The council voted to approve the following measures: the petition to amend the Council Policy Committee duties, an amendment of the name and duties of the Committee on Environmental Improvement to the Committee on Environment and Sustainability, an amendment to add the option to postpone council voting in specific circumstances, and the 2024 membership schedule.
by Emily Abbott, ACS staff | March 30, 2023
The firms say that the project will benefit farmers by providing a sustainable crop rotation option and creating new revenue streams. /food/agriculture/Corteva-Bunge-Chevron-announce-canola/101/i10 20230325 Concentrates 101 10 /magazine/101/10110.html Corteva, Bunge, and Chevron announce canola collaboration Agriculture, biofuels, canola, Corteva, bunge, Chevron, business, energy, food con bus Brianna Barbu food agriculture energy biofuels business In some areas, canola crops can be planted, grown, and harvested in between soybean or cotton growing seasons.
by Brianna Barbu | March 25, 2023
/energy/energy-storage-/Albemarle-build-13-billion-US/101/i10 20230325 Concentrates 101 10 /magazine/101/10110.html Albemarle to build $1.3 billion US lithium refinery Energy storage, climate change, sustainability, business, energy, Environment con bus Matt Blois energy energy-storage- environment climate-change business Albemarle to build big US lithium plant Chemical & Engineering News Albemarle to build $1.3 billion US lithium refinery Albemarle to build $1.3 billion US lithium refinery Albemarle to build $1.3 billion US lithium refinery
by Matt Blois | March 25, 2023
At a Capital Markets Day event on March 14, the firm outlined a strategy emphasizing sustainability. The firm is building a recycling complex in Cologne, Germany, and plans to retrofit its Houston oil refinery to focus on plastics circularity. The company has also agreed to buy Mepol Group, a compounder of recycled plastics.
by Alexander H. Tullo | March 25, 2023
—New sustainability grants available “ ” Two new grants from the American Chemical Society Office of Sustainability are launching to align with the ACS Board of Directors’ Campaign for a Sustainable Future, which was announced in 2022. The campaign aims to advance chemistry innovations to address the challenges articulated in the United Nations sustainable development goals.
by Christiana Briddell, ACS staff | March 25, 2023
—Pharmaceutical Roundtable research grants available “ ” The American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable (GCIPR) is seeking to fund research to advance green chemistry solutions to key pharmaceutical process development and production challenges.The grant topics are addressing sustainable peptide process manufacturing, greener oligonucleotide synthesis, and overcoming practical and engineering barriers to the application of photochemistry or electrochemistry in flow. Four $80,000 grants are available.Additionally, the roundtable seeks to fund four Ignition Grants to support novel chemistry and engineering research directions that address sustainability issues in the pharmaceutical and allied industries (at any stage from drug discovery through manufacturing). Four $40,000 grants are available.Global higher education institutions are invited to submit proposals by 5 p.m.
by Christiana Briddell, ACS staff | March 25, 2023
The chemical maker will work with Alessa Therapeutics to develop sustained–release oncology drugs using technology from both firms. Meanwhile, Celanese and Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Ophthamology will study sustained delivery of drugs for retinal disorders to the suprachoroidal space in the eye.
by Michael McCoy | March 12, 2023
/environment/sustainability/Producing-colors-microbes-gains-steam/101/i9 20230309 Start-ups claim biobased colors for food and textiles will benefit human health and the environment Concentrates 101 9 /magazine/101/10109.html Producing colors with microbes gains steam Sustainability, business, start-ups con bus Matt Blois environment sustainability business ,,,,,, Chromologics says its fungal-derived food coloring can stand up to a range of temperatures and acidities.
by Matt Blois | March 09, 2023
Much of the required power for passenger cars, delivery trucks, and buses—and perhaps eventually 18-wheelers—can probably be supplied by batteries, says Alex Bell, a specialist in catalysis and sustainable chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. But for the foreseeable future, the rail, aviation, and maritime shipping industries will depend on hydrocarbon fuels because they supply 30–40 times as much energy by weight as batteries, Bell explains.
by Mitch Jacoby | March 05, 2023