Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

It’s not only important from the perspective of hygiene, but could also inspire biotechnological applications – if the strains found inside microwaves can be put to good use in industrial processes that require especially hardy bacteria. As expected, the microbiome in microwaves resembled that found on typical kitchen surfaces.

Biotechnology 147

Biotechnology Biodiversity Plastics Health 147

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A long-standing grail of biotechnology is the effort to convert the lignin component of plant-based biomass into energy or something useful – this being a less wasteful avenue than simply burning it or throwing it away. Not only is that expensive, it also is hazardous for public health.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 245

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

The membranes have the potential to be used in various sectors including wastewater treatment, for example to remove particular pollutants such as phosphate, and in biotechnology to extract valuable products from fermentation broth, such as vitamins and pharmaceuticals.

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Biotech Biotechnology Transportation Innovation 147

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The technologies reported on are compiled in seven groups, all of which are important to the UK economy: AI, digital and computing Advanced materials and manufacturing Electronics, photonics and quantum Energy and environmental Biotechnology Health and medical Robotics and space.

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Innovation Technology Biotechnology Health 147

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The findings were published in the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology , in work that brought together a multidisciplinary team including biologists, chemists, chemical engineers, and environmental scientists. Conventional sludge wastewater treatment programmes are ill-equipped to effectively process hospital wastewater. .”

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Biotechnology Microplastics Education Health 130

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 16, 2021

From interior to exterior, GreenTech Painting not only guarantees quality workmanship and custom solutions but promotes the health and safety of their customers, communities and environment too. For Granados and Rojas, the interconnection between business practice and human and ecological health is clearly evident.

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Health Biotechnology Sustainability Biodegradable 97

Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

A survey of 600 farmers carried out by the pollster on behalf of Swiss biotechnology giant Syngenta in February found 72 per cent were worried about the impact of climate change on their crop yields, animal health, and ability to do business.

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Climate change Biodiversity Agriculture Biotechnology 91

Grist

APRIL 17, 2021

This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified, or GM, mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Critics say they are concerned about the possible effects GM mosquitoes could have on human health and the environment. Gorman maintains that the company is not required to report formal health impact studies.

Biotechnology 126

Biotechnology Technology Health Biotech 126

Green Tech Challenge

JANUARY 6, 2017

In 2016, World Energy Outlook made a study on air pollution as the fourth-largest threat to human health – but also to our environment. Green City Solutions' approach is based on biotechnology, a moss culture, which has the ability to attract air pollutants from its surroundings and convert them into its own biomass.

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IoT Pollution Biotech Building Energy Monitoring 73

Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. Because biotechnology alone can’t restore the American chestnut to the numbers that its supporters are envisioning, Powell anticipates relying on citizen scientists. (Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.)

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Biotechnology Agriculture Government Technology 145

Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

We also work to improve plant biotechnologies and have contributed to proof-of-concept studies demonstrating that genome editing can be used to develop useful traits in barley, brassica and potatoes by deleting just a few letters of DNA. We're using an incredible amount of land and water for agriculture. Power in the seed system.

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Biotechnology Patents Agriculture Biodiversity 92

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

C16 Biosciences developed a biotechnology platform to create truly sustainable oils and fats, starting with a replacement for palm oil, which is found in 50% of consumer products and is a major culprit of deforestation. The why: Palm oil is responsible for 1.4% of total GHG emissions, about as much as the entire aviation sector.

Soil 111

Soil Recycling Recycling Carbon 111

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bayer, which now owns Monsanto , announced at the end of July that it will re m ove the harmful pesticide glyphosate — a “ probable carcinogen ” — from its Roundup herbicide products by 2023, as it continues to face mounting pressure from lawsuits about the product’s health impacts. .

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Climate change Fossil fuels Agriculture Biotechnology 98

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This biotechnology company is aiming to disrupt the dye industry and slash its environmental impacts. Biotechnology company Huue (pronounced hue) is on a mission to mimic and replicate nature's rainbow without the use of toxic chemicals. "We From benchtop to the supply chain.

Fashion 69

Fashion Biotechnology Pollution Demand 69

Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2022

There is also more to this industry than the climate and potential health benefits. But whilst the government has invested significantly in other solutions to tackling carbon emissions from food - for example food waste and agriculture - it has yet to do so in this sector.

