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Tag Archives: biobased products
Will Congress focus on petroleum replacement alternatives this year?
During the breakout session titled “What is Congress Up To?” on Monday, June 28 at BIO’s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, distinguished staff from key Congressional offices addressed World Congress attendees to give an industrial biotechnology legislative update. BIO was fortunate to provide this unique perspective on industrial biotechnology policy to World Congress attendees in Washington, DC. Will there be energy or climate legislation this summer to accomplish the goal of reducing our petroleum use Read More >
Ways and Means Should Include Job Creation of Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts in Green Jobs Leg
On Wednesday, April 14 the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on Energy Tax Incentives Driving the Green Job Economy. The focus of the hearing is to examine the effectiveness of current energy tax policy and identify additional steps that the Committee can take to ensure continued job growth in this area while at the same time advancing national energy policy focus on a discussion of current and proposed energy tax incentives. Read More >
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Tags: BIO, biobased products, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biotechnology, cellulosic, climate change, Climate Change, environment, ethanol, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, Investment, lifecycle analysis, oil demand, Oil prices, renewable chemical, renewable fuel standard, Sustainability, sustainable energy, venture financing
Where is BIO: Dr. Rina Singh, Growing and Strengthening the Biobased Chemicals Industry
BIO is involved in many different policy areas, but did you know that BIO’s staff is participating in the biotech community—giving talks at various conferences and meetings around the world. Yesterday BIO’s very own Rina Singh Ph.D., Policy Director in the Industrial Biotechnology section at BIO, gave a presentation at a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Public Meeting: Biobased Intermediate Materials and Feedstocks. The title of her talk: Growing and Strengthening the Biobased Chemicals Read More >
Industrial Biotechnology: Biobased Products, Biofuels, and Synthetic Biology
Biobased products cover a wide range of materials. One new such product is biobased insulation made from mushrooms named Greensulate. The blog Greenline says that Greensulate, “…is a bio-base alternative to rigid insulation made from paper, rice hulls, and mushroom fibers. The product is still undergoing testing but the outlook for this new product is very good. The insulation takes advantage of the mycellium, the roots of the mushroom plant that have incredible structural and Read More >
