In BIO’s view, granting the petitions to change the point of obligation would create unnecessary regulatory uncertainty and fail to further the statutory goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program.

The ninth annual George Washington Carver Award will recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to building the biobased economy by applying industrial biotechnology to create sustainable and environmentally sustainable products. The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) will begin accepting nominations for the Award today, February 22, 2017. 

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently proposed Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support (REGS) Rule. BIO supports EPA’s ongoing efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS).

Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) President and CEO James C. Greenwood issued the following statement  regarding the Consensus Study on Human Gene Editing, released today by the Human Gene Editing Initiative of the National Academies of Sciences and Medicine (NAS/NAM)

Washington, D.C. (February 14, 2017) – The European Commission announced today a proposal to revise its Comitology Regulation forcing policy decisions to individual EU member countries.

Long-time Majority Staff Director of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Dr. Gary Andres joins BIO as Senior Executive Vice President of Public Affairs.