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Fermentation turns greenhouse gases into useful chemicals

Physics World

A newly released paper in Nature Biotechnology offers the first report of high-production-rate, high-selectivity, and industrially scalable production of acetone and IPA through fermentation. Life cycle analyses conducted by the team showed a negative carbon value; each kilogram of produced acetone and IPA absorbed 1.78 kg and 1.17

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

The plan requests that Congress fund wildfire protection and coastal resilience projects, support climate-smart agriculture and major land and water restoration projects like those in the Everglades and the Great Lakes. Biden’s plan calls for protecting and restoring nature-based infrastructure including forests and wetlands. 22, 2021).

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