A chemist's discovery breathes new life into the old South
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 11:07
in Earth & Climate
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2009 -- One chemist plus one new scientific discovery yields. . . an economic and environmental miracle. Almost overnight, a whole new industry springs up and breathes life into an economically-devastated region of the country. It creates millions of new jobs and pumps billions of dollars into the economy.