Some days, it feels like 1968 all over again. Crisis in the Middle East, a Robert F. Kennedy running for president, assassins in the news, political upheaval in France. Russian tanks rolling in Eastern Europe. An American president eligible for re-election deciding belatedly and under pressure not to run, a VP running after not being […]
The industry newsdiaper is so SAFturated with jet fuel stories, you might have forgotten that renewable chemicals exist, and that some of them do super-absorbent things. And it’s good news that super-duper absorbents are in the news, for those of you around the world who have friends currently soiling themselves as their political leaders of […]
By Jonathan Gressel, LEC Partners (formerly Lee Enterprises Consulting), Weizmann Institute of Science and HiCap Formulations (Israel) Ltd. Special to The Digest Modern pesticides provide a healthy, safe food supply. The twentieth-century discovery of small organic molecule pesticides revolutionized agriculture and food production. Pesticides such as herbicides replaced manual and mechanical cultivation, while fungicides and […]
By Ryan Zurkuhlen, Vice President of Modular Operations, S&B Special to The Digest Many engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors struggle with tighter margins and higher risk. This generally trickles down to an unfair allocation of risk throughout the supply chain. Incorporating a modular solution can help mitigate risks on projects. In this article, we […]
By Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The evidence seems overwhelming that Electric Vehicles are not going to be able to meet the timeline predicted by the Biden Administration and consequently, fail to provide the reductions in pollution the U.S. EPA is promising. There are ever growing signs of […]
Amidst the cool early summer breezes off the Mediterranean, the 32nd edition of EUBCE has arrived in Marseille, and the delegates have been comparing notes on sustainable projects and technologies with elán vital and force irresistible. The delegates are serious, impassioned, confident and, oh my, detailed. My boat is swamped with forecasts, models, predictions. There […]
The BioDesign Challenge has come and gone for another year, and we are left to consider what it tells us about the intersection of biotechnology, design, and story. You can learn all about the Challenge, the worthy staff that runs it, the students from high school to graduate school who compete, right here. Five projects […]
The BioDesign Challenge has come and gone for another year, and we are left to consider what it tells us about the intersection of biotechnology, design, and story. A more in-depth profile of the event, the winning entry and the context which makes BDC important, is here. Yet, a review of the event would not […]
By Wayne Lee and Dr. Doug Rivers, LEC Partners (formerly Lee Enterprises Consulting) Special to The Digest In bioeconomy-related projects, two distinct scenarios emerge concerning the expert. On one hand, there’s a company’s proactive decision to seek the expertise of an expert to guide them through the complexities and help them complete a project while […]
By Bill Hagy, Project Director, LEC Partners (formerly Lee Enterprises Consulting) Special to The Digest There are numerous federal funding resources available to support commercial-scale bioeconomy projects. The following items should be considered when identifying federal funding resource(s) available for potential project funding: Some programs are restricted to small businesses. Some programs are restricted to […]
