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Renewable Chemicals & Biobased Materials

Renewable Chemicals Present Major Opportunity to Commercialize Industrial Biotechnology
February 2, 2012

Industrial biotechnology covers the application of biotechnology-based tools to traditional...

Diverse Technologies Aim to Make the Leap from Lab to Market
January 9, 2012

The challenge of conversion of biomass – particularly lignocellulosic biomass and...

Bio-based Chemicals Industry Looks to Biomass & Capital to Maintain Momentum
January 9, 2012

The timing for building a biobased economy as an option to the current petroleum-based one, to...

Timeline: 8,000 Years of Mankind
December 31, 2011

Harnessing microbes to change the world, one process at a time.
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Letters, Testimony & Comments

BIO Testimony to House Agriculture Subcommittee on Farm Bill Energy Programs
May 21 2012
Testimony of the Honorable James C. Greenwood President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization Subcommittee on Conservation,...
BIO Requests for FY 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Act
May 17 2011
Dear Chairman Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Visclosky: On behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), I am writing to...
Job Creation: Biobased Products Seek Equal Tax Credits
December 1 2010
Dear Honorable Sander Levin and Honorable Dave Camp, We applaud your ongoing leadership on strengthening U.S. manufacturing and...
DOE: Loan Guarantee Program for Advanced Biofuels, Renewable Chemicals
September 20 2010
Dear President Obama: We are writing to ask for your support to provide additional guidance to the Department of Energy’s (DOE)...
BIO’s comments to the USDA on the biomass crop assistance program enacted by the 2008 Farm Bill
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed regulations to implement...

Press Releases

BIO Testifies to House Agriculture Subcommittee That Farm Bill Energy Programs Are Working
May 18 2012
“Farm Bill energy programs are working and BIO member companies are beginning to put steel in the ground,...
BIO Thanks Reps. Pascrell, Bilbray for Policy that Levels the Playing Field for Renewable Chemicals
April 27 2012
Clearing the path for commercialization of homegrown renewable chemical technology can enhance energy security and...
BIO Applauds Senate Agriculture Committee for Passing Bipartisan Farm Bill
April 27 2012
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) thanks members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, in particular...
BIO Asks House Committee on Ways and Means to Extend Critical Tax Provisions
April 26 2012
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today submitted a statement for the record to the House Ways and Means...
BIO Thanks Senators Lugar, Conrad for Supporting Farm Energy
April 26 2012
Farm Bill energy programs are helping revitalize rural America and build new agricultural markets; funding for these...
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