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White House OSTP Outlines Goals for U.S. Biotechnology and Manufacturing

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Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing: Harnessing Research and Development to Further Societal Goals. goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50 percent and the global goal of reducing methane emissions by 30 percent; Supply Chain : In 20 years, produce at least 30 percent of the U.S.

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Fermentation turns greenhouse gases into useful chemicals

Physics World

Unfortunately, they are manufactured from fossil resources using highly energy-intensive techniques that release hazardous waste and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. How it works: the team took a three-pronged optimization approach to increase fermentation efficiency and output (Courtesy: FE Liew et al / Nature Biotechnology ).

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Federal Agencies Announce Investments and Resources to Advance National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative

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As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , on September 12, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative “that will ensure we can make in the United States all that we invent in the United States.” forest resources. In addition, the U.S.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

USDA distributed seeds to farmers for free, encouraging growers to save and share seed and to experiment with any crop that could become economically important to US agriculture. Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. Diverse plants and manure must take their place.

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USDA Celebrates Inaugural National Biobased Products Day, Announces 2022 Award Winners for BioPreferred® Program “Excellence in Procurement”

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Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the kickoff of the inaugural National Biobased Products Day and highlighted the accomplishments of people and organizations working to improve sustainability within the federal government. biotechnology and biomanufacturing.

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Microalgae could be the future of sustainable superfood in a rapidly changing world, study finds

Frontiers

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, recently published a scientific review demonstrating that microalgae and other microscopic, plant-like organisms could help feed the world’s growing population more sustainably than current agricultural systems. It’s what’s for dinner.

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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

I define Earth system interventions (ESIs) as intentional large-scale interventions in Earth systems and consider possible past ones: agriculture, landscape burning, rearranging land and water, nitrogen cycle management, and ecosystem restoration. this week in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.