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Investment Biotechnology Innovation Government 63

TechCrunch: Climate

JANUARY 9, 2025

Using LEDs has the potential to bring down the cost of biomanufacturing, allowing such processes to make materials that previously would have been too expensive. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Biotechnology Biotech Health 122

Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

Published today in The Lancet Planetary Health , the new study examines the impact of Covid-19 globally and explores how the food system could play a critical role in driving economic recovery while enhancing both human and environmental health. The work also involved researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

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Biotechnology Agriculture Health Biodiversity 36

Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In his two terms as Governor, Patrick oversaw the expansion of affordable health care to more than 98 percent of state residents, launched initiatives stimulating clean energy and biotechnology, won a national Race to the Top grant, and steered the state out of recession to a 25-year high in employment.

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Organic Biotechnology Incubators Incubators 40

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

They range from the pesticide and biotechnology trade group CropLife International , to the commodities giant Bunge. They’ve shown over and over again their interest is not in our health or our environment.” Historically they are the ones who are obstructing progress,” she said. IPIECA was approached for comment.

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Biodiversity Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 145

E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 15, 2022

Critical issues also include regenerative inputs, carbon emissions, productivity, water quality and scarcity, soil health, crop diversity, labour supply and food supply. Ag and ecosystem biotechnology (e.g. crop and animal inputs, including microbiome, breeding, pollinators, and animal health). Farm equipment and gear (e.g.

Agriculture 40

Agriculture Investment Biotechnology North America 40

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

Jonathan Rand, who is part of the biotechnology business unit at CPI, agreed that reducing the amount of farmland used for animal agriculture by using more cultivated meats could have a "massive" impact on the wider environment.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Agriculture 50

Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. When it comes to ocean health, the work of convincing farmers to ditch their synthetic fertilizers can't happen fast enough. Farmers as a group don't typically embrace change.

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Pollution Agriculture Startups Biodiversity 48

Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

The Innovation of the Year is always one of the most competitive categories, but this year N2S won out with the judges thanks to its pioneering work to harness advanced biotechnology to tackle the seemingly intractable problem of electronic waste and the huge environmental footprint that comes with it.

Sustainability 69

Sustainability Carbon Climate change Innovation 69

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Over three years, the New Cotton Project will see textile waste collected and sorted via consumer apparel take-back programs, then regenerated into cellulose-based textile fibers by Finnish biotechnology specialist Infinited Fiber Company, the 12 project partners confirmed.

Fashion 28

Fashion Recycling Recycling Waste 28

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For instance, according to studies from the National Institute of Health (NIH) , certain plastics found in consumer packaging can lead to cancers, diabetes, neurological disorders, hormonal imbalances, and other various ill-health effects caused by inhalation or direct contact. ” – Biodiversity and Health , WHO.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 12, 2019

Elsewhere in Madrid, Dr. Jose Angel Barasona, a researcher at the VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, has reportedly found a vaccine that immunized wild boar against a highly virulent strain of the fever. Ida collects data from dairy cows that can detect health issues such as mastitis or lameness at least 24 hours before they are critical.

Demand 52

Demand Asia Health Biotechnology 52

Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

💧 cimico , a Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain-based biotechnological wastewater treatment platform, raised $8M in Series A funding from Moira Capital Partners. A major public health concern as the geographic reach of malaria spreads.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The European Dairy Association told DeSmog it was at COP29 to take part in two side events on the theme of animal health and on the need for “more innovation” in the sector. The EDA is working to address climate change and implement the best sustainability practices in the dairy supply chain,” the spokesperson told DeSmog.

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COP Agriculture Methane Fossil fuels 145

GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Health, wellness and nutrition are Camp’s key interests. . He also worked with Nestlé while at McCann Enterprise to develop a low-technology platform for communicating nutrition and health information to low-literate consumers in equatorial Africa. He asked me to help him find a solution to get rid of the milk waste," Luo remembers. .

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Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 109

Grist

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

She wants to attract new industries to the state like biotechnology and those that will be needed in the energy transition, like manufacturing of electric car parts and advanced nuclear reactors. Ben-David also believes her experience in wildlife management makes her uniquely qualified to get things done in Congress.

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Politics Climate change Fossil fuels Biotechnology 112