Chris Lutes Chapel Hill, North Carolina Breakdown in bottle-bill implementation The article about requiring deposits on plastic bottles (Dec. 12/19, 2022, page 17) states that California is one of the states that has this requirement. This is an encouraging way to solve the plastic waste problem. These bottles are to be returned to retailers or redemption centers.
January 20, 2023
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by Craig Bettenhausen | January 20, 2023
The EPA proposed raising TSCA-related fees in November and will have to do so this year to comply with the 2023 appropriations bill. Those fees, paid by chemical manufacturers, help support the agency’s review of the safety of new chemicals and those already on the market that may pose a health risk.
by Britt E. Erickson | January 11, 2023
She says her group’s early conversations with the USDA and key lawmakers are going well, and she expects the change to be part of the 2023 farm bill. Stefan Unnasch, managing director of the life- cycle-analysis firm Life Cycle Associates, says governments are in the best position to anoint standard methods and metrics.
by Craig Bettenhausen | January 11, 2023
The $369 billion Climate Bill, part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, for example, commits $60 billion to establishing grants and funding clean energy and environmental mitigation projects in disadvantaged communities. More broadly, the Biden administration has committed to channeling 40% of the benefits of relevant federal investment to communities that bear a disproportionate environmental burden—a program called Justice40.
by Rick Mullin | January 11, 2023
He is the Bill Gates of ion chromatography (IC). Chris is an ingenious chemist who has paved the way for many inventions, not just in IC but in chromatography in general.”—Purnendu Dasgupta, University of Texas at Arlington ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry: Joanna Aizenberg Sponsor: Colgate-Palmolive Citation: For outstanding contributions to fundamental and applied colloid chemistry in developing large-scale, highly ordered porous colloidal materials with unique photonic, catalytic, and sensing properties Current position: Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science and professor of chemistry and chemical biology, Harvard University Education: BS, chemistry, and MS, physical chemistry, Moscow State University; PhD, structural biology, Weizmann Institute of Science Aizenberg on the most rewarding part of her job: “I love the process of research, looking for out-of-the-box solutions and approaches, seeing how carefully designed experiments answer the questions we pose, and how fundamental science can lead to applications.”
by Nina Notman, special to C&EN | December 30, 2022
What Carroll’s colleagues say: “Because of his career-long dedication to development and implementation of sound environmental policy, as well as his manifold volunteer contributions to our ACS, I can think of no more worthy candidate for this award than Bill.”—Bruce Bursten, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Glenn T.
by Nina Notman, special to C&EN | December 30, 2022
—US funding for science to increase all around “Congress clears omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2023” Just before leaving for the holidays, the US Congress wrapped up negotiations on a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill (HR 2617) that funds the federal government for the remainder of fiscal 2023. The Senate cleared the bill on Dec. 22, nearly 3 months into the fiscal year, and the House of Representatives followed suit on Dec. 23. Science and technology programs did well in the negotiations and will get a hefty boost. But lawmakers fell short of providing the maximum funding authorized under the recently enacted innovation bill, called the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act.
by Britt E. Erickson, Cheryl Hogue | December 28, 2022