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When the Clock Is Ticking, but the Rules Aren’t Set: Clean Fuels Conference 2026 delegates assess a Wonderland of market opportunity and policy uncertainty

When the Clock Is Ticking, but the Rules Aren’t Set: Clean Fuels Conference 2026 delegates assess a Wonderland of market opportunity and policy uncertainty

January 20, 2026 |

If the clean fuels industry is living through an Alice-in-Wonderland moment, it’s not because things feel fanciful. It’s because the rules keep changing shape just as the clock gets louder. That was the unspoken theme running through the Clean Fuels Conference this year, where delegates heard repeated variations on the same question: Are we on […]

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Friends of the Earth slams alliance between ag and oil industries on biofuel subsidies

Friends of the Earth slams alliance between ag and oil industries on biofuel subsidies

January 20, 2026 |

In Washington, Friends of the Earth says the Trump administration’s biofuel subsidies are forging an unprecedented alliance between Big Ag and Big Oil that will cost taxpayers over $25 billion while driving increased pollution, according to their new analysis released recently.   The analysis reveals how changes to the federal biofuel tax credits – particularly the 45Z clean fuel production credit – and the Renewable […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to BASF

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to BASF

January 20, 2026 |

BASF’s “Winning Ways” strategy targets shareholder distributions of at least €12 billion between 2025 and 2028 through dividends and buybacks. The company announced the sale of its coatings business to Carlyle for ~€5.8 billion and is preparing its €9.8 billion Agricultural Solutions unit for a minority IPO by 2027. BASF reduced Capex for its Zhanjiang […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Bayer Crop Science

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Bayer Crop Science

January 19, 2026 |

Bayer Crop Science projects over €32 billion in peak sales potential from its innovation pipeline, including next-generation traits like Preceon Smart Corn. In its May 2025 update, the company targeted >€25 billion in net sales and a mid-20s cEBITDA margin by 2029. A new efficiency program aims to free >€1.5 billion in cash and improve […]

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Where Worlds Meet: How FlyORO Is Unlocking a Missing Link in Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Where Worlds Meet: How FlyORO Is Unlocking a Missing Link in Sustainable Aviation Fuel

January 19, 2026 |

On February 6, 1819, Stamford Raffles signed a treaty on a humid strip of land at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Singapore had no army, no natural resources, and no clear sovereign authority he could legally negotiate with. So Raffles did something more subtle. He elevated Tengku Hussein to the sultanate of Johor, […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Gilly Fungal Breeding

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Gilly Fungal Breeding

January 15, 2026 |

Gilly has launched its first dairy pilot in Modesto, CA, converting 200 tons of tomato pomace into high-protein animal feed using proprietary fungi. This low-CapEx process utilizes standard farming equipment to reduce farmer feed costs by up to 10%. Notably, the team achieved a 75% improvement in thermotolerance in just one three-week breeding cycle using […]

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The Spirit of ’06: As New Mexico’s LCFS approaches, health outcomes hang in the balance

The Spirit of ’06: As New Mexico’s LCFS approaches, health outcomes hang in the balance

January 15, 2026 |

On June 30, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a bill that many American businesses believed would ruin them. The Pure Food and Drugs Act had been opposed for more than two decades by patent-medicine manufacturers, whiskey rectifiers, and food producers who warned that regulation would destroy consumer choice, cripple commerce, and hand the federal government […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Grey Heron Offtake Strategies

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Grey Heron Offtake Strategies

January 14, 2026 |

Presented at ABLC Next 2025, Grey Heron provides a roadmap for securing investor-grade offtake agreements for first-of-its-kind projects. CEO Steve Weiss emphasizes moving beyond “vanilla” LOIs by capturing precise terms like volume, pricing formulas, and target close dates to build enterprise value. The strategy focuses on threading the needle between investor requirements for binding, long-term […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to AlkaLi Labs

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to AlkaLi Labs

January 13, 2026 |

AlkaLi Labs is leveraging bioengineered microbes to unlock critical minerals from industrial waste, specifically targeting Lithium extraction from oil and gas produced water. With Permian Basin water volumes projected to hit 25 million barrels daily by 2025, the company’s proprietary biosorbents offer a scalable solution for domestic mineral security. Their joint venture model allows for […]

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Beyond Fats and Oils: Unlocking Biomass for the Next Generation of SAF

Beyond Fats and Oils: Unlocking Biomass for the Next Generation of SAF

January 13, 2026 |

By Stephen Toon, CEO, BioVeritas Special to The Digest The Feedstock Dilemma at the Heart of SAF After several decades working across industrial biotechnology, from greenfield plant startups to navigating more than a few cellulosic scale-up challenges, I’ve learned that the future of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) hinges on something far more fundamental than technology: […]

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