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27 January 201426 January 2014

Indian court bans plastic flags

Flag Code of India specifies that Tricolor to be made of natural cloth or paper

2030 climate and energy goals for a competitive, secure and low-carbon EU economy

European Commission explains key points of the energy policy framework 2030

Focusing on customers and regional markets: Novozymes Household Care business grows 9% in 2013

During recent years, Novozymes has worked to develop the business based on innovation, closer customer collaboration, and focus on regional markets

Global Bioenergies, Audi partner on drop-in biofuel

Global Bioenergies announces the signature of a collaboration with the German car-manufacturer Audi on the development of isobutene-derived isooctane, a high performance biofuel for gasoline engines

24 January 201423 January 2014

Production of biodiesel from crude palm oil (cpo) and waste cooking oil (wco) through transesterification method

Palm oil can be changed to biofuel through several ways, the simplest and most widely used is transesterification

EU proposal sets renewable energy targets, ignores biofuels

New clean energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction objectives

Efficiency and renewables make Europe competitive, EU study says

Savings were “still too low”, apparently indicating need for further renewable energy deployment

BioAmber Signs BDO Take-or-Pay Contract for Planned 100,000 Ton Plant

Master off-take agreement with Vinmar International Ltd

Braskem included in the Carbon Efficient Index (ICO2) for the third straight time

Company also considered the best Brazilian company, achieving highest scores in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Poison-breathing bacteria may be boon to industry, environment

Researchers from the University of Georgia discovered the bacteria on a recent field expedition to Mono Lake

Environmentally friendly, energy-dense sugar battery developed to power the world’s gadgets

A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable

Welternährung im 21. Jahrhundert: Wir müssen weg von dieser ressourcenfressenden Form der Landwirtschaft

Wie können wir in Zeiten von Klimawandel und wachsender Weltbevölkerung die Ernährung sichern?

23 January 201412 May 2014

Fossil fuel subsidies: a tour of the data

Fossil fuels are subsidised in much of the world, causing billions of tonnes of addition CO₂ emissions

Mit „grüner Chemie“ Energie gewinnen

Hassan Abul-Futouh aus Jordanien forscht mit einem DAAD-Stipendium in Jena

Global food markets: Climate impacts would be more costly than bioenergy effects

Agriculture to be in the spotlight of climate change and its need to adapt to climate impacts and its potential to mitigate global warming

UW researchers: Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up

GVL from biomass as solvent for conversion to furan chemicals

Up to 10% compostable plastic do not affect mechanical properties of recyclates

European Bioplastics publishing new metastudy

Kunststoff ohne Auswirkung auf mechanische Eigenschaften von Rezyklaten

European Bioplastics veröffentlicht neue Meta-Studie

22 January 201418 February 2014

Bioeconomy Coalition of Minnesota Announces 2014 Policy Agenda to Expand Minnesota’s Renewable Chemical and Advanced Biofuel Industry

Coalition presents new production incentive program to promote renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels

Erste Eckpunkte für die Reform des Erneuerbare Energien Gesetzes (EEG) sichtbar

Während die Reformpläne von Vizekanzler Gabriel (SPD) noch nicht auf dem Tisch liegen, hat die Bundestagsfraktion von Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen ihr EEG-Papier bereits publiziert

Global trade of softwood lumber in 2013 to reach its highest level in five years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update

Neste Oil’s sustainability verification system approved by the European Commission

Company's new, own system, to be a useful addition for verifying sustainability of renewable inputs, particularly waste and residue

Jolt! Bioeconomy Coalition of Minnesota aims to boost Chems and Advanced Biofuels industries with new policy initiatives

Minnesota Green Chemistry Conference proposing new production incentive program for renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels

Ethanol: The Next Generation

These are the voyages of the ethanol fleet. Their continuing mission: to explore strange new fuels, seek out new biologies and re-power our civilization, to affordably go where no technology has gone before.

