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Green Chemistry News
Recent chemical reform bills call for green chemistry to be a core element as a source of safer alternatives. But green chemistry offers much more than just replacements.
Dozens of companies, as well as many academic laboratories, are pursuing the same goal — to produce algae as a source of, literally, green energy. And many of them are using genetic engineering or other biological techniques, like chemically induced mutations, to improve how algae functions.
Overshadowed by the angst over Assembly Bill 32 and its greenhouse-gas reduction mandate is a potentially more far-reaching legacy of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration: green chemistry to regulate toxic substances in consumer products.
There is an increasing awareness that cities function as complex, dynamic urban ecosystems. Thus major shifts in planning, decision making and implementation will be needed to address the challenge of urban sustainability.
Biodegradable biopolymer microspheres could deliver stem cells to the eyes of patients whose sight has been destroyed by age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to repair the damage and enable them to see clearly again, say researchers in the UK.
Resources
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| Title | Description | Date Published |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 Phone Seminar Presentations | Here are the presentations from our 2010 phone seminar series | Wed, 01/06/2010 |
| 2009 Fall/Winter Phone Seminar Series Presentations | Here are the presentations for the 2009 Fall/Winter phone seminar series | Mon, 09/14/2009 |
| 2009 Summer Phone Seminar Series Presentations | Here are the presentations to accompany the 2009 GLGC Network Summer Phone Seminar Series. | Tue, 06/30/2009 |
| NYTimes: 'Green chemistry' movement sprouts in colleges, companies | Green chemistry is becoming a part of advanced curricula in colleges and universities across the US. Companies are beginning to see the benefits of green chemistry to their bottom lines. | Sun, 03/01/2009 |
| California moves to curb toxic chemicals | The state of California has implemented a Green Chemistry Program with the signing of two bills by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The program, which the governor's office called the first in the nation, is designed to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in products and the environment. | Tue, 09/30/2008 |
| Asking the Right Questions - Dr. John Warner | In this piece, Dr. Warner discusses his career path as a chemist and questions: "why do we have hazardous chemicals and why do we make things the way we do?" | Mon, 03/24/2008 |
| 2008 Phone Seminar Series Presentations | During 2008 the Great Lakes Green Chemistry Network hosted monthly phone seminars on a variety of Green Chemistry topics. The following is a collection of presentations from those calls as well as the audio recording of the presentations. | Wed, 02/13/2008 |
| SOLEC 2006 Conference Proceedings | In 2006, members of the Great Lakes Green Chemistry Working group organized a workshop at the State of the Lakes Conference in Milwaukee, WI. The workshop featured keynote presentations by Dr. John Warner founder of the Warner-Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and Berkeley Cue,recently retired from the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Corporation. | Sat, 03/11/2006 |