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  • Asia Bioplastics Outlook 2013

    This is the international conference on bioplastics and bio-based business, focusing on the global and regional bioplastics capacity, technology and market. The event is initiated and organized by CBI BIZ, which has over 10 years of experience and knowledge in the conventional plastics industry and innovative plastics market. This year’s conference will present the latest…

  • 87% of Seattle’s Large Buildings Now Tracking & Reporting Energy Use to City

    “Seattle’s benchmarking program has helped many building owners who have never tracked energy use before better understand their building’s energy performance. Reporting the information to the city will help us improve and create programs to help owners upgrade their facilities to save energy and money,” said Jill Simmons, Director of the Seattle Office of Sustainability…

  • Scientists Turn Toxic By-Product into Biofuel Booster

    Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes — long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacement for the hydrocarbons in gasoline — have figured out why the natural reaction typically stops after three to five cycles. Armed with that knowledge, they’ve devised a strategy to keep the reaction going. The biochemical details –…

  • BioFuels Development International Plans To Begin Bioiesel Production In Q3 Of 2013

    CB&T will execute a multi-phased approach to reentry into the market, initially restarting production at a 30M gallon per year throughput rate with an expected increase to 75M gallons per year in the next 12 months. Utilizing a combination of domestic and foreign feedstock, primarily taken out of waste streams, CB&T will be a feedstock…

  • Federal agencies working to make homes healthier

      HUD No. 13-011                                                                                             FOR RELEASE Shantae Goodloe                                                                                             February 4, 2013 202-708-0685                                                                                                  http://www.hud.gov/news/index.cfm   FEDERAL AGENCIES WORKING TO MAKE HOMES HEALTHIER Improving housing quality can dramatically affect the health of residents WASHINGTON—Several federal agencies today unveiled Advancing Healthy Housing – A Strategy for Action. White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley, Environmental…