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Petroleum
Woman irritated by smog in LA in the 1950s

Fighting Smog in Los Angeles

Distillations Podcast

Braving the Elements: Why Mendeleev Left Russian Soil for American Oil

Distillations Article

Richard Nixon and the Rise of American Environmentalism

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Imagining a Postcarbon Future

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Megan Black headshot

Megan Black

People
Gordon Cain.

Gordon A. Cain
Historical Profile
Arthur Dehon Little.

Arthur D. Little, William H. Walker, and Warren K. Lewis
Historical Profile
Russell Marker.

Russell Earl Marker
Historical Profile
Eugene Houdry in 1953, holding a small catalytic converter.

Eugene Houdry
Historical Profile
Henry Aaron Hill, ca. 1976–1977.

Henry Aaron Hill
Historical Profile
Karl Ziegler (center) with members of the Hercules group that commercialized high-density polyethylene as Hi-fax.

Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta
Historical Profile
Ralph Landau.

Ralph Landau
Historical Profile
Walter Snelling Photograhpic Experiment

Visual Evidence

Distillations Article

The Petroleum World

Distillations Article
Eugene Houdry in 1953, holding a small catalytic converter.

Cracking Down on Crude Oil

Distillations Article

Pennsylvania’s Black Gold

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