A bacterial paste may be able to regenerate stone and concrete making a living, self-repairing glue that can be used to restore landmarks quite feasible in our future. And if you remember the elastic shortage in the early days of the pandemic when mask-making was soaring, now there’s an alternative with a new biobased seam […]
By Jordan Solomon, President, Ecostrat Inc. Special to The Digest Fifty-two million Americans live in economically distressed communities—many of which are in rural areas. These communities are plagued by a lack of investment capital. In 2017, the US government launched the largest tax incentive program in the history of the US to change that dynamic: […]
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy released the Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap and a Request for Information seeking stakeholder input on the Draft Roadmap. Originally announced in November 2019, the Plastics Innovation Challenge is a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in energy-efficient plastics recycling technologies. The Plastics Innovation Challenge aims to position the […]
Hydrogen is heating up around the planet – but not in terms of CO2 or GHG emissions – in fact, it can help cool the planet down. What is making hydrogen so hot right now is the news that hydrogen fueling stations are having a dramatic acceleration in growth with 584 hydrogen stations deployed in […]
The Competitive Edge: Brimstone Energy Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? We started to think about process emissions because we were really frustrated about their impacts […]
Alcohol sales since the pandemic hit in early 2020 have soared, and now the first paper bottles from iconic vodka brand Absolut have hit liquor store shelves. Also in line with the times is a new reusable and biodegradable face mask made from polylactic acid. In today’s Digest, these and other Top 8 Innovations like […]
What in the world has gone right with Gevo? For years now, Gevo has remained true to a vision of low-carbon, advanced renewable fuels, when so many others pivoted away to the world of ABF — Anything But Fuels. Some tried chemicals, cannabis, algae, natural gas, nutraceuticals, vegan foods — lately, protein has been all […]
By Ross Mazur, Graduate Student, Colorado State University Impact MBA, Business Development & Project Engineer, Sustainable Fuels Consulting LLC Special to The Digest Hype, the ephemeral group discourse surrounding topics and ideas, is becoming more pervasive in our increasingly digital world. Although hype cycles, the temporal trends in societal perception of a specific technology or […]
As hot as John Travolta was in the ‘70s, an even hotter report from Jonn Axsen, Director of Sustainable Transportation Action Research Team and Michael Wolinetz at Navius Research is slamming California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office 2018 Low Carbon Fuel Standard report that had recommended the legislature rely more on the cap-and-trade policy instead of an […]
We’ve had three Wednesdays in January so far this year, and none of us will ever forget them. On January 6th, a mob of insurrectionists attacked the citadel of Liberty, the United States Capitol. On January 13th, the United States House of Representatives impeached President Donald J. Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’. On January 20th, […]
