Ethanol

Biofuels is big in Iowa. So big in fact, that according to domesticfuel.com

“Iowa State University will get $8 million of a $78 million U.S.

This week, Farmer Gene blogs on biotechnology for sustainability, writing,

“On the Tomorrow’s Table blog, Kent J.

Verenium Corporation, a Cambridge, Mass. based company, is one of many biotechnology companies working on creating renewable biofuels from natural and sustainable resources.  Learn more about how they are creating new, environmentally friendly energy alternatives that could change the way we fuel our world. 

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Dr. Targan explains how biotechnology is helping to reduce our carbon footprint through the production of biofuels, which are  manufactured from various renewable resources found  naturally in our environment.

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This week BIO’s own Farmer Gene writes about a Marketplace interview with Stuart Brand, original founder of the Whole Earth Catalogue, which offered readers a vision of returning to the land in order to live sustainably.

Farmer Gene writes,
“Brand has recently published a new book, The Whole Earth Discipline, which tackles climate change using a somewhat different tone, and gives eloquent praise to biotech agriculture.

This week we start with some healthcare information. Just about everyone is familiar with the healthcare reform issue. What they may not have heard of is a medicine called a biologic, and the debate over when should generic manufacturers allowed to make what are called biosimilars.

This week Health Reform Watch wonders if the biosimilars debate is over.

"Two months ago, I discussed possible federal legislation intended to balance the competing need for scientific and medical innovation with the costs to patients for biosimilars.

There’s a lot going on in the blogosphere about the world of biofuels this week. Yesterday, the World Wildlife Fund released a report,which according to NCTechnews.com,

“concludes that industrial biotechnology can provide dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and provide strong progress toward a green and sustainable economy.

This week in the blogosphere biotech is all about being green and saving the planet.
Cleantech writes about Plankton Power plans for biofuels facility on Cape Cod.

Hey check it out! BIO's very own Brent Erickson discusses the future of ethanol with Dr. Moira Gunn on Tech Nation.

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