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Holding it together: Startup plans first sawdust processing plant in Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

A team of researchers in Scotland is supporting a clean tech startup to transform low-value co-products from the forestry sector into eco-friendly alternatives to chemicals found in everyday items. Sonichem has found a way to extract lignin – “nature’s glue” – from trees. The UK generates approximately 4.5

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Scientists found a new ally in the fight to clean up CO2 emissions: ‘Chonkus’

Grist

If scientists can figure out how to genetically engineer it, this single-celled organism’s natural quirks could become supercharged into a low-waste carbon capture system. For microorganism researchers, whose field has long revolved around a handful of easy-to-manage organisms like yeast and E.

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Scientists found a new ally in the fight to clean up CO2 emissions: ‘Chonkus’

Grist

If scientists can figure out how to genetically engineer it, this single-celled organism’s natural quirks could become supercharged into a low-waste carbon capture system. For microorganism researchers, whose field has long revolved around a handful of easy-to-manage organisms like yeast and E.

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This LA startup turns spoiled milk into biodegradable T-shirts

AGreenLiving

LA-based startup Mi Terro is using biotechnology to turn a portion of that food waste into sustainable fibers for biodegradable T-shirts. This LA startup turns spoiled milk into biodegradable T-shirts. Did you know that 128 million tons of milk are wasted every year? Mi Terro Images via Mi Terro. See the original post:Â .

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Gene editing could help save the planet — if scientists can avoid the typos

Grist

On Monday, the scientists studying these gene-edited cattle published a paper in the journal Nature Biotechnology explaining what happened. But because these cattle had DNA from a bacteria, it meant they were genetically modified organisms, or GMOs in the eyes of government regulators.

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Proud of the Cs: Celtics and Climatetech

Greentown Labs

Organizations like MassBio and Massachusetts Biotechnology Council have played a key role in convening and connecting the ecosystem too. It has supported more than 500 early-stage startups that have collectively created more than 11,000 jobs and raised more than $5.7 Greentown now spans a 100,000 sq. billion in funding.

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Green Market Oracle

This spells opportunity for both purpose and profit for financial advisors, asset managers, mission-driven organizations, forward-thinking enterprises, entrepreneurs, and more! Richard Powers, Head of ETF Product Development, Vanguard and Carla Vernon President, Natural & Organic Operating Unit, General Mills.

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