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Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are both strongly committed to expanding the role of biomass as an energy source.

Growing Energy: How Biofuels Can Help End America’s Oil Dependence

The report was prepared for the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) by the Role of Biomass in America's Energy Future (RBAEF) project. It asserts that the United States "can replace much of our oil with biofuels - fuels made from plant materials grown by American farmers. These fuels, especially those known as cellulosic biofuels, can be cost-competitive with gasoline and diesel."

New Biotech Tools for a Cleaner Environment

Industrial biotechnology is creating new markets for traditional agricultural crops and crop residues as renewable feedstocks, chemical intermediates, and energy sources.

Summary Proceedings of the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing

Summaries of plenary sessions, breakout sessions, and workshops at the second annual conference, hosted by BIO, National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, and the American Chemical Society.

Your World: Biotechnology & You

Biotechnology is the use and modification of living organisms or their products for commercial purposes.

Resolution Regarding Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology and the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg 2002

BIO-IES urges national representatives of the United States and other nations to seek inclusion of specific references to industrial and environmental biotechnology in the implementation program resulting from the Johannesburg Summit, including national action plans.

Briefing Document: Critical Role of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology

The Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro in 1992 established a vision of "Sustainable Development." Where development historically was based almost entirely on economic calculations, there would now be an environmental component as well.

Letters, Testimony & Comments

The Renewable Fuels Standard: A Successful Federal Policy that Must Be Defended
October 17 2012
A keynote Address by James C. Greenwood, President & CEO of BIO, to RETECH 2012 in Washington, DC on October 18, 2012. When Admiral...
Biofuels Producers Coordinating Council Asks President Obama to Stay the Course on RFS
August 27 2012
Dear Mr. President, The drought impacting the United States has already caused millions of dollars in economic damages to rural America...
More than Myriad: Gene Patent Discussion Must Not Forget Industrial, Environmental, Food and Agricultural Biotech
June 11 2012
On behalf of the 23 undersigned industrial, environmental, food and agricultural biotechnology companies, we write to express our...
Agriculture Energy Coalition Letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committees
April 6 2012
  Dear Senators Stabenow and Roberts and Representatives Lucas and Peterson: The U.S. is experiencing strong growth in the...
EPA Should Deny Petition to Waive Renewable Fuel Standard Obligations
February 16 2012
The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson Administrator Environmental Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W....
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Press Releases

BIO Welcomes EPA Final Rule on New Advanced and Cellulosic Biofuels
February 26 2013
On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued long-awaited approval for new feedstocks and biofuel...
BIO World Congress to Address Industrial Biotech’s Role in Building a Biobased Economy
February 21 2013
BIO announces plenary session program for 2013 World Congress   The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO...
BIO President & CEO Greenwood Restates Call to Arms for Renewable Fuels
February 6 2013
Contrary to the assertions of the oil refiners, advanced biofuels are now a reality, BIO President & CEO Jim...
Nominations Open for the BIO George Washington Carver Award for Innovation in Industrial Biotech
February 6 2013
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced that it is accepting nominations for the annual George...
BIO Welcomes 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard Rules
January 31 2013
The Renewable Fuel Standard continues to ensure that the U.S. fuel market will be open to advanced and cellulosic...
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