EPA Adds Climate Award To Green Chemistry Challenge

EPA is expanding its annual Green Chemistry Challenge awards to cover chemical approaches that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in addition to the program’s longstanding focus on safer alternatives to hazardous or toxic substances, underscoring the Biden administration’s efforts to reorient a host of agency work to climate change. The chemicals office opened nominations for the 2022 awards cycle in an Aug. 26 announcement that also noted a new award for green chemistry that enables GHG reductions. “This year, I am...