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15 May 201414 May 2014

AIMPLAS develops biodegradable and recyclable packages for cheeses and fresh pasta

European project BIO4MAP to develop new transparent, multilayer, barrier, totally biodegradable and recyclable package for fresh food

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14 May 201413 May 2014

France concerned about liberalisation of EU sugar market

The deregulation of the European sugar market is looming. A French parliamentary report has requested support to French overseas departments where the sugar sector is fragile

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5 May 20149 September 2021

Sunlight to jet fuel: European collaboration SOLAR-JET for the first time demonstrates the entire production path of “solar” kerosene

Entire production chain for renewable kerosene obtained directly from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide

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Exclusive interview with Jukka Kantola, NISCluster: EU policies for the use of biomass are short-sighted

Biomass in Europe not enough to meet up all energy and climate target in EU-level, more valuable on chemical and material applications

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30 April 201429 April 2014

Widerstandsfähige Pflanzen – ohne Gentechnik

Neues Fachgebiet der Uni Kassel treibt ökologische Züchtung voran

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24 April 201423 April 2014

ILUC Unverifiable and Biofuels Economically Beneficial, Says IPCC

GRFA applauds UN for recognizing that ILUC theory has no ability to accurately predict future land use patterns

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23 April 201422 April 2014

EC adopts new guidelines on renewable energy, biofuel support

Renewable Energy Association calling Commission’s guidelines a “huge leap into the unknown.”

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Pflanzen – Grüne Fabriken der Zukunft

Wissenschaftler des Max-Planck-Instituts für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPI-MP) werden im Rahmen der EU-Forschungsinitiative Disco für die nächsten vier Jahre mit 860.000 Euro gefördert um pflanzliche Ressourcen zu erschließen

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22 April 201417 April 2014

Wichtiger Schritt gegen die Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln

Europäisches Parlament stimmt neuer Finanzinstrumente-Richtlinie MiFID zu

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17 April 201416 April 2014

Mapping information sources for European farmers

EU-backed project PRO AKIS to help policy makers in finding ways to reach farmers with new information and advisory services

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World Watch: Biofuel Production Declines

New Worldwatch Institute analysis examines the trends in global biofuel production

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Sustainable biofuels done right offer innumerable benefits to society says UN IPCC report

Estimated ILUC emissions are “highly uncertain, unobservable, unverifiable, and dependent on assumed policy, economic contexts, and inputs used in the modeling”

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16 April 201415 April 2014

EU giving up on biofuel limits?

Biofuel subsidies will continue under new state-aid guidelines

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7 April 20145 April 2014

EU project tackles growing pains of Europe´s grass producers

SODSAT initiative to increase competitiveness of Europe's turf grass by providing a novel remote intelligent turf management system

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31 March 201430 March 2014

UFOP: EU-Klima- und Ressourcenschutzpolitik zukünftig ohne Biokraftstoffe?!

UFOP fordert wettbewerbs- und technologieoffenen Ansatz in der Biokraftstoffpolitik

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27 March 201426 March 2014

Oil seed can slash CO2 emissions in farming by 13%

Integral use of oil seeds to reduce green house gases emissions associated with farming activities oil seeds can be used to obtain biofuels and feedstuffs for livestock

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26 March 201426 March 2014

KBBPPS project: Technical standard adopted by CEN

Determination of 'bio-based' of products now standardized

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24 March 201423 March 2014

EU directive to reduce bags

New directive aiming at reducing consumption of disposable plastic bags

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Environment MEPs clamp down on wasteful plastic carrier bags

EU legislation to deliver a significant and swift reduction in single-use plastic bags

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18 March 201417 March 2014

Biopesticides Grow Past $4.5 Billion by 2023

Recent legal changes paving the way for biopesticide development and use over synthetic pesticides

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11 March 201410 March 2014

Green Refinery

Eni Ecofining^TM technology to convert Venice refinery into a biorefinery

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10 March 201425 July 2014

Material use – a better option?

A research project analyses the potential environmental and economic effects of increased material use of biomass

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Stoffliche Nutzung – die bessere Option?

