Science & Technology
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2003 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2003 winner, Sud-Chemie, developed a synthesis for solid oxide catalysts used to make hydrogen and clean fuels. The process creates little wastewater, no nitrates, and no or little NOx.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2003 Academic Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2003 award winner, Professor Richard A. Gross, developed a transesterification to make polyol-containing polyesters using lipase, replacing heavy metal catalysts and hazardous solvents.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2001 Designing Greener Chemicals Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2001 award winner, PPG Industries, developed cationic electrodeposition coatings with yttrium that resist corrosion in automobiles. Yttrium is a safe replacement for lead in this use.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2001 Academic Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2001 award winner, Professor Chao-Jun Li, uses metal catalysts in water to carry out chemical reactions that used to need both an oxygen-free atmosphere and hazardous organic solvents.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2002 Academic Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2002 award winner, Professor Eric J. Beckman, developed fluorine-free detergents that help supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) dissolve many chemicals, so it can be a solvent for industrial processes.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2000 Greener Reaction Conditions Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2000 award winners, Bayer and Bayer AG, Covestro, developed high-performance, water-based, two-component polyurethane (PU) coatings that eliminate most or all VOCs and HAPs in other PU coatings.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1999 Small Business Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1999 award winner, Biofine, developed a process to convert waste cellulose in paper mill sludge, municipal solid waste, etc. into levulinic acid (LA), a building block for other chemicals.
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EPA, State of Maryland Renew Commitment to Agriculture Through Memorandum of Understanding
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalize their partnership and expand collaborative activities related to agricultural practices
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1997 Small Business Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1997 award winner, Legacy Systems, developed the Coldstrip process, which uses only water and oxygen to remove photoresist from silicon semiconductors. It replaces corrosive acids.
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Site Conditions and Feasibility
Describes how contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites can be reused as renewable energy installations. Also supplies best practices, tools and resources for screening properties for renewable energy potential.
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Design and Development
Describes how contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites can be reused as renewable energy installations. Also supplies best practices, tools and resources for screening properties for renewable energy potential.
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Cumulative Assessment of Risk from Pesticides
EPA protects human health and the environment by evaluating the risk associated with pesticides before allowing them to be used in the United States. Learn about the tools and processes used in risk assessment for pesticides.
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Particle Pollution Exposure
Health Effects in the General Population
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Assessing Human Health Risk from Pesticides
EPA protects human health and the environment by evaluating the risk associated with pesticides before allowing them to be used in the United States. Learn about the tools and processes used in risk assessment for pesticides.
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Coastal Adaptation Toolkit
Learn more about climate change impacts and developing adaptation plans. Find links, reports, and resources related to vulnerability assessments, action plans, and climate impact reports.
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RSEI Data Dictionary: Shapefiles (Grid geography)
A table showing attributes for RSEI Grid Shapefiles
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1996 Greener Reaction Conditions Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1996 award winner, Dow Chemical Company, developed a process to manufacture polystyrene foam sheet packaging that uses carbon dioxide (CO2) as a blowing agent, eliminating CFC-12 and HCFC-22.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1996 Academic Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1996 award winner, Professor Mark Holtzapple, developed methods to convert waste biomass (e.g., sewage sludge, agricultural wastes), into animal feed, industrial chemicals, or fuels.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2005 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award (Archer Daniels Midland Company/Novozymes)
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2005 award winners, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Novozymes, developed an enzymatic interesterification process to make edible fats and oils containing low trans fatty acids and oils.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1998 Greener Reaction Conditions Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1998 award winner, Argonne National Laboratory, developed an efficient, membrane-based process to synthesize lactate esters from sugars. These esters can replace toxic solvents.