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A New Era of Domestic Energy

by Mary Rosenthal (Biofuels Digest/Algal Biomass Organization)  ...We need to change our approach. Below are three things the biofuels industry in general, and the algae industry in particular can do in 2012 to help accelerate our role in “filling the

January 27, 2012 Read Full Article

The Latest Victim of Shale Gas -- Clean Energy Technology

by Steve LeVine (Foreign Policy/Oil And Glory)  In the new issue of Wired, Julie Eilperin writes that clean-technology investment is in the throes of going bust, at least in the United States. That includes solar, wind and biofuels. ...Citi Group analyst Edward Morse concludes

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Obama Calls for End to Oil Subsidies

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)   In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama voiced strong support for renewable energy and an end to oil subsidies. “We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That’s long enough,” the president

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

"ALL-of-the-Above" Except Biofuels

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Here’s the President’s new energy policy.  “This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy – a strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs”.  Okay that sounds

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Earthquakes, Water Pollution and Increased Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Fracking - Strike Number Three?

by John Daly (OilPrice.com)  ...While U.S. energy companies began fracking for gas in the late 1990s, there was a dramatic increase in 2005 after the administration of President  George W. Bush exempted fracking from regulations under the U.S. Clean Water

January 24, 2012 Read Full Article

2012 Farm Bill Biomass/Biofuel Recommendations

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Retain Agricultural Land: Agricultural and forest lands are vulnerable to loss due to reduction of the dairy and pulp/paper industries and conversion to residential or commercial development.  They could retain their agriculture and

January 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Policies for Bioenergy in an Era of Austerity

By Douglas L. Faulkner (Biofuels Digest)  What should be the priorities for federal government support for bioenergy, in an era of fiscal austerity and a broken consensus on energy policy? My goal is develop interactively with you, bioenergy thought leaders, a

January 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Defining Biomass: ACORE Presents Its Unified, Simplified Biomass Definition to Congress

by Lisa Gibson (Biomass Power and Thermal Magazine)  When the American Council on Renewable Energy’s Biomass Definition Subcommittee pitched its unified biomass definition to members of Congress in early November, the consensus was clear: no one could remember ever seeing

January 20, 2012 Read Full Article

A Plan for the Future of Biofuels in America or The Real Economics of Fuels (Bio and Otherwise)

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  In last days of the 2011 session the US Congress, with a job approval rating of 11% , cancelled the VEETC ethanol subsidy and dropped the tariff on Brazilian ethanol imports. These major events

January 19, 2012 Read Full Article

Deepwater Horizon's Missed Lessons

by Richard G. Steiner (Los Angeles Times) OpEd:  Not two years after the Deepwater Horizon debacle, the U.S. is proceeding with plans to expand oil drilling instead of pushing alternatives. ...And after making only modest reforms, many of which were cosmetic (e.g.

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

The Bio-Based Economy: A Renewed and Renewable Vision for 2012

by Brent Erickson (Biofuels Digest/BIO)  ...To be clear, the bioeconomy is the total economic activity from all sectors of the biotechnology industry – pharmaceuticals, food and agriculture and industrial biotechnology. With biotechnology we can help, heal, fuel and feed the

January 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Iowans Fueled with Pride Publishes Iowa Caucus Voter Guide

(Iowans Fueled with Pride)  The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) today announced the release of the Iowans Fueled with Pride coalition 2012 Iowa Caucus Voter Guide.  The guide outlines the positions of presidential candidates campaigning actively in Iowa on four

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Looking at Life Without an Ethanol Subsidy

(Farm Futures)  Failure to renew the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit will create a new world for the industry. ...What many consumers don't realize is that the tax credit didn't go to ethanol plants, it went directly to oil companies as

December 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel, Renewable Chemical Advocates Push Reliable Tax Incentives, S. 1764

by Jeanne Roberts (Energy Boom)  On Wednesday, December 14, representatives from the nation’s biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products industries provided written testimony to a U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee aimed at insuring the smooth continuation of various biofuel tax incentives due

December 27, 2011 Read Full Article

On Electric-Vehicle Incentives, Diesel Defenders Cry Foul

by Paul Stenquist (New York Times)  The U.S. Coalition for Advanced Diesel Cars, a Washington-based advocacy group whose members include Bosch, Honeywell and BorgWarner, all major automotive suppliers, released a white paper on Monday to make the case for technology-neutral policy-making

December 27, 2011 Read Full Article

The Cellulosic Ethanol Debacle: Congress Mandated Purchase of 250 Million Gallons in 2011. Actual Production: 6.6 Million.

