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  • Obama will tour a biorefining plant in Macon, Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon and talk with workers about economic issues, according to the White House.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2010

  • The biomass -- call it corn or whatever -- that is currently used in biorefining is rich in high-grade vegetable protein.

    Stephan B. Tanda: Green Revolution Can Provide Food and Fuel Stephan B. Tanda 2011

  • The biomass -- call it corn or whatever -- that is currently used in biorefining is rich in high-grade vegetable protein.

    Stephan B. Tanda: Green Revolution Can Provide Food and Fuel Stephan B. Tanda 2011

  • The biomass -- call it corn or whatever -- that is currently used in biorefining is rich in high-grade vegetable protein.

    Stephan B. Tanda: Green Revolution Can Provide Food and Fuel Stephan B. Tanda 2011

  • The biomass -- call it corn or whatever -- that is currently used in biorefining is rich in high-grade vegetable protein.

    Stephan B. Tanda: Green Revolution Can Provide Food and Fuel Stephan B. Tanda 2011

  • The biomass -- call it corn or whatever -- that is currently used in biorefining is rich in high-grade vegetable protein.

    Stephan B. Tanda: Green Revolution Can Provide Food and Fuel Stephan B. Tanda 2011

  • We need Congress to pass a comprehensive Energy and Climate Bill, a Bill that does not just tax carbon, a cost which would be simply passed onto consumers, but a Bill that creates meaningful and material incentives to industry to adopt biorefining practices, and the use of bio-based products.

    Stephan B. Tanda: Grow, Baby, Grow 2010

  • Carl leads efforts in biorefining wood to chemicals, development of recycling compatible adhesives for paper labels, and fungal pretreatment of wood before papermaking.

    Contributor: Carl Houtman 2010

  • We need Congress to pass a comprehensive Energy and Climate Bill, a Bill that does not just tax carbon, a cost which would be simply passed onto consumers, but a Bill that creates meaningful and material incentives to industry to adopt biorefining practices, and the use of bio-based products.

    Stephan B. Tanda: Grow, Baby, Grow 2010

  • As Wagner pointed out, to make these biorefining routes palatable to the bean counters at large chemical companies, there needs to be two things: technology with higher yields, and regulatory incentives that will help make these sustainable processes possible at the industrial scale.

    Ars Technica Matt Ford 2011

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