-
Featured Authors
-
Archives
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
-
Meta
Tag Archives: ethanol
Poster Session at BIO’s World Congress Showcases Cutting Edge Research
BIO’s 10th Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology taking place this June in Montreal will feature a poster session highlighting cutting edge research in industrial biotech. Professors, students, scientists and industry reps are all encouraged to submit posters detailing their research that could lead to the next big breakthrough. Numerous poster submissions have already come in and it’s looking to be a banner year in research. One poster describes a novel pretreatment process using oxalic acid Read More >
Poultry, Beef Producers Tell Their Story to House Ag Committee
On Sept. 14, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a public hearing to examine the issue of feed availability and its effect on the livestock, dairy, and poultry industries. Members of the subcommittee heard testimony from animal producers and their industry associations, who as a group called for an end to the Renewable Fuel Standard and other biofuel support policies or at minimum a suspension of the RFS if corn supplies Read More >
Raining on Cellulosic Ethanol’s Parade
Writer Alyssa Danigelis posted an item of interest on Discovery News last month detailing the latest supposed “blow” to the biofuel industry. The writer highlights a new study in Agronomy Journal in which Kansas State University Assistant Professor Humberto Blanco-Canqui concludes, “Only a small fraction (about 25%) of residue might be available for removal, depending on soil type and climate. This small amount of crop residues is not economically feasible nor logistically possible.” Matt Merritt Read More >
Biofuels Done Right?
Images from the “slow-motion catastrophe” that began last week 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana brought to mind a bit of sarcasm I offered to a colleague almost exactly a year ago. The NRDC was running the below ad on Capitol Hill, saying, “Biofuels. If we’re going to use them, let’s do it right,” with a picture of the deforestation that many assumed would occur from use of biofuels. My facetious idea was to 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 >
Biofuels & Climate Change
Leave a comment
Email This Post
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
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
