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Ohio launches biosoy program

The State of Ohio is seeing green in soybeans, and not just from food and biofuel applications. The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) , Ohio Bioproducts Innovation Center (OBIC) and Polymer Ohio , recently launched its "Cell to Sell" soy technology program to accelerate commercialization of soybean...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Green powerless in chemicals

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Center for Resource Solutions awarded late last month their annual Green Power Leadership Awards to 25 organizations/companies who either purchase, supply or develop renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
World Toilet Summit

I was eating breakfast while surfing the web, and thinking of serious election-aftermath stuff to post in the blog when this news about this week's ongoing World Toilet Summit in Macau caught my attention. At first I was amused by the notion of a global toilet expo and all the crappy notions that...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-05-2008
More politics on energy

Here's another energy-based issue that both US presidential candidates seem to agree on: the development of clean coal. According to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) , both Obama and McCain recognized the need for clean coal technology in order to utilize abundant coal resource...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
GREEN = INNOVATION

ICIS Chemical Business (the magazine I work for) published yesterday its feature on Innovations and most innovations nowadays it seems is focused on the environment. Specialty chemicals company Rhodia is certainly on top of this trend as they talked about how sustainability issues are largely affecting...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-14-2008
The biopower of soy

Here are some of the new industrial developments in the soybean arena brought to you by the United Soybean Board: Soy is hip for skaters Comet Skateboards has partnered with e2e Materials to develop a new skateboard made from soy-based products. The new skateboards are made entirely from plant fibers...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-08-2008
Bio-diapers on the market

I finally found a greener diaper product that could probably help an environmentalist mom's dilemma between choosing an inconvenient washable cloth or non-biodegradable/compostable disposable diapers. gDiapers , which is being marketed (limitedly) in the US by Australian founders Jason and Kimberly...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-18-2008
US cars ready to be electrified?

Are US consumers ready to convert to plug-in electric automobiles? General Motor sure hoped so because it doesn't want another billion-dollar electric vehicle project to go down the drain as what happened with their EV1 commuter car in mid 1990s, according to this New York Times article . GM is gearing...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-17-2008
Tires on the road to green

You don't usually associate Danisco, globally-known for its yummy biscuits, in producing rubber tire chemicals. However, Danisco's biotechnology company Genencor has been active in producing renewable-based chemicals and fuels, and just this week announced a joint venture deal with Goodyear Tire...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008
Breakthrough in sugar chemicals

Another eureka moment in the world of green chemistry is Genomatica 's development of sugar-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO), a key feedstock in the manufacturing of hundreds of industrial chemicals for making plastics, rubber and fiber products. The privately-held company, which has the backing of several...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008

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