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18 September 2012

BioSolar Begins Development of EcoBacksheet™

The company’s second breakthrough backsheet product is intended to be environmentally friendly and lower cost to capture a significant share of the rapidly growing solar market

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Agrobiobase – looking at the global bioeconomy one factoid at a time

It’s global, biobased and cool – Agrobiobase – suitable for anything from checking out a company to doing a deep-dive on the sector

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7 September 2012

Georgia Gulf Develops Bio-Based Compounds for InPro Corporation

Innovative, flexible vinyls incorporating bio-based, non-phthalate plasticizer from Segetis

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6 September 2012

Immature Switchgrass Could Help Cellulosic Ethanol Industry

Forever-young-gene makes plant starch more readily available for conversion

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19 August 2012

Biofuel fails EU sustainability test, German researchers claim

Study says EU-grown rapeseed biodiesel falls under 35% marker, adding weight to calls to end food biofuels

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10 August 2012

Green Matter: Can bioplastics take the heat? Record U.S. drought revives food vs. fuel debate

USDA declared 1496 counties across 33 states as natural disaster areas

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9 August 2012

Furthering the bio-based economy

Washington view from Tom Vilsack

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3 August 2012

Biologist Receives $1.5 Million to Study Potential Biofuel Crops

Scientists in Texas explore Panicum hallii as an alternative energy source to oil and gasoline

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24 July 2012

Capitalizing on the biobased boom

Advising USDA on strategic marketing considerations related to the launch of the USDA Certified Biobased label

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16 July 2012

Biobased Resins Made from Susterra® Propanediol Adopted by Panasonic Corporation Eco Solutions Company

First Time that Biobased Resins Used in Asia Pacific for Wet Area System Materials

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10 July 2012

R&D/Leverage Helps Iowa State University Bring Largest-Ever Bioplastics Program To Life

Iowa State University leads eco-research effort to convert the $7.12 billion/year specialty crops industry to biodegradable, non-petroleum based containers

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18 June 2012

Myriant Receives $25 Million Award Under USDA’s Business and Industry (B&I) Loan Guarantee Program to Develop Bio-based Chemicals

Construction of Myriant's Bio-Succinic Acid Plant On-Budget and On-Schedule for First Quarter 2013 Commercial Start

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12 June 2012

The Bio-Based Revolution – 10,000 ways to replace a barrel of imported oil?

BioBased Digest launches to help sort out the news and products in this fast-growing sector

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7 June 2012

DaniMer Scientific Announces Release of Breakthrough Biobased Label Adhesive for PET Industry

Leveraging Renewable Chemicals from DuPont Tate&Lyle and Myriant

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5 June 2012

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Proposed Designation of Twelve New Biobased Product Categories

More than 2,300 Additional Biobased Products to be Eligible for Preferred Federal Purchasing

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31 May 2012

Bioökonomie: Die USA steigen ins Rennen ein

"BioPreferred Program" soll Erforschung und Kommerzialisierung biologischer Prozesse vorantreiben

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Thompson, Schrader Introduce Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012

Legislation Seeks Parity For U.S.-made Forest Products Under USDA’s Biobased Markets Program

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30 May 2012

The Farm Bill Energy Title Is Working and Must Be Renewed

A view of the American energy and agricultural future

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23 May 2012

Gewinner des Umweltschutzes

Vereinfachung von Produktionsprozessen durch chemische Zwischenstoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

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14 May 2012

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Partners with Bio-Botanica® Inc.

