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7 May 20184 May 2018

Administrator Pruitt Promotes Environmental Stewardship with Forestry Leaders and Students in Georgia

This policy will provide certainty to rural communities and the forest industry while supporting economic growth

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3 May 20181 May 2018

Isobutanol: Now on the Radar for USA

Newly opened EPA comment period to allow the US consumers to choose oxygenates, as ethanol’s hygroscopic nature hosted a lot of problems

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30 April 201826 April 2018

BIO Applauds Farm Bill Amendments Addressing Ag Biotech

The House Agriculture Committee approved on Wednesday, April 18, amendments to the panel’s Farm Bill addressing some key BIO policy priorities

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25 April 201819 April 2018

Gene Editing Is A Continuum of Plant Breeding

Even with the FDA and the WHO determining that GMOs are safe, activists worked hard to sow fear and skepticism about the technology in the public

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20 April 201817 April 2018

Advocating for Commercialization of Biobased Products: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to BRAG

Lauren Graham gave this illuminating overview of BRAG and advocacy for biobased products at ABLC 2018 in Washington DC

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16 February 201814 February 2018

10 Years After: Advanced Biofuels’ Status, Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Lorenz Bauer, Ph.D., Member Lee Enterprises Consulting, will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC

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30 January 201824 January 2018

New study shows producers where and how to grow cellulosic biofuel crops

Practical agronomic data for five cellulosic feedstocks, which could improve adoption and increase production across the country

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12 September 20178 September 2017

Fermentation Frontiers: Top 10 Trendlines in industrial biotech fermentation

The targets are diversifying and cellulosics themselves are shifting gears from process to feedstocks

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29 August 20179 September 2021

Methanol and Bio-economy: Now and the Future

The continued growth of the methanol economies provides significant opportunities for investment in novel production methods

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22 August 201717 August 2017

POET Biorefining – Marion breaks ground on 80 million-gallon expansion

Hundreds of farmers, area leaders join POET CEO in commemorating start of construction, new jobs, new grain demand

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10 August 20179 August 2017

U.S. court decision may boost biofuels, hit refiners

The EPA had sought to lower the amount of biofuels that needed to be mixed into fuel

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28 July 201724 July 2017

Industrial Biotechnology: A Unique Potential for Pollution Prevention

The BIO report shows how companies are working to utilize new technology in various ways

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2 June 201731 May 2017

SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard Recognized as a Verification Mechanism for PEFC Chain of Custody Certification

Requirements concerning controversial sources at a global level, while promoting the responsible procurement of wood fibre

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31 May 201729 May 2017

Trump’s proposed budget includes cuts to EPA, DOE and USDA

Proposed budget aims to eliminate all funding for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program and the Rural Energy for America Program, the Biorefinery Assistance Program

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16 May 201715 May 2017

Awards, Rewards in bio and sustainability

Awards announcements of May

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27 March 201723 March 2017

Dow, BASF, Eastman stir up new formulas for safer chemicals

Consumer marketplace seems to be the most powerful force inspiring chemical and materials manufacturers to create safer chemicals

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20 February 20179 September 2021

Reverse Combustion and its prospects

There are more than a dozen technologies somewhere in development with a dizzying array of acronyms

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15 February 201713 February 2017

Magic bullets: US Army pursues ‘biodegradable’ ammunition

The traditional function of bullets is killing, but a new design could have the opposite effect

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5 December 20162 December 2016

Palm oil prices hit four-year high after US lifts biodiesel target

The US government is trying to encourage energy companies to use a greater amount of biofuel

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17 November 201615 November 2016

US elections: what Trump’s victory means for the bioeconomy

How to spread the wealth of any nation is one discussion that parties grapple with — should it be through unleashing more opportunity for those left behind, or through redistributive tax and spending policies?

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16 November 201614 November 2016

View from the USA: The government is on the hunt for ground-breaking solutions

EPA's PGCCA program calls out the best innovative thinking in the green chemistry arena, looking for ground-breaking solutions to all kinds of environmental problems

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14 November 201610 November 2016

OPINION: Trump Presidency: What is the future of US bioeconomy?

