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EPA to restricts perfluorinated chemicals imports
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a rule that will restrict imports of perfluorinated chemicals that could be used in carpets. The regulation will require companies to report to EPA all new uses, including in domestic and imported products, of these chemicals once used for soil and stain resistance in carpets. The rule…
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Renewable chems tax credit waiting for Congress
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US producers of renewable chemicals are hopeful that a recently introduced bill called “Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Act of 2013” (H.R. 3084) sponsored by House Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Steve Stockman (R-Texas), Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa), Linda Sanchez (D-Calif) and Richard Neal (D-Mass), will be approved by US Congress and signed into law. The…
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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 Jim Gennaro, codifies the city’s existing use of biodiesel blends in the city’s fleet of…
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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 research to revolutionize current farming methods by giving crops the ability to thrive without using…
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Protected: Government of Canada Invests in BioAmber
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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 cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advancd biofuel and total renewable fuel. 2013 standard for cellulosic biofuel…
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Protected: New report on succinic, itaconic acids and FDCA
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