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11 June 201410 June 2014

New EU reforms fail European wildlife

Researchers recommending more activities, SCIENCE reports

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EU-Agrarreform wird Artenvielfalt nicht ausreichend schützen

Forscher empfehlen in SCIENCE zusätzliche Maßnahmen

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EU seeks common framework for Circular Economy

Commission to speed up the process with binding targets for recycling and public procurement

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10 June 20149 June 2014

Potočnik: ‘Subsidies to energy and water use raise barriers to a circular economy’

EU society still locked in old industrial patterns of production and consumption

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A new bioplastic material reinforced with nanoclays suitable for the automotive sector has been achieved

ECOplast cooperation to create new collaborations and international projects according to the new materials

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6 June 20145 June 2014

Torrefaction: the bioenergy newcomer

AEBIOM conference: Roasting biomass - a solution for large-scale implementation of bioenergy

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5 June 20144 June 2014

Zeichen für die Bioökonomie in Mitteldeutschland stehen auf „Grün“

Spitzencluster BioEconomy nach Evaluierung in der BMBF-Spitzenclusterförderung weiter auf Kurs zur europaweiten Modellregion

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3 June 20142 June 2014

Bioenergy push needs land ‘three times the size of the UK’

New report by Vienna University shows EU bioenergy demand equalled the total land area of a country like Sweden

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2 June 20141 June 2014

U.S. wood pellet exports double in 2013 in response to growing European demand

Transportation cost a large part of the total cost

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30 May 201428 May 2014

EU must do away with ‘concept of waste’

Janez Potočnik highlights the importance of a circular economy in a time of increasing competition and diminishing resources

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27 May 201426 May 2014

AIMPLAS receives the award for the best European project due to biodegradable extruded nets for citrus fruits and mollusks

Compostable net to be put with the rest of the organic wastes generated at home and in shopping centers

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26 May 201425 May 2014

Berlin BIO-TIC Workshop: Use of IB in Bio-Surfactants

Preceding the Third ICIS European Surfactants Conference as a satellite event

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Internationale Debatte über Synthetische Biologie

Biodiversitäts-Konvention (CBD) tagt Ende Juni in Montreal

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Bakterielle Biokunststoffproduktion durchflusszytometrisch verfolgt

Forschungsprojekt SYNPOL untersucht bakterielle Biokunststoffproduktion aus Synthesegas im Bioreaktor

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22 May 201422 May 2014

Airbus performs its longest flight using sustainable jet fuel with KLM

First flight of a series of 50 long-haul commercial flights - Largest European initiative for a local production of sustainable jet fuels - Longest biofuel flight performed by an Airbus aircraft

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Goodbye Fuel from Food, Hello Food From Fuel: Calysta’s Big Methane-to-Protein Play

Alan Shaw has a one-step solution for making the world food secure, and using up all that spare, cheap, greenhouse-nasty shale gas. Make proteins from methane

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21 May 201420 May 2014

EU-Projekt: Mit Enzymen zur Natur-Kosmetik

Optibiocat - Optimised esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production

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The upcoming elections are crucial for the future of the bioeconomy in the European Union

Next 5 years will be critical to set up a new model of economic and social development

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20 May 201419 May 2014

Biomass: the sustainability challenge

Scientific experts, policymakers and NGO and industry representatives discussed this question at the recent European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) conference in Brussels

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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