Utilization of waste to higher value products will always make good business sense

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25 October 201620 October 2016

Concern as Senate leans toward labeling wood-fired power plants as carbon neutral

Scientists concerned that well-intentioned legislation could promote deforestation in the U.S. and elsewhere

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21 October 201619 October 2016

Bossie, the Climate Warrior: new approaches may unlock dairy methane’s value

Culture Biosystems producing attractive economics for its advanced algae cultivation platform

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Biogenic CO2 Coalition launches grassroots outreach

Urges EPA to remove its regulatory roadblock to development of the bioeconomy

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4 October 201611 August 2020

Isobutanol: A New Product from Revamped Ethanol Plants

In the United States, Renewable Isobutanol qualifies as an Advanced Biofuel and has an approved pathway for production from many feedstocks

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1 September 201629 August 2016

U.S. Commerce Department Invests More Than $4 Million In Maine, Deploys Interagency Team To Help Strengthen State’s Forest Economy

EDA will deploy an Economic Development Assessment Team (EDAT) in eastern Maine to evaluate new and existing economic strategies

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18 August 201617 August 2016

Ecovative’s new engineered wood panels eliminate formaldehyde emission problem

MycoBoard is a new type of engineered wood panel that is completely safe to use and can help its users to meet sustainability goals

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3 August 201628 July 2016

Rivertop Renewables’ Sodium Glucarate Meets EPA’s “Safer Choice” Criteria

High-performing, cost-effective corrosion inhibitor is safer for families, pets, workplaces, neighborhoods, and the environment

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29 July 201627 July 2016

EPA Issues Final Actions to Cut Methane Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

Cost-effective updates will strengthen requirements for new, modified and existing landfills and will provide important climate and public health benefits

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19 July 201618 July 2016

Future Bioeconomy Supported by More Than One Billion Tons of Biomass Potential

United States could produce enough biomass to support a bioeconomy, including renewable aquatic and terrestrial biomass resources

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27 June 201617 June 2016

EPA Announces the 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award Winners!

Each year the EPA honors winners whose chemical technologies incorporate the principles of green chemistry into chemical design, manufacture, and use

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22 June 201621 June 2016

Verdezyne Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award

Award from the EPA Recognizes “Landmark Green Chemistry Technology”

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18 April 201614 April 2016

Bioeconomy: One Billion Tons of Biomass

Biomass Research & Development Board creating U.S. “Bioeconomy Vision”

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BIOWC16 Workshop: “Growing a Billion Ton Bioeconomy in the United States”

Workshop open to all attendees at the 2016 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

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14 April 20169 September 2021

Major Regulatory Milestones in First Quarter Set Joule Up for Commercial Success

Company hits major breakthroughs including EPA approval for Sunflow®-E

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13 April 201612 April 2016

Evolva gains exclusive license to develop and commercialise nootkatone globally for pest control

Evolva also signs broader nootkatone collaboration agreement with CDC

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22 February 201619 February 2016

U.S. Groups Join Global Call to Remove Wood-based Biomass From European Union Renewable Energy Directive

Biomass Increases Carbon Pollution, Damages Land and Livelihoods in Communities Around Globe

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19 November 201517 November 2015

The future of compostable packaging is bright

A multi-pronged, multi-stakeholder systems approach is needed to fully realize the potential of compostable packaging - here are three areas to focus on, along with next steps

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2 October 20159 September 2021

Joule achieves U.S. EPA registration for CO2-recycled ethanol

Sunflow®-E ethanol is now cleared for commercial use in E10 and E15 gasoline blends

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25 September 201524 September 2015

What will it take for brands to deliver on the promise of greener chemicals?

That momentum behind green chemistry in the 1990s has never waned, but it’s never exactly exploded either. Is that about to change?

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23 September 20159 September 2021

MSU/PHYCO2 collaboration works for cleaner power

PHYCO₂-technology continuously captures significant amounts of CO₂, growing algae with LED light

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21 September 201517 September 2015

Algenol To Distribute Ethanol Commercially

Florida-based Renewable Fuels Leader Protec Fuel to Market Algae-based Blends

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27 August 201526 August 2015

Butamax and Gevo enter into global patent cross-license and settlement agreements

Accelerating development of markets for bio-based isobutanol and end all litigation

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10 August 20159 September 2021

EPA paves the way for Algenol’s carbon reduction technology

Helping utilities comply with new emission standards

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31 July 201529 July 2015

Non-isocyanate polyurethane wins Green Chemistry Challenge Award

A green polyurethane, which eliminates the use of isocyanates, has won the 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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22 July 201521 July 2015

Green Chemistry Awards take notice of plastics players

Plastics companies and up and down the supply chain have been selected for the 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Awards

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16 July 20159 September 2021

ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech and Primetals Technologies announce partnership to construct breakthrough €87m biofuel production facility

Europe’s first-ever commercial scale production facility to create bioethanol from waste gases produced during the steelmaking process with a total capacity of 47,000 tons of ethanol per year will be completed in 2018

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9 July 20158 July 2015

White House aims to modernize biotechnology regulatory process

On July 2, the White House issued a memo on modernizing the regulatory system for biotechnology products to heads of the U.S. EPA, USDA and U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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8 July 20157 July 2015

Cellulosic ethanol: Where are the gallons? Answers for your questions.

Seen a number of high-profile cellulosic projects open in recent years, and not much ethanol being produced? Wondered why? Here are answers to your questions!