Forschungsprojekt bewertet potenzielle ökologische und ökonomische Effekte einer verstärkten stofflichen Nutzung von Biomasse

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New EU project to reintroduce legumes in European fields

LEGATO ('LEGumes for the Agriculture of Tomorrow') project to improve competitiveness of European legumes

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7 March 20146 March 2014

Kommissionsvorschlag zu indirekten Landnutzungsänderungen löst das Problem nicht

Prof. Dr. Lahl empfiehlt Regelungsalternativen unabhängig von der Zweckbestimmung der Endverwendung des Biomasserohstoffs

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Launch of BIO-QUED, the European Research Project for Developing Biochemicals from Renewable Sources Coordinated by Novamont

10 partners from 6 different European countries will collaborate to define innovative and sustainable industrial processes for the production of biochemicals from renewable sources

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6 March 201414 March 2015

EU-project S2Biom: Newsletter Issue 1, February 2014

Project activities will be implemented in three individual but strongly interrelated Themes

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“Backloading” beschlossen: EU stärkt Handel mit CO2-Emissionen

Der Weg für das sogenannten "Backloading" von 900 Millionen CO₂-Zertifikaten im EU-Emissionshandel ist frei

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4 March 201428 February 2014

Biokraftstoffe aus Abfällen

Europas Müll könnte zwölf Prozent des Spritbedarfs decken

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3 March 201428 February 2014

Neue Studie zeigt: Biokraftstoffe aus Abfällen haben großes ungenutztes Potenzial

Miller: Anstatt Anbaubiomasse sind neue Konzepte zur Reststoffnutzung gefragt

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28 February 20143 March 2014

BIO-QED, das europäische Forschungsprojekt für die Entwicklung von Biochemikalien aus erneuerbaren Quellen, das von Novamont koordiniert wird

10 Partner, die aus 6 europäischen Ländern stammen, werden zusammenarbeiten, um die innovativen und nachhaltigen industriellen Verfahren für die Herstellung von Biochemikalien aus erneuerbaren Quellen zu definieren

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19 February 201418 February 2014

The quest for bio-polystyrene

Current developments and the hunt for alternatives

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A smart way to combat plastic waste

Use of bioplastics for waste prevention in the agriculture by Metabolix

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18 February 201417 February 2014

Outrage at Commission’s decision

Greens threaten Commission with censure over GM crop

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17 February 201414 February 2014

When politics trumps science

The curious case of the EU's GMO authorisation system

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11 February 201410 February 2014

cellulac: Plans for sustainable lactic acid production in converted brewery

Up to 100,000 t/y output from Irish facility

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7 February 20146 February 2014

Plastikmüll sinnvoll bekämpfen

Einsatz von Biokunststoffen von Metabolix zur Abfallvermeidung in der Landwirtschaft

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6 February 20149 September 2021

EU-Projekt soll Kosten für CO2-Abtrennung auf unter 15 € pro Tonne senken

Vierjahresprojekt M4CO₂ entwickelt innovative Membrankonzepte für die kontinuierliche CO₂-Abtrennung

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4 February 20143 February 2014

Industrielle Biotechnologie: BMEL fördert europäische Forschungsprojekte

5. gemeinsame Bekanntmachung des ERA-IB-2 mit Beteiligung BMEL über die FNR  

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31 January 201431 January 2014

Unlikely bedfellows in biofuel debate

Industry and green groups are furious about the European Commission's plan to scrap biofuel targets

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29 January 201428 January 2014

Grüne und SPD auf Distanz zu neuen Gentechnik-Pflanzen

Die Grünen und die SPD plädieren gegen die Zulassung neuer Gentechnik-Nutzpflanzen, die Bundesregierung ist in dieser Frage noch uneins

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27 January 201426 January 2014

More consumption not necessary for human well-being, says UN report

Greater food system efficiency and curbs to the expansion of cropland are necessary to prevent the collapse of global ecosystems, says a report presented by the UN at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

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24 January 201423 January 2014

EU proposal sets renewable energy targets, ignores biofuels

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

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Efficiency and renewables make Europe competitive, EU study says

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

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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

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Plastic waste: Parliament sounds the alarm

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

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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

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17 January 201416 January 2014

Plastikmüll: Parlament schlägt Alarm

Abgeordnete fordern Verbot der gefährlichsten Plastikprodukte und Überarbeitung der Verpackungsrichtlinie

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14 January 201413 January 2014

‘Meat Atlas’ sheds light on hidden costs of beef, pigmeat

Europeans need to more aware of the little-known environmental and social cost of their high-meat diets, green campaigners said at the launch of their global ‘Meat Atlas’ report on Thursday (9 January)

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7 January 20146 January 2014

Environmental challenges keep industry on the alert – Biodegradables and plastic bag bans make headlines

Recycling moves forward but players say full potential not reached