(The Wall Street Journal) Review & Outlook:  Years before the Obama Administration dumped $70 billion into solar and wind energy and battery operated cars, and long before anyone heard of Solyndra, President Bush launched his own version of a green

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Flying High on Advanced Biofuels!

by Mike McAdams (Advanced Biofuels Association/Biorefining Magazine)  As I write to you, I am witnessing history at 40,000 feet above the U.S., a rare privilege, as one of the first commercial passengers on board the Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle

December 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Livestock, Poultry Groups Request Hearing to Evaluate RFS

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A coalition of livestock and poultry lobby groups submitted a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee leaders on Dec. 7, requesting a hearing to evaluate the economic impact of the renewable

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

A New Era For Biofuels

by Bret Korsgaard (SeekingAlpha)  …Companies like Solazyme (SZYM), KiOR (KIOR), GEVO (GEVO), Amyris (AMRS) and Codexis (CDXS) were generally met with favorable terms in the public markets. The Street seemed to acknowledge that for a time, such public enterprises could

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

For Obama’s Green-Car Revolution, Fits and Starts

by Carol D. Leonnig and Joe Stephens (The WashingtonPost) The Obama administration has poured roughly $5 billion in taxpayer funds into the electric-car industry, offering incentives to manufacturers, their suppliers and even car buyers who might want to go green. But analysts say

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae InSight

by Mary Rosenthal (Algal Biomass Organization)  ...There are four key takeaways from these meetings that I think are critical for our industry as we close out 2011 and plan for 2012. 1. Support for renewable energy overall, and biofuels in particular,

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Clean-Energy Policies Create Jobs, and Congress Should Take Note

(The Boston Globe) Editorial:  ...But Solyndra’s subsequent failure isn’t a sign that the administration has gone too far; rather, it’s a sign that Congress, which tolerates all manner of explicit and implicit subsidies for fossil fuels and corn ethanol, hasn’t

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

An Unfair Fight for Renewable Energies

by Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Washington Post) OpEd:  More energy from the sun hits Earth in one hour than all the energy consumed on our planet in an entire year. In those terms, it is absurd that our federal government spends tens

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Carbon Tax Bill Introduced: Great Idea; Needs Some Amending

(Environment and Energy Study Institute)  A steadily rising tax on the carbon content of fossil fuels would be a powerful, market-based approach to addressing one of the greatest crises of our time – global climate change. It could also help

December 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Industry Hunkers Down for Hard Times

by Mackinnon Lawrence (Reuters)  ...Coming off several years of steady industry growth but facing a difficult 2012, Advanced Biofuels Markets 2011 was tinged with exigency. With deficit reduction at the forefront of policy objectives for Congress, a reexamination of cornerstone

December 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Economic Study Questions Cost-Effectiveness of Current Biofuels and Their Ability to Cut Fossil Fuel Use; Gas Tax and Energy Efficiency Improvements Found More Effective

(Green Car Congress)  A new study by economists at Oregon State University questions the cost-effectiveness of current biofuels and says they would barely reduce fossil fuel use and would likely increase greenhouse gas emissions. The researchers focused on the major mandated and

December 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Novozymes Urges Committee to Explore Oil Alternatives

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The president of biofuel enzyme producer Novozymes last week called on a House subcommittee to explore alternatives to drilling for oil to meet the country’s energy needs. In a written statement prepared for the House Committee on Natural Resources’

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Want Fuel Cells? Think Outside the Hydrogen Tank

(MarketWatch)  ...When most people hear the words "fuel cell," they think of eco-friendly, hydrogen-powered cars that emit nothing more than water. And that, says Professor Eric Wachsman, director of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC), is one of the

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

S-Day: US Must Keep Its Eyes on the Clean Energy Prize, Despite Setbacks

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Here the Digest’s take: for bioenergy, S-Day is about Solyndra and Secretary Chu, but it isn’t really much about bioenergy. Out of an $80 billion authorization for clean energy loan guarantees, and over a six-year

November 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Support for Federal Backing of Renewables Slips, Driven by GOP Skepticism

By Juliet Eilperin and Jon Cohen  (The Washington Post) Support for putting federal funds into alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and hydrogen has slipped to its lowest point in polls since 2006, driven by growing Republican opposition to such initiatives,

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Oil and Gas Had Help. Why Not Renewables?

