BY Ethanol Producer Magazine BBI International publicly announced the dates for the 39th Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo last week. Next year’s FEW will take place June 12-14, 2023 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. READ MORE

BY Robert Sanders, University of California - Berkeley Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, chemists have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks, a key goal for the United States and other nations as they seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. READ MORE

BY Carbon Capture Coalition On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced an agreement on budget reconciliation legislation—the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. READ MORE

BY University of Sheffield US-based startup, CO2Rail Company have been working with a world-renowned team of researchers to design Direct Air Capture technology that removes CO2 from the air, which can be used within special rail cars placed with regular, running trains. READ MORE

BY U.S. Department of Energy The U.S. DOE Office of FECM announced funding for two opportunities totaling $8 million to advance natural gas research coupled to methane mitigation and build new humanities-driven STEM curricula at eligible U.S. colleges and universities. READ MORE

BY University of Portsmouth Scientists who want to restore areas of the Solent to help capture and store greenhouse gases are calling on local organisations, businesses and experts to join a special workshop. READ MORE

BY United Stated Steel The University of Illinois will lead the front-end engineering design study at U. S. Steel’s Gary Works in Gary, Indiana. This study will focus on the advancement of a direct air capture and utilization system. READ MORE

BY Ethanol Producer Magazine Randall Doyal and John Christianson were recognized for their longtime service and commitment to the biofuels industry on June 14, 2022 at the world’s largest ethanol conference, the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo. READ MORE

BY Carbon Capture Magazine The call for speaker presentation ideas is now open for the 2022 National Carbon Capture Conference & Expo (NCCC) taking place Nov. 8-9, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. The NCCC will accept speaker abstracts through July 8. READ MORE

BY UK Fires Three Cambridge engineers, Dr Cyrille Dunant, Dr Pippa Horton and Professor Julian Allwood, have filed a patent and been awarded new research funding for their invention of the world’s first ever zero-emissions cement. READ MORE

BY Mark Thiesen, Associated Press A crew with the University of Alaska Fairbanks released a glider designed to dive 3,281 feet and roam remote parts of the ocean which collected an enormous amount of data to study ocean acidification. READ MORE

BY Israel Temprano and Grace Mapstone, University of Cambridge Researchers have developed a low-cost device that can selectively capture carbon dioxide gas while it charges. Then, when it discharges, the CO2 can be released in a controlled way and collected to be reused or disposed of responsibly. READ MORE

BY Julie Chao, Berkeley Lab A scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has proposed a scheme for direct ocean capture. Removing CO2 from the oceans will enable them to continue to do their job of absorbing excess CO2 from the atmosphere. READ MORE

BY Tokyo Institute of Technology Photoreduction of CO2 into transportable fuel like formic acid is a great way of dealing with CO2's rising levels in the atmosphere. To aid in this mission, a research team from Tokyo Tech developed a catalyst that can convert CO2 into formic acid. READ MORE

BY Summit Carbon Solutions A broad, bipartisan majority of Nebraskans support the ethanol industry and believe it is critical to the future of agriculture, the health of the state’s economy, and improving environmental outcomes, according to a new survey. READ MORE