Government
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NYC’s biodiesel demand to rise
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New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed a new law that will utilize a 5% blend of biodiesel in the city’s vehicle fleet beginning next year, and increasing to 20% in the near future. The measure, introduced by Councilman…
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US, UK researchers bag grant for fertilizer alternative
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Four teams of researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom recently were awarded more than $12 million by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.K.’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to begin a program of novel…
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Government of Canada Invests in BioAmber
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BioAmber’s new $110m bio-based succinic acid plant will receive a C$12 million investment from the Canadian Government through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to support its construction in Sarnia. The plant is expected to create…
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EPA Finalizes 2013 RFS
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Amidst the bickering between the petroleum (and food) industry and the biofuel industry about this year’s biofuel volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally decided on its 2013 annual percentage standards for…
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New report on succinic, itaconic acids and FDCA
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I’m trying to cram a lot of work this week before my ‘no-internet’ vacation arrives this Saturday. By the way, I will be presenting next month September 13 at the ICIS World Chemical Purchasing Summit in Boston about the bio-based…
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ZeaChem cellulosic ethanol RINs registered
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ZeaChem announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed the successful registration of ZeaChem’s demonstration biorefinery in Boardman, Ore., to generate cellulosic biofuel RINs. The EPA Fuels Programs Registered Company/Facility ID List has been updated accordingly with ZeaChem’s biorefinery…
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USDA’s BioPreferred Program back in business
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It is good to hear that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) BioPreferred Program web portal is open again for companies to apply for the voluntary USDA Certified Biobased Product label. Up-to-date, the agency said about 900 individual products have…