by Robert B. Semple, Jr. (New York Times) ...The federal government has always been in the energy business, and with good reason. Private capital may be good at identifying and incubating new technologies, but bringing those technologies to commercial scale

November 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Military Thinktank Urges US to Cut Oil Use

Suzanne Goldenberg   (The Guardian)  Report from Military Advisory Board says US must reduce energy imports over the next decade as a national security imperative In its report, the Military Advisory Board said the US should aim to drastically reduce its energy

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

“Are You Any Less Worried about Energy Security Today than You Were 4 Years Ago?” Asks BP

by Bill Lundberg (Biofuels Digest)  Should the Renewable Fuel Standard be scrapped, or revised? BP North America chief Susan Ellerbusch makes the case for “No”. In Chicago, BP Biofuels North America president Susan Ellerbusch, in addressing congressional attempts to re-write the

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Harry Reid: Renewables 'Wiser' than Keystone

by Darren Goode (Politico)  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton he has “serious concern” about TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Reid — in an Oct. 5 letter to Clinton first reported on by The Washington Post —

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

The Government Wants Your Advice on Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  What do they need, you ask? Your insight on, broadly speaking, how to structure the national bioeconomy blueprint, in the case of the US. In case of Canada, how to best structure the Clean Energy

October 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Dems Press Supercommittee to Go after Oil subsidies

by Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)  The latest effort came in a Friday letter from 38 members, spearheaded by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), that argues “the United States can no longer afford to give away billions of

October 20, 2011 Read Full Article

RFS: It’s Not Perfect, But It’s Working

by Brent Erickson (BIO/Biofuels Digest)  The Renewable Fuel Standard is the key foundation policy supporting the commercial development of advanced biofuels. It is not working as fast as some would like, but given the current economic situation it is indeed

October 12, 2011 Read Full Article

RETECH 2011: Conference Overview

by Josh Rathod (Advanced Biofuels USA)  As I walked off the Metro’s yellow line and into the Washington Conference Center for this year’s renewable energy technology convention, RETECH, I didn’t know exactly what to expect. The tech geek inside of

October 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Memo to Congress and Candidates: American Biofuels Boost Job Creation

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/The Hill's Congress Blog)  ...Many quintessentially American industries with proven records of job creation hold the promise of exponential job growth if given a chance. American ethanol is one such industry, and it deserves a

October 06, 2011 Read Full Article

The Need for a Real Domestic Alternative Energy Policy in the USA

by Andrew Smolski (OilPrice.com)  ...Let us begin with the thought process of Alexander Hamilton in order to frame the argument of building a new industry within the United States correctly in order to compete on the global market. The gist

October 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Losing Government Loan Option

by Philip Brasher (Gannett/Des Moines Register)   Developers of biofuels already have been struggling to attract private investment. Now they’ll have even fewer financing options with the sunsetting of the loan guarantee program that financed failed solar-panel maker Solyndra. ...But the

October 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Releases Inaugural Quadrennial Technology Review Report

(Department of Energy)  Report Provides a Roadmap for Advancing Key Energy Technologies and Outlines a Clear Vision of the Department’s Goals for Energy Innovation The Energy Department today released it’s inaugural Quadrennial Technology Review report (DOE-QTR) – an assessment of the

September 30, 2011 Read Full Article

The Subsidy Debate: Oil vs. Ethanol

by Kate Bechen and Porter J. Martin (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...But what often is missing in criticisms of ethanol is an acknowledgement that the oil industry significantly benefits from a variety of tax credits, incentives and other publicly-funded subsidies. Bloomberg

September 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Tax Incentive Creates Jobs

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The biodiesel tax incentive is helping to create jobs across the country, according to testimony submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee today by the National Biodiesel Board (NBB). “While we understand the pressures facing Congress, this

September 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Report Says Vehicle Fuel Should Be the Priority, Not Electricity

by Matthew L. Wald (New York Times)  Research on solar and wind power is all well and good, but a self-assessment by the Department of Energy has found that in the great scheme of energy needs, the government is not

September 28, 2011 Read Full Article

The Future of Biorefining Policy

by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine)  ...While some in the industry doubt that a Congress so focused on debt reduction will extend VEETC and the biodiesel tax credit, Greg Jenner, a partner in Stoel Rives LLP’s tax practice, offers a unique

