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1 July 201530 June 2015

Govt asks Niti Aayog to draft policy on genetically modified crops

Indian prime minister’s office has asked the government’s new economic think-tank to help draft a policy on genetically modified (GM) crops

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4th Conference on Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock for Fuels, Chemistry and Polymers

Europe’s largest event on Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) in 2015: CO₂-based Fuels – Kerosene, Diesel and Gasoline: Very impressive and dynamically evolving future-oriented CO₂ Utilization

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As Oregon’s GMO debates continue, two countries move forward with labeling push

Different takes on GMO labeling in the USA, Germany and Taiwan

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Canada funds 2 projects to develop new landfill gas technology

Natural Resources Canada announced the award of $2.2 million through Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s SD Tech Fund to support the R-LNG project

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DOE’s ARPA-E funds 6 projects to improve sorghum development

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $30 million to six projects under its Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture program

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Linde steps up research into safe ways of using captured carbon dioxide

Company has extended its participation in the international research project “Impact of Common Impurities on Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport and Storage” until 2017

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Linde vertieft Forschung zur sicheren Nutzung von Kohlendioxid

Unternehmen verlängert Mitwirkung am internationalen Forschungskonsortium "Impact of Common Impurities on Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport and Storage" bis 2017

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30 June 201529 June 2015

10 recommendations to enable a 50 billion euro industrial biotechnology market in Europe by 2030

BIO-TIC project has launched its final roadmap: ‘The bioeconomy enabled - A roadmap to a thriving industrial biotechnology sector in Europe’

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Desert farms could power flight with sunshine and seawater

What if you could grow biofuels on land nobody wants, using just seawater and sunlight, and produce food at the same time?

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GreeNest – innovative egg packaging made with grass fibers

Huhtamaki’s molded fiber business has introduced an egg packaging that is made with grass fibers

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15 Jahre CHEMIE.DE – vom Universitätsprojekt zum Experten für Online-Fachportale und Online-Marketing

Europas führende Informationsplattform mit einzigartigem Angebot in der Branche

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Renewable plastics can provide the answer to sustainability in a circular economy

No wonder people are getting excited about the circular economy - Treating ‘waste’ as a resource and creating reuse and recycling loops for thousands of everyday products will have a dramatic effect on production and value chains, saving energy and materials

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Strohgedämmte Außenwand: Bereits mit 10 mm Putz feuerbeständig (F90-B)

Mit Strohballen lassen sich auf einfache Weise hochgedämmte, umweltfreundliche und langlebige Wände erstellen

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G.M.O. Dilemma: Swaying a Wary Public

Genetic food modification worked out well the first time it was tried

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29 June 201529 June 2015

Nordzucker unveils new website focused on sustainability

Viewing the value chain as field of development

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Nordzucker veröffentlicht neue Nachhaltigkeitswebseite

Wertschöpfungskette als Entwicklungsfeld begreifen

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Bioökonomie zwischen Irrweg und Revolution

Podiumsdiskussion in Berlin: Vertreter aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft diskutierten aktuelle Herausforderungen zur Umsetzung einer nachhaltigen Wirtschaft

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LEGO commits $150M to search for sustainable alternative plastics

$150 million, 100+ employees, a new sustainable materials center, and a commitment to move off fossil fuels dependency by 2030

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EU circular economy could create two million jobs by 2030

Parliament's environment, public health and food safety (ENVI) committee has adopted a report outlining the need for Europe to transition to a more resource efficient economic model

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EU green light for €120 million new investments in circular bioeconomy projects

The European Commission releases €50 million of EU public money via the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) leveraging €70 million of investments from industry into projects to boost the European bioeconomy

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Big jump in Polish hemp farming for 2015

Poland has jumped into the front ranks of European industrial hemp growing: With about 1,500 hectares (about 3,700 acres) under cultivation this year, according to official agriculture documents, a massive increase over 2014 when just a 107 hectares were planted in hemp

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IH2 Technology Licensed for Demonstration Plant

Norwegian company to convert woody biomass into transportation fuels

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Bio-based biodegradable polyurethane foam wins BASF award

New technology based around a sugar based mevalonate (MVL) monomer and its polyesterol (PMVL) made by solvent-free polymerization

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26 June 201516 September 2015

More than 240 organizations and scientific institutions support the safety of GM crops

Consensus: GM crops have no more risk than those that have been developed by conventional breeding techniques

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Erneuerbarer Wasserstoff für die Mobilität der Zukunft

ZSW koordiniert neues Power-to-Gas-Leuchtturmprojekt

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Komplexe Umsetzungsvorschriften gefährden Ziele des Nagoya-Protokolls

Bioökonomierat befürchtet erhebliche Einschränkung der Nutzung genetischer Vielfalt in Forschung und Züchtung