ZeaBasics^TM botanical extracts made with Zemea® Propanediol

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10 May 2012

Developing Corn Stover as the Next Agricultural Commodity

DuPont creates a new feedstock supply chain for cellulosic ethanol through a project in Iowa

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7 May 2012

BioTork and NCERC: Paving the way for economically viable ethanol production from hemicellulose

Using Adaptive Evolution to Optimize the Growth Rate of Yeast Strains Genetically Engineered to Ferment Sugar D-Xylose

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1 May 2012

BIO’s World Congress Session:

Building a Biobased Economy

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19 April 2012

Coca Cola and Dow Chemical Among Companies to Bring Consumer Focus to 2012 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

The world's largest industrial biotechnology Conference for bio-based products, biofuels, renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, food ingredients, and biomass opens doors in Orlando

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17 April 2012

Naturally Advanced Technologies’ CRAiLAR Flax Earns 100 Percent USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

A well deserved award

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3 April 2012

EPA approves E15 ethanol blend registrations

Agency approves first applications for registration of ethanol to make E15

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2 April 2012

Biobasiert mit Zertifikat:

Hochleistungskunststoffe von Evonik

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23 March 2012

New Funding For Biomass Research & Development

Project focused on the development of advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products

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22 March 2012

Administration Initiative Targets Biofuels, Bioenergy, Biobased Products

$ 35 Million to support the research, development and demonstration for the improvement of biomass raw materials and their supply

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Obama Administration Announces New Funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiative

Research to advance next generation biofuels and renewable energy technologies

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16 March 2012

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Highlights New Job Creation Opportunities for Agriculture and Manufacturing through Development of Biobased Products

Recent Presidential Action Would Give Companies Making Products Using Agricultural Materials Federal Procurement Preferences

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14 March 2012

DuPont applauds support of biobased innovation

Duplication of categories and products in the next 12 months

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29 February 2012

Biobased Jobs, Grown and Made in America

Incredible potential for the american biobased Industry

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27 February 2012

ZeaChem to Receive USDA Grant to Develop Advanced Biofuels

Bio-based fuel production begins expected in 2013

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23 February 2012

USDA Certification Raises the Bar for Biobased Products

Confusion by over 25,000 market bio-based products should be revealed

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21 February 2012

’BioPrefered’ Products a Priority on U.S. Shopping Lists

More contracts and more opportunities for bio-based businesses

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2 February 2012

Biobased Casting Polyurethanes

New InnoGreen Polyurethanes are breakthrough in polyurethane-research and development

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18 January 2012

The Rise of the Biobased Economy…

And Why Brand Owners Need to Develop a Strategy in 2012

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12 January 2012

BioFlow Resins from Ecospan Receives USDA’s BioPreferred Label

A materials science research and development company focused on bio-based plastics

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4 January 2012

Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance adds adhesive to USDA BioPreferred Program

Low Rise Foam Insulation Adhesive Green is certified to contain 48% biobased content

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24 December 2011

Congress ends corn ethanol subsidy

Trade group expects industry to 'survive'

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6 December 2011

Researchers explore electroactive medical bioplastics

U.S. Agriculture Department Project could lead to a cost-efficient method to produce biocompatible insulin pumps

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3 November 2011

TENCEL® and Lenzing FR® Fibers Earn Prestigious USDA Certification for Sustainability

Qualify for BioPreferred Purchasing Program for US Government Agencies and Contractors

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26 October 2011

Feed Value of Ethanol Byproducts Long Underestimated, Says New USDA Report

Analysis clearly shows the importance of accurate DDGS accounting

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24 October 2011

Senator Stabenow wants to expand tax break for bio-manufacturers

USDA study says more than 100,000 jobs could be created

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28 September 2011

EcoVantage’s Thermally-Modified Lumber Earns USDA Certified Bio-based Product Label

EcoPrem products are composed of 100 percent renewable, bio-based ingredients

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ZeaChem and Partners Awarded $40 million USDA Grant

ZeaChem Will Produce "Drop-In”Advanced Biofuels at Boardman, Oregon Biorefinery

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7 September 2011

US Department of Agriculture’s investments in Biofuels

Up to $510 million scheduled for the next three years

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10 August 201121 February 2018

Researchers Develop Revolutionary Biobased Resins From Crop Materials

Potential to provide a revolutionary impact in some applications - replacing widely-used petrochemical-based epoxy compounds

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9 August 2011

RTP Company Receives USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for Two PLA-based Compounds

Compounds to be utilized in a wide range of structural or housing applications