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Fermentation turns greenhouse gases into useful chemicals

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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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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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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.” innovators. forest resources.