Government
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Biofuel battle heats up (more)
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So I was watching the Superbowl game on Sunday (ok I admit I am more into commercials than the game itself since my Giants team was not involved), when I saw the Dodge Ram truck commercial “God Made a Farmer” and I thought about the recent 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards proposal by the US Environmental…
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Who will be the greener US president?
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[polldaddy poll=6625027] Even if there are a lot of readers of the blog that live outside the US, I am assuming that there are still many of you who are interested on who will be the next US president in less than three weeks (US presidential election is November 6) especially if the new president…
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FTC’s revised Green Guides
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‘Tis the season to remind manufacturers to be careful about their green marketing claims. Last month, the European Bioplastics trade group launched its Environmental Communications Guide to help marketing and communications professionals to correctly present the benefits of bioplastics based on approved standards. Last week, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finally revised its Green…
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European Bioeconomy: Where is it now?
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Ok, so I’m bummed out by my test score last night that I’m just going to sulk for awhile and watch videos. Actually here is a cool video (even though I don’t understand Dutch) that I retweeted from @biobasedchem about the possibility of a biobased economy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Be7cLMJYI&w=420&h=315] Europe has been in the forefront of…