Tag: BIO
BIO urges Florida Governor to veto state RFS repeal
Tweet In Florida, BIO responded to efforts in the state legislature to repeal Florida’s Renewable Fuel Standard, urging Gov. Rick Scott to veto the bill. HB 4001/SB 320 is expected to pass next week. “Unfortunately the legislation repealing Florida’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will lead to uncertainty about the state’s continued support of developing advanced [...]
BIO Announces Jay Keasling its 2013 George Washington Carver Award Winner for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology
Tweet In Washington, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) named Dr. Jay Keasling as the recipient of its 2013 George Washington Carver Award for innovation in industrial biotechnology. A panel selected Keasling, a professor of biochemical engineering at University of California, Berkeley; associate laboratory director at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute; [...]
US renewable fuels policy leaders defend Renewable Fuel Standard, pursue broader alignment
Tweet In Washington DC, the heads of the National Biodiesel Board, the Algae Biomass Organization, the Advanced Biofuels Association, BIO’s industrial biotechnology section and the Advanced Ethanol Council discussed policy options for advanced fuels in a rare public meet-up. at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference (ABLC 2013). The discussion ranged from the pursuit of unity, [...]
BIO: Ethanol blend wall is contrived by obligated parties to prevent biofuels from gaining market access.
Tweet In Washington, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) recently submitted comments to the EPA on the proposed Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives in the 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards. BIO cautioned against setting volumes for cellulosic and advanced biofuels that would become a self-fulfilling prophecy, by discouraging biofuel developers from aiming higher. BIO also recommended [...]
Is the U.S. Military Fighting Straw Men?
Tweet Are supporters of the oil industry grasping at straws to keep the U.S. military addicted to oil? By Brent Erickson, executive vice-president, Biotechnology Industry Organization; head, Industrial & Environmental Section Achieving energy security is critical not only for civilians, but also for U.S. military readiness and national security reasons. Our reliance on foreign oil [...]
Monsanto seed patent case to appear before Supreme Court
Tweet In Washington, Monsanto’s seed patent will appear before the Supreme Court tomorrow. The case addresses the ownership of seeds under patents, particularly whether the seed from the company’s Roundup Ready soybeans can be legally replanted— the financial implications on farmers and the biotech industry alike could be enormous. Said Cathy Enright, a representative from [...]
Advanced Biofuels policy organizations respond to API
Tweet In Washington, the Advanced Biofuel policy organizations have responded to the American Petroleum Institute’s recent letter to the EPA claiming that zeroing out the 2012 cellulosic biofuel obligation of the RFS is “the only proper implementation of the Court’s” ruling. Brent Erickson fired back that the API “want to strangle the infant cellulosic biofuel [...]
Court vacates 2012 cellulosic biofuel standard, affirms 2012 advanced biofuel standard.
Tweet In Washington, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the advanced biofuels requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while ordering the EPA to reset the cellulosic biofuels target. “We agree with API that because EPA’s methodology for making its cellulosic biofuel projection did not take neutral aim at [...]
Tax Credits Are a Valuable Tool in the Biofuels Policy Toolbox
Tweet By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, BIO Industrial & Environmental Section It is not often I disagree or take issue with Biofuels Digest; however, the recent article and analysis on cellulosic tax credits left out some key points. There are a number of policy tools to help the biofuels industry compete with entrenched incumbents [...]
Agriculture industry stakeholders ink framework for post-patent seeds
Tweet In Iowa, The American Seed Trade Association and the Biotechnology Industry Organization recently completed the first phase of an industry Accord to establish a framework for post-patent single trait seeds. Chuck Larson, executive director of Americans for Choice and Competition in Agriculture said: “After five years of tireless negotiations among ASTA, BIO and industry [...]