September 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Some Clean-Energy Firms Found U.S. Loan-Guarantee Program a Bad Bet

by Steven Mufson and Carol D. Leonnig    (The Washington Post)  ...The Obama administration’s vaunted initiative to catalyze the U.S. clean-energy industry — under attack for betting half a billion dollars on the solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, which closed last month — has become

September 27, 2011 Read Full Article

25 x '25 Releases Green Jobs Report

(25 x '25)  The  25 x '25 Alliance released a report from the University of Tennessee's Bio-Based Energy Analysis Group demonstrating that millions of new jobs could be created over the next 15 years by pursuing the 25x'25 clean energy

September 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Discusses Energy Policy "Then and Now" on Platts TV

(Platts TV)  Watch streaming video online for a candid conversation with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. From the Carter Center in Atlanta, the 39th president discusses the energy challenges he faced more than 30 years ago, and the outlook for

September 23, 2011 Read Full Article

President Obama's Green Losing Streak

by Darren Samuelsohn  (Politico)   With Solyndra's collapse, the GOP is promising to make green jobs politically toxic. ...Obama arrived in the White House embracing the green jobs mantra that previously existed mainly in California environmental policy and in congressional Democrats'

September 22, 2011 Read Full Article

SAFER Makes Information about Farm Bill Energy Program Proposed Cuts

(Southeast Agriculture and Forestry Energy Resources Alliance)  As you know, Congress is in the midst of negotiations regarding FY2012 appropriations for the Farm Bill. Of particular interest to SAFER is the proposed cuts to the Farm Bill’s energy programs —

September 22, 2011 Read Full Article

25x'25 Brief Offers Tool for Engaging Policy Makers in Push for Clean Energy Future

(25 x '25)   The renewable energy sector has been the fastest growing domestic energy sector for the past five years, yet the expansion of biomass energy solutions in America is at risk. As Congress and the White House seek

September 13, 2011 Read Full Article

ABO Responds to USDA/DOE/Navy Biofuels Investment Promise

(Algae Industry Magazine)  The Algal Biomass Organization has voiced its opinion of the US government’s recently announced $510 million biofuels investment commitment over the next three years. Following is their statement: Late last month, three federal departments came together to

September 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Veterans, Politicians Team Up in Battle to Change Energy Policy

by Steve Leone (Renewable Energy World)  While the price of military intervention is often measured in American lives, in this case it was the staggering amount of American dollars that most clearly made his point. In today’s dollars, keeping just

September 09, 2011 Read Full Article

An 'Energy Policy' Bought and Paid for

(Ocala.com) Editorial:  Here's what's wrong with America's energy "policy." Reeling under a crippling deficit, Congress steadfastly refuses to eliminate lucrative tax breaks and subsidies for the most profitable companies in the world — the oil and gas industries. And never mind

September 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Future Ethanol Policy Changes

by Kent Theisse (Corn and Soybean Digest Blogs and Opinions)  ... Many people are very excited about producing ethanol from woodchips, switchgrass, algae and other substances; however, most of this type of ethanol production is still in the early research and

September 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Federal Policy for Reducing Uncertainty for Advanced Biofuels Producers

by Brent Erickson (BIO/Biofuels Digest)  As any number of economic analysts have noted, continued policy uncertainty is holding businesses back from the hiring and investment needed to get the economy moving again. The advanced biofuel industry has been trying to

September 07, 2011 Read Full Article

ENERGY: Biofuels Policy Supported, but More Needs to Be Done

by Alan Van Ormer (Prairie Business Magazine)  Many industry leaders support a biofuels policy, but also believe that more things can be done to help address any deficiencies in a national policy. Hunter Roberts, State Energy Policy Director for South Dakota,

September 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Vitter Seeks ‘Parity’ over Alternative Energy

by Alan Blinder  (American Press)  U.S. Sen. David Vitter vowed again Tuesday to push Congress to consider objectively the merits of potential alternative energy sources instead of giving preferential treatment to some. “Congress has been using exactly the wrong model,” Vitter

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Is Independence Down South Good for the US?

by Michael McAdams (Advanced Biofuels Association/Biorefining Magazine)  ...Below are some guiding principles for consistent public policies to foster growth of the domestic biofuels industry in America. Technology Neutrality: Don’t pick a winner! The government’s track record of picking winning technologies does

August 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Lights, Camera, Congress…

by Michael McAdams (Biorefining Magazine)  ...Washington’s jolting performance and the economic aftershocks have those of you on the verge of commercializing your replacement fuels questioning whether Congress and the White House can successfully provide the policy tools needed to ensure

