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GAO Publishes Science & Tech Spotlight on Biorecycling of Plastics

Brag

Biological recycling, or biorecycling, is an emerging technology that uses microbes, such as bacteria or fungi, to break down plastic into its basic components for reuse. According to GAO, entities seeking to engage in biorecycling could face a “complicated legal landscape” that may pose a challenge for the emerging technology.

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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

Importantly (and often misunderstood), he meant not that we are gods, but instead that technologies have given humanity powers that had previously been exclusive to the gods. I thus wrote the paper “ Earth System Interventions as Technologies of the Anthropocene ,” which was published (open access!)

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Frontiers: Social Media and RSS

Frontiers

F Frontiers in Fungal Biology RSS @FrontFungalBio Frontiers in Food Science and Technology RSS @FrontFoodSciTec Frontiers in Forests and Global Change RSS @FrontSustain Frontiers in Future Transportation RSS @FrontFTransport.

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Developments in US Antitrust Litigation—2020 Year in Review

Arnold Porter

and its subsidiary, AbbVie Biotechnology, Ltd. On April 7, 2020, the District of Delaware rejected DOJ's bid to block Sabre's acquisition of Farelogix, a travel technology company.[[N: The complaint alleged that AbbVie Inc. United States v. N: United States v. Sabre , 452 F. Surescripts. Trade Comm'n v. Surescripts, LLC , 424 F.

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

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

The Corporate Consolidation of Seed Breeding Over the past decades, we have seen a hyper consolidation of the seed market with over 50% of seed sales coming from companies that are owned by four large biotechnology corporations. Source: Philip H. To strictly analyze the cost of seed, consider that corn farmers who paid $26.65

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

ESA

The Government Accountability Office issued five new priority recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. White House : The Office of Science and Technology Policy released draft templates for disclosing current and pending sources of support in federal grant applications. Read the full report here.

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ESA Policy News: January 9, 2023

ESA

Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) named the ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee in the 118th Congress. The EPA’s Science and Technology budget increases to $802.27 The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups. Executive Branch.

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