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Thought Leadership: The Toxic Substances Control Act and the Bioeconomy: Part 1, The Impact of Nomenclature on the Commercialization of Biobased Chemicals

Thought Leadership: The Toxic Substances Control Act and the Bioeconomy: Part 1, The Impact of Nomenclature on the Commercialization of Biobased Chemicals

April 26, 2015 |

By Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., special to The Digest When I meet people from bioeconomy companies, I ask them about their products’ status under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The most common answers I receive are: “TSCA doesn’t apply because our product is not toxic,” “TSCA doesn’t apply because our product is naturally occurring,” […]

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US poised for biobased chemicals breakout, says National Research Council

US poised for biobased chemicals breakout, says National Research Council

April 5, 2015 |

Though challenges remain, particularly in affordable feedstock, the US National Research Council says “Despite impressive recent and projected growth, the manufacturing of chemicals using biological synthesis and engineering could expand even faster.” The Digest looks at the Report. In Washington, the National Research Council arm of the National Academies has released its report, “Industrialization of […]

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The Gretsky Imperative for biofuels and chemicals

The Gretsky Imperative for biofuels and chemicals

March 12, 2014 |

What about this speed-up in biobased chemicals,  this slow-down in biofuels, and the frenzy in natgas? Real, imagined, over-sold, under-cooked? We know where the puck is – but where actually is the puck going? We look at two reports and three project announcements for the skinny. Over the past few weeks, Lux Reseach released a […]

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Leveling That Old Playing Field: as biofuels rise, what about biobased chemicals?

Leveling That Old Playing Field: as biofuels rise, what about biobased chemicals?

September 12, 2013 |

Why make incentivize a $3 fuel when you can make incentivize a $5 chemical?  A number of biobased refiners would like to level the playing field in replacing the, er, entire barrel of oil. It’s a football analogy, of course, the idea that leveling the playing field is important for players to have fair access to success. […]

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