20th European Biomass Conference

Exclusive interview with Daniel Gibbs (General Biomass Company)

Internationaler Agrarministergipfel in Berlin: 69 Staaten vereint im Kampf gegen weltweiten Hunger und Mangelernährung

Friedrich: "Nur eine widerstandsfähige Landwirtschaft sichert Ernährung"

New study: Carbon Intensity of Marginal Petroleum and Corn Ethanol Fuels

Corn Ethanol Reduces GHG Emissions by 37-40% Compared to Fracking and Tar Sands

New bio-plastic wins award nomination

New full recyclable and biodegradable Polymer Floreon requires less energy to produce and transforms packaging around the world

21 January 201420 January 2014

Turning up the heat on enzyme design

Team of Yale engineers developed method for designing temperature adaptive enzymes

Clean energy investment falls for second year – correction to press release

Investment in renewable energy and energy smart technologies dropped 11% in 2013, after falling 10% in 2012

Roboter in der Landwirtschaft: Die Revolution hat gerade erst begonnen

Sense und Spitzhacke haben bereits länger ausgedient: Damit der Hunger der Welt gestillt werden kann, werden Drohnen, Roboter und vollautonome Landmaschinen den modernen Ackerbau grundlegend umpflügen

Grundsteinlegung für Pilotanlage zu Speicherung von Erneuerbaren Energien

Anlagenteil „Biogene Methanisierung“ mit rund 1,3 Millionen Euro gefördert

GREEN BRANDS Awards 2013

Auszeichnung der Preisträger im Rahmen einer Gala im Scandic Berlin

Flachsbarth: “Mit dem Internationalen Saatgutvertrag stärken wir die nachhaltige Landwirtschaft weltweit”

Das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft will die Förderung der Nutzpflanzenvielfalt durch den Internationalen Saatgutvertrag weiterhin kräftig unterstützen

Sicherer Halt durch einen zuverlässigen Verschluss

Masterbatch für ein umweltfreundliches und stabiles Zugband vom Müllbeuteln

New bioplastics venture to use fisheries waste stream

Sierra Resins, Inc. announces venture with Dr. Jason Bolton, Food Safety Expert, to Develop Next-Generation Bioplastics used in Food Packaging and Processing Industries

EU could cut emissions by 40 percent at moderate cost

Upscaling greenhouse-gas emissions reduction from the current 20 percent by 2020 to 40 percent by 2030 would be likely to cost less than an additional 0.7 percent of economic activity

Butamax, Iogen, OPX Bio, Green Biologics C-Level execs commit to ABLC 2014

Addressing Building Fermentation Technologies into great companies

20 January 201417 January 2014

2014 set to be a bumper year for biobased industry as funding pours in from the EU

Bio-based Industries Initiative to help Europe compete in the global bioeconomy market

Brazil Sugar Mills Use Most of Record Cane Crop to Make Ethanol

Output jumped 19 percent to 25.4 billion liters (6.7 billion gallons), while sugar production rose 0.6 percent to 34.3 million metric tons

A Replacement for Man

Is succinic acid’s path to success right through Maleic Anhydride (MAN)? And can it change the narrative for every biobased molecule replacing a fossil-based one? And what does this exactly have to do with the poet Alexander Pope? We investigate

Plastic waste: Parliament sounds the alarm

MEPs claiming ban of the most hazardous plastics, review of the current EU directive on packaging waste

First plastic cell with working organelle

Nijmegen researchers created organelles by placing tiny chemicals-filled spheres inside a water drople

Government to unveil South Africa’s Bio-economy Strategy

Bio-innovation essential to the achievement of government's industrial and social development goals

EU Sees Rising Food Output by 2023 on Export and Biofuel Demand

“Agricultural commodity prices are expected to stay firm over the medium term, supported by factors such as the growth in global food demand, the development of the biofuel sector and a low productivity growth,” the European Commission wrote

Biokunststoff im Höhenflug

Der Online-Marktplatz Öko- und Upcycling-Markt bietet eine große Auswahl an alternativen Biokunststoff-Produkten an

Greenpeace-Gründer wirbt für Goldenen Reis

Zulassung auf den Philippinen auf 2016 verschoben - „AllowGoldenRiceNow“ Europatournee gestartet

Große Bäume sind die besten Kohlendioxid-Speicher

Internationale Forschungskooperation veröffentlicht neuste Erkenntnisse für die Bewertung des Klimawandels und der Biodiversitätswissenschaft

Fraunhofer UMSICHT auf der Grünen Woche

Entwicklung biobasierter Weichmacher

Die Landwirtschaft im Zentrum des Klimawandels – PIK veröffentlicht Studienergebnisse

Weltmärkte für Nahrungsmittel: Klimawandel größerer Preistreiber als die Bioenergie

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