August 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Peterson Questions Federal Biofuels Plan

by Don Davis (Duluth News Tribune)  Minnesota’s senior congressman said that the plan administration officials announced this week probably will not work and threatens Minnesota’s 21 ethanol plants. “I think that is a big a problem,” said U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson,

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Weighs Options

by Joseph Morton (World Herald Bureau/Omaha.com)  The ethanol industry is preparing itself for life after federal subsidies. Key tax credits that pay blenders for using the renewable fuel are set to expire at the end of 2011. At a cost to

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Increase in Demand from India, China to Drive up Food Prices: Obama

(The Economic Times of India)  US President Barack Obama today highlighted the need to develop biofuels out of things that do not involve fuel chain, arguing that increase in demand from India and China would drive up the food prices. "As

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Industry Producing Record Volumes, Fueling Job Creation

by National Biodiesel Board (Biodiesel Magazine)  ...The new numbers, coming after Congress reinstated the biodiesel tax incentive this year, demonstrate the power that strong domestic energy policy can have in helping create jobs and economic activity. Despite the weak economy, the

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Washington’s New Era

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...But the mischief that lawmakers are hiding behind a veil of budget concern extends far beyond the tax credit for ethanol blending. Using the appropriations process, lawmakers from the oil patch and elsewhere

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Bioenergy Policy Planks Promote Sustainability, Fairness

(25 x '25)  Earlier this week (July 28, 2011), a coalition of animal agriculture, commodity crop, general farm organization and conservation leaders issued a set of guiding principles and policy planks aimed at reconciling the expansion of biofuel production with maintaining

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

US Corn-Belt Farmers: 'The Country Has Turned on Us'

by Suzanne Goldenberg (The Guardian)  As Congress reviews 30 years of corn ethanol subsidies, the global food crisis has shone a negative light on biofuel production There were times when Arlyn Schipper could almost feel heroic on his family farm in

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

President Visiting Three of Top Four Ethanol States

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  During his Midwest bus tour this week, President Barack Obama is visiting three of the nation’s top four ethanol producing states, accounting for more than 42 percent of the country’s ethanol production. The president’s first audience question today

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

National Algae Association Stymied in Getting Explanation of Algae Exclusion from Billion Ton Update

(National Algae Association)  National Algae Association Executive Director Barry Cohen has issued the following statement in response to the specific exclusion of algae from the Billion Ton Update issued by the Department of Energy: "Other than to be told that leadership

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels USA Is Disappointed in White House Plan for National Security Drop-In Biofuels Investment

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  As a tie-in to President Obama’s current bus tour promoting his job creation plans, the White House has issued a press release promoting a three-year $510 million dollar plan to fund “drop-in” biofuel

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Biomass 2011: Replace the Whole Barrel, Supply the Whole Market Presentations Posted

(US Department of Energy)  ...More than 600 speakers, moderators, sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees were able to listen to discussions about the ongoing challenges and achievements in the bioenergy industry. Biomass 2011 addressed key issues in important areas, such as feedstock supply, conversion pathways,

August 15, 2011 Read Full Article

OPINION: Domestic Biofuels Are Economic and Energy Security

by Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and Thomas W. Ewing  (The Daily Republic)   For decades, securing our nation’s energy future has been a national priority — yet policymakers still have not reached consensus on a long-term, comprehensive platform that will ensure our

August 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Udall to Introduce Bill that Would Level Playing Field for Advanced Biofuels

(Senator Tom Udall) U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) today announced his plans to introduce bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate that would help level the playing field for advanced biofuels like algae by reforming the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to

August 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Franken Visits Farmfest

by Janet Kubat Willette (AgriNews.com)  Expect direct payments to take a hit in the next farm bill, Sen. Al Franken told a Farmfest audience Aug. 3. The Minnesota Democrat said the super committee of 12 Congresspeople could shape the new farm bill

August 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Mandate Emerges as Ethanol’s Sacred Cow

by Amy Harder (National Journal)  ...By year's end, the congressional “super committee”  charged with reducing the federal deficit likely will topple the $6 billion in annual ethanol industry tax credits and a corresponding government tariff on imported ethanol. But another prong

August 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Green Groups: ‘Supercommittee’ Should Repeal Oil Industry Tax Breaks

by Andrew Restuccia  (The Hill/E2Wire)  A dozen environmental groups Tuesday told congressional leaders that lawmakers who support slashing oil industry tax breaks and other subsidies should be appointed to the deficit-cutting “supercommittee.” In a letter, the groups urged the 12-member panel to come

