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For the United States and most developed nations, the foundation of prosperity has been the availability of abundant and affordable sources of energy.

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.