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Bioplastics industry met in Vienna to discuss benefits, barriers, and prospects of the European bioeconomy

European Bioplastics and the Austrian Energy Agency hosted a seminal meeting in Vienna

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Biokunststoffexperten diskutierten Vorteile, Hürden und Chancen der Europäischen Bioökonomie in Wien

European Bioplastics und Österreichischen Energieagentur luden zum Fachseminar nach Wien ein

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EU commission states strong support for biotech sector at the EuropaBio Biotech awards

The EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety has reiterated the EU Commission’s “strong interest and fundamental support” for the biotech sector, saying that the sector benefits “people, the economy and sustainability”

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Major advance in biorefinery development in Canada

API announces First Commercial Implementation of GreenBox+® Technology

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25 June 20159 September 2021

So wird Power to Gas wirtschaftlich: 5 Stellschrauben auf dem Weg zur Marktreife

dena-Strategieplattform Power to Gas legt der Politik konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen vor

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Hematite ‘re-growth’ smoothes rough edges for clean energy harvest

Team reports first 'unassisted' water splitting using only hematite and silicon as solar absorbers

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Bioenergy is key to a low-carbon future

Bioenergy is a key driver in delivering a more sustainable future, according to a new report on the expansion of global bioenergy use and production

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USDA says backing push to expand “bio-economy”

The productivity and innovation of U.S. agriculture is driving a transformation to bio-based products across the economy that is supporting millions of jobs and significantly displacing fossil fuels, according to a study from the USDA on Wednesday.

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Mitsubishi Chemical, Suzuki Jointly Develop New Grade of DURABIO™

Bio-based Engineering Plastic for Interior Color Panels of New Alto Lapin

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Bambus-Fahrräder: Steif wie Stahl

Der Trend zum individuellen Edel-Bike treibt teils ausgefallene Blüten - Immer mehr Rahmenbauer setzen auf Bambus als Werkstoff

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Power-to-Gas – eine Lösung für das Stromspeicherproblem?

Gasspeicher sind preiswerter als Akkus und leben länger

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Electroporation-based applications in biotechnology

Review of four promising biotechnological applications of electroporation

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24 June 201523 June 2015

Solegear and Ex-Tech Sign Letter of Intent

Firms Negotiating a Joint Venture to Boost BioPlastic Business

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Solegear & Columbia Plastics to Develop Family of Sustainable Bioplastic Office Products

Strategic Partnership Poised to Make Plant-Based Office Products Available to Canadian Consumers

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A Hoover for atmospheric CO2

Why not reduce atmospheric CO₂ by capturing it? Why pay $500-$1000 per ton to reduce CO₂ via electric cars, if you could pay 80% less via a direct capture of greenhouse gases?

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Europabio’s Most Innovative Biotech SME Award for Industrial Biotech

Biofuel from Residues of the Whiskey Industry: Celtic Renewables won Europabio’s Most Innovative Biotech SME Award

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NE China plastic bag ban drives green industry

When Wang Bin heard about Jilin Province's plan to ban non-biodegradable plastic bags, it inspired a career switch

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Hydrogen generation: McPhy Energy and ThyssenKrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers seal a strategic commercial alliance

McPhy Energy to become ThyssenKrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers’ exclusive supplier for high-capacity, high-pressure hydrogen generation equipment for the carbon-free mobility and renewable energy sectors

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23 June 201525 June 2015

LEGO Group to invest 1 Billion DKK boosting search for sustainable materials

The LEGO Group establishes LEGO Sustainable Materials Centre and expects to recruit more than 100 employees in a significant step up on the 2030 ambition of finding and implementing sustainable alternatives to current materials

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LEGO Gruppe investiert eine Milliarde Dänische Kronen zur Förderung der Suche nach nachhaltigen Materialien

Die LEGO Gruppe richtet ein Forschungszentrum, das „LEGO Sustainable Materials Centre“ ein: Erwartet werden über 100 neue Arbeitsplätze – ein wichtiger Schritt bei der Erforschung und Nutzung nachhaltiger Alternativen zu den derzeitigen Materialien bis zum Jahr 2030

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Bio-based auto plastics conference to debut

bio!CAR, a new conference for the car industry, will launch in September this year

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Speakers: PLA draws interest, but reality limits growth

While there is growing interest in bioplastics in China, the cost of raw materials is a limiting factor

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The US Bioeconomy: $369B and 4 million jobs strong, says USDA

High-Impact report on the bioeconomy, changes to the BioPreferred program and to the Biorefinery Assistance Program; all in a day’s work for Vilsack & Co.

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European Commission kicks-off discussion on a long-term strategy for agriculture research and innovation

How to elaborate a long-term strategy for European agriculture research and innovation and to contribute to EXPO discussions on the theme 'Feeding the planet' by providing views on agricultural research and innovation priorities