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Reps.Mace, Titus, and Sens. Lee, Booker, Paul, Warren, and Gillibrand Introduce Commodity Checkoff Programs reform bill

Reps.Mace, Titus, and Sens. Lee, Booker, Paul, Warren, and Gillibrand Introduce Commodity Checkoff Programs reform bill

March 2, 2023 |

In Washington, groups including Animal Wellness Action, the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM), and the National Dairy Producers Organization  applauded U.S. Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Dina Titus, D-Nev., and U.S. Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Cory Booker, D-N.J., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., for introducing the bicameral, bipartisan, Opportunities for […]

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Patagonia launches first bio-based jacket via Virent technology

Patagonia launches first bio-based jacket via Virent technology

March 2, 2023 |

In California, the outdoor clothing and gear giant Patagonia has launched its SugarDown Hoody, the company’s first fully biobased jacket, manufactured using Virent’s 100% plant-based paraxylene-called BioForm PX. The SugarDown Hoody is available online now. Using U.S.-grown sugar from the sugarcane fields of Louisiana, Virent produced the paraxylene-a critical component of the SugarDown Hoody’s polyester […]

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Designer Biosynthetic Jet Fuels appear in new China Lake research

Designer Biosynthetic Jet Fuels appear in new China Lake research

March 2, 2023 |

In California, members of the Ben Harvey High-Performance Fuels fan club will applaud the appearance of a most interesting paper on designer jet fuels, these are derived from Isoprene and α-Olefins — what’s most interesting from the gang at the Navy’s China Lake R&D center are some of the net heat and low-temp viscosities of […]

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Stakeholders agree on increasing role of low carbon fuels in UK Net Zero transport strategy

Stakeholders agree on increasing role of low carbon fuels in UK Net Zero transport strategy

March 2, 2023 |

In the UK, Zemo Partnership is reporting that more than 100 organizations from 13 different stakeholder groups have provided input through a series of 28 workshops, supported by Zemo Partnership, to inform the Department for Transport’s emerging strategy for low carbon fuels. Participants noted that early reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are essential to pave […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE)

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE)

March 2, 2023 |

Current plastics waste management and recycling approaches are limited. Recycled plastics often lower quality and value; Mechanical recycling not applicable to all polymers; and, there is little economic incentive for plastics reclamation. Can we apply expertise in biomass conversion to develop economically viable, sustainable solutions for plastic waste that go beyond conventional approaches? BOTTLE Consortium […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Vertimass

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Vertimass

March 1, 2023 |

Proprietary Vertimass Technology can lower costs of sustainable fuels for aircraft and light and heavy duty vehicles while providing a new route to renewable chemicals. Rapid development and deployment of novel Vertimass technology for conversion of renewable ethanol into hydrocarbons could open up new markets for ethanol and corn, enhance energy security, and reduce greenhouse […]

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Awestruck by Aquastroke: a new engine and its ethanol+water fuel

Awestruck by Aquastroke: a new engine and its ethanol+water fuel

March 1, 2023 |

A very interesting technology has come to our attention, worth a serious look, it’s a new attack on an old idea, which is the production of affordable energy using s combination of 70 percent water and 30 percent ethanol, in this case using the Aquastroke engine as developed by Maymaan. So, what is it? More […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Vanguard Renewables

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Vanguard Renewables

February 28, 2023 |

Vanguard Renewables is a national leader in the development of organics-to-renewable energy projects. The company’s Farm Powered program works with dairy farmers to help manage manure, enhance regenerative agriculture practices, solve greenhouse gas emissions challenges, and enhance long-term operational and economic benefits.  Vanguard’s Bryan Tracey presented these slides on the company’s promise and progress at […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Verde Nanomaterials

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Verde Nanomaterials

February 27, 2023 |

Cellulose nanofibers are attractive sustainable biomaterials with exceptional properties. Verde Namomaterials is producing affordable cellulose nanofibers from waste to enable sustainable materials in the circular bioeconomy. Verde Nanomaterials founder Danielle U. Pascoli presented these slides at ABLC Next.

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Get Together:Sasol, Topsoe ink MOU for JV to build, own, operate SAF plants

Get Together:Sasol, Topsoe ink MOU for JV to build, own, operate SAF plants

February 27, 2023 |

For today’s storyline, I do suggest you play the Youngbloods 1960s hit Get Together on your device of choice. Whenever I read of a potential game-changing JV in the bioeconomy, I think how hard JVs are, and my mind drifts hopefully to the Youngbloods singing the chorus, “Come on, people now/Smile on your brother/Everybody get […]

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