Opinion: The time has come to fully reimagine the chemical industry

Today’s challenges only reinforce Barry Commoner’s call at a 1973 ACS regional meeting to redesign the sector “to accord with the imperatives of the ecosphere and the enhancement of human welfare”

The global chemical industry is facing a profound economic and environmental reckoning. Once a model of innovation and economic achievement,…

Full text: https://cen.acs.org/articles/104/web/2026/04/chemical-industry-restructure-resilience-toxic-waste-climate-steel-energy-renewable-hexion-solugen.html

Author

Joel Tickner, special to C&EN

Source

C&EN, 2026-04-29.

Supplier

US Department of Defense (DoD)
US Government

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