On October 11, 2016, Microvi Biotechnologies Inc. (Microvi) announced that it had been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for work on new biocatalytic technology that converts the methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) found in biogas into valuable liquid chemicals. This technology utilizes the biogas created at landfills and wastewater treatment plants that is usually burned off into the atmosphere due to the current burdensome conversion process. Microvi’s...
On October 11, 2016, the Biofrontiers platform, a group of industry and civil society stakeholders brought together by the European Climate Foundation, released policy recommendations for the European Union’s (EU) 2030 climate policy. The group stated that the transport sector has become the largest source of carbon emissions in the EU, and is therefore an urgent area to tackle following the Paris climate change agreement. Policy recommendations put forth by the Biofrontiers...
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the 2016 Heroes of Chemistry at the ACS Fall National Meeting. Of the four products showcased by the awards, Honeywell UOP’s Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ represented the biobased industry. This biobased jet fuel “is cleaner burning than conventional jet fuel and can be blended up to a 50/50 ratio with petroleum-based jet fuel.” The awardees were Chad Cavan, Ralph Davis, Donald Eizenga, Daniel Ellig, Stanley...
October 21, 2016
Don’t Miss The Algae Biomass Organization Summit, October 23-26, 2016, In Phoenix, Arizona
The Algae Biomass Summit is the largest algae conference in the world. This is where leading producers of algae products go to network with industry suppliers and technology providers, where project developers converse with utility executives, and where researchers and technology developers rub elbows with venture capitalists. Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group (BRAG®) affiliate Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is a proud sponsor. B&C Senior...
October 21, 2016
Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News
? North Carolina Biotechnology Center, “$1.87M Grant Lets NCBiotech Lead SE Sorghum Initiative” ? AZO Cleantech, “Biofuels Researchers Engineer Plant Lignin and Explain Evolutionary Path” ? GreenBiologics, “Green Biologics Announces New Brands for High Purity, Bio-Based Products” ? Reuters, “Shell Oil Bids $26 Million for Abengoa's Advanced Biofuel Plant” ? University Of Delaware,...
October 19, 2016
B&C Experts Publish Two Articles on Amended TSCA Issues: Conditions of Use Under Sections 5 and 6, and the Section 5 Review Period
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) Managing Partner Lynn L. Bergeson and Senior Policy and Regulatory Advisor Charles M. Auer have recently published two articles on important issues as related to the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): “Role of ‘Conditions of Use’ Under Sections 5 and 6 of Amended Toxics Law,” BNA Daily Environment Report, October 14, 2016; and “Is The Section 5 Review Period Fixed Or Flexible In New TSCA?,” ABA Section of...
In our June 29, 2016, Clients and Friends memorandum, “Brazil Moves Closer to National Chemical Inventory,” Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) discussed Brazil’s pending Industrial Chemicals Regulation (Regulação de Substâncias Químicas Industriais, or Regulação), predicting its imminent publication in the Brazilian Official Gazette, the Diário Oficial. On July 5, 2016, B&C released a memorandum entitled “A Critical Review of Brazil's Just-Published Industrial...
On September 27, 2016, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) met, and its discussion included engineering controls and nanomaterials. Kevin H. Dunn, Sc.D., CIH, a NIOSH Division of Applied Research and Technology (DART) mechanical engineer and member of NIOSH’s Nanotechnology Research Center, provided an update to the BSC on NIOSH’s evaluations, findings, recommendations, and guidance for reducing occupational exposures to...
October 18, 2016
2016 SNO Conference Will Focus on Sustainable Nanotechnology Systems
The 2016 Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) conference will be held November 10-12, 2016. The conference sessions will be organized around selected “systems,” and sessions will be populated with talks on applications, effects and implications, analytical methods, and lifecycle aspects of nanomaterials within each system. The aims are to identity where nanomaterials and nanotechnology can improve the sustainability of each system and to foster integration of...
October 17, 2016
ChemCon The Americas 2016, October 17 – 21, 2016, Toronto, Canada
ChemCon The Americas was the premier global chemical control conference offering the most authoritative speakers, most in-depth sessions, and broadest global perspective on existing and emerging chemical regulatory schemes. B&C and Acta were proud sponsors. The full ChemCon agenda is available online. Lynn L. Bergeson presented during a special pre-conference workshop on the new TSCA Monday, October 17, 2016. Michael S. Wenk,...