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Doerr Gives U.S. a ‘C’ for Alternative-Energy

by Ari Levy (Bloomberg)  John Doerr, head of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s alternative-energy practice, said he would give the U.S. a C grade for development of green technology, which trails innovation in Internet and biotechnology. His grade would have been

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Coal and Ethanol Are Not Alternative Energy Policy

by Andrew Smolski (OilPrice.com)  ...(E)nergy policy is as defunct as ever and on most fronts the US is lagging far behind. ... (T)he US will need this Energy policy to spur growth, create jobs, and remain competitive going forward. Yet,

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Aviation Calls For Government Backing To Boost Biofuels

by Graham Warwick (Aviation Week)  The U.S. aviation industry is pressing Congress to extend funding for goverment programs providing support to start up commercial-scale production of renewable biofuels. ...Work on the 2012 Farm Bill is getting under way, and witnesses at

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Dems Face Uphill Battle on Oil Tax Breaks

by Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)   ...Some Democrats are acknowledging that their push to strip billions of dollars in oil-and-gas industry tax breaks through the debt-ceiling deal faces big hurdles. Democrats see the bipartisan special committee tasked with finding

August 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Reid: Clean Energy on Democrats' Agenda after Recess

by Andrew Restuccia   (The Hill/E2Wire)    Clean energy will be part of a broader jobs agenda that Senate Democrats will pursue when lawmakers return from their August recess, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday. “Clean energy jobs, they are changing

August 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Financing as Innovative as Clean Energy Technology

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Financing of clean energy got you down?   The Green Bank clears a key Senate hurdle, and Bank of America chairman Chad Holliday helps explain why that’s important Last month, amidst the brouhaha of the US debt

August 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Energy Programs Prepare for Debt Deal Pain

by Darren Goode & Darren Samuelsohn   (Politico)  Popular energy and environmental programs should prepare for a decade of spending cuts under the debt deal reached late Sunday between the White House and congressional leaders. Less clear, however, is the effect that

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Imported Oil Driving U.S. Trade Imbalance; Domestic Ethanol, Feed Providing Some Counterbalance

(Renewable Fuels Association)  America’s trade deficit is growing and one reason for that is our crippling dependence on imported oil.  According to U.S. Census Bureau data, our appetite for foreign oil accounted for 60% of the nation’s $50 billion trade

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Chu, Vilsack, Pfannenstiel Headline, Light up BIOMASS 2011 Congress

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and US Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jackalyne Pfannenstiel provided a rousing opening to the DOE’s annual BIOMASS congress in Washington. Opening

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Energy and Forestry Programs Examined During Farm Bill's Title IX (Energy) Hearing

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)   Many programs authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill will expire in 2012 unless they are included in a new Farm Bill. Among those programs that would expire are all the bioenergy initiatives

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Woodside Says Ethanol Industry Willing to Give Back Tax Break for Debt Reduction

by Lori Potter  (Kearney Hub)  The ethanol industry is willing to immediately give up $1.3 billion in tax breaks for federal debt reduction. However, that probably can’t happen unless authorizing legislation is attached to a successful debt ceiling-budget reduction bill, said

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Farm Bill Energy Title: Rural Energy for America Program

(Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  On July 19, 2011, the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) and Environmental and Energy Study Institute(EESI) held a briefing on the energy title of the Farm Bill, with a special focus on the Rural Energy for

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Don't Turn the Clock Back on Building Better Fuels: ABFA Letter to Senate Committee

(Advanced Biofuels Association)  The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) today sent the following letter to U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member, opposing any efforts to repeal Section 526 of

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

National Security, Energy Security, and Environmental Imperatives

by General Charles F. Wald and David W. Conover  (Bipartisan Policy Center/The Hill/Congress Blog)   News reports indicate that some Senators may seek to repeal a provision of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) during Thursday’s consideration of

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

US Energy Department Celebrates Loan Guarantee Successes as Stimulus-Supported 1705 Program Comes to Close

by Jonathan Silver (Department of Energy/Biofuels Digest)  ...the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has been extremely busy, committing or closing 19 additional financings of clean energy projects – including one of the country’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Oil Is Biggest Military Weakness

by Senator Mark Udall (Politico)  The Pentagon released its first-ever operational energy strategy last month — a plan that could dramatically cut costs and save service members’ lives. The plan is not about fielding a new weapons system, but rather

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels