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One cites less dependency on oil, the other new farming practicesTwo new UC Irvine papers reach markedly different conclusions about why methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, unexpectedly leveled off near the end of the 20th century. They appear today in the journal Nature.Both note that after decades of increases due to worldwide industry and agriculture, the tapering off of the hazardous hydrocarbon in the atmosphere "“ which began in the 1980s "“ was remarkable."It was an...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and TORTONA, Italy, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Codexis, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDXS) and Chemtex, a global technology and engineering Company wholly-owned by Italy's Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi ("M&G Group"), today announced a broad collaboration to develop and produce sustainable detergent alcohols for use in the household products market. The collaboration includes development of second generation detergent alcohols from cellulosic (non-food) biomass. Detergent...
-- Additional US$30 million recently raised MONTREAL, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Enerkem Inc., a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, announced today the closing of US$30 million in additional financing through corporate equity (US$15.3 million) and corporate debt (US$15 million) transactions. As part of the equity financing round, The Westly Group, Fondaction CSN and Quince Associates, L.P. join existing investors Valero Energy Corp., Waste...
SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Genomatica, a technology leader for the chemical industry, topped the first-ever list of "The 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Materials." Biofuels Digest announced today that Genomatica was voted the No. 1 hottest company in renewable chemicals and materials, in competitive balloting against both public and private fuels and chemicals leaders. "The momentum in the renewable chemicals and materials space inspired us to run the first...
IRVINE, Calif., July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FlexEnergy Inc (www.flexenergy.com), a clean tech business with the breakthrough solution to create clean energy with near zero emissions from harmful greenhouse gases, applauds the July 19, 2011 proposed decision of California Public Utilities President Michael Peevey to modify the Self-Generation Incentive Program, or SGIP. The program is designed to stimulate the installation of clean and ultra-efficient energy generation technologies....
LANL molecular model helps expose cellulose weaknessResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have found a potential key for unlocking the energy potential from non-edible biomass materials such as corn leaves and stalks, or switch grass.In a paper appearing in today's Journal of the American Chemical Society, Los Alamos researchers S. Gnanakaran, Giovanni Bellesia, and Paul Langan join Shishir Chundawat and Bruce...
By Ann Perry, USDA/ARSU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have produced the first detailed data on how large-scale dairy facilities contribute to the emission of greenhouse gases. This research was conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the ARS Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Laboratory in Kimberly, Idaho.ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and these studies support the USDA priority of responding to climate change.ARS...
LAKE MILLS, Iowa, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad spent Tuesday July 19th getting a look at two Lake Mills facilities that show Iowa's commitment to be more sustainable and green, while creating jobs. The Governor, along with several state and local leaders, toured Perfect Circle's greenhouse and Waste Management's Landfill Gas-To-Energy operations in Lake Mills. Heat from the adjacent Waste Management power plant is used for the growing operation in the...
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following its annual summer board meeting featuring a lineup of congressional and administration leaders and senior staff, the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) launched the first in a series of online advertisements promoting the successful uses of advanced biofuels across the United States. ABFA President Michael McAdams said of today's launch, "As Washington confronts our nation's energy and economic challenges, we must demonstrate...
'Dry rot' genome offers lessons for biofuel pretreatment processesFeared by realtors and homeowners alike, dry rot due to the fungus Serpula lacrymans causes millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and buildings around the world. This brown rot fungus' capacity to break down the cellulose in wood led to its selection for sequencing by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in 2007, with the goal of identifying the enzymes involved in the degradation process and...
