April 14, 2008

Grand Science Challenges

Posted by Rachel Pepling on April 14, 2008 in 2008 Spring National Meeting, The Editor's Blog

From this week’s Editor’s Page:

One of the numerous presidential events at last week’s ACS national meeting in New Orleans was a session titled “Energy Research: Future Challenges & Opportunities.” The symposium was jointly sponsored by ACS and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

The keynote speaker at the session was Raymond L. Orbach, undersecretary for science at the Department of Energy. In his talk, Orbach said there “are the two questions that loom over humanity today: How will we supply all this needed new energy, and how can we do so without adding dangerously to atmospheric greenhouse gases?

“The energy and environmental challenge confronting us in the century ahead is truly monumental. It may be one of the biggest challenges humanity has ever faced.”

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