2009 — Green Power Partner of the Year: Recognizes Partners who distinguish themselves through their purchase, leadership, overall strategy, and impact on the green power market. On-site Generation: Recognizes Partners who distinguish themselves using ...
Green chemistry happens; Olestra finds a new use
enviroblog.org 4/30/2009 —
Special to Enviroblog by Dave Andrews, EWG Senior Scientist.
Painting the wall with potato chips
Olestra, the laxative fat substitute, could represent a green replacement for hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in newer low voc ...
2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: What is a Ribosome?
greenpacks.org 10/7/2009 —
Earlier today, the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to:
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan , MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge,United Kingdom
Thomas A. Steitz , Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Ada E. Yonath , Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Teijin to Cut Back Plastics Development, Focus on Green Chemistry
greenerdesign.com 5/19/2009 — OSAKA, JP -- Japanese chemical and textile firm Teijin has developed a wide-ranging restructuring plan that will cut back on plastics development and boost its green chemistry operations. Teijin says it will drastically restructure its ...
Biofuels battle: chemistry versus biology
forbes.com 5/3/2009 — Forbes: There are 1,865 biofuels companies out there, and sometimes it seems that there are at least 1,865 different ways of turning every manner of biological material into fuel for a car, truck, train or plane. A big part of the reason, of course, ...
Green Awards 2009 Shortlist Announced!
moreeco.co.uk 10/19/2009 — Following three days of intense deliberation by the judging panel, the Green Awards 2009 is pleased to announce this year’s shortlist across 16 categories. The winners will be announced at the 4th annual Green Award ceremony on 18th November.