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Senate introduced Renewable Chems Tax Incentive Law
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announced that Senators Stabenow (D-MI), Coons (D-DE) and Franken (D-MN) has introduced S. 2271, the Renewable Chemicals Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for the production of renewable chemicals and investments in renewable chemical production facilities. S. 2271 would … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACE2015 American Cleaning Institute Sustainability Report
I have been covering the cleaning industry since 2000 because of its connection to the oleochemicals market. The cleaning industry has been one of the front runners in their approach towards sustainability given their products’ role towards health, cleanliness and of course it is constantly being used by consumers every minute, everyday. The American Cleaning … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEReverdia, Covestro in succinic acid-based TPU
I haven’t posted much about bio-based succinic acid recently as most of my information on this space now goes directly to Tecnon OrbiChem’s BioMaterials newsletter. However, here’s a recent news from Reverdia and Covestro (formerly Bayer MaterialScience) on their collaboration on thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) using Reverdia’s Biosuccinium succinic acid. Covestro will employ the bio-succinic acid … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEDuPont starts cellulosic ethanol plant
Happy November blog readers! I am 10,000 feet in the air enjoying the gogowifi at Delta on my way to San Francisco to cover this week’s SynBioBeta conference. Follow my tweets at @DGreenblogger #SBBSF15. Meanwhile, the biofuel industry (and renewable chemicals as well) was abuzz with the recent opening of DuPont’s much anticipated Nevada, Iowa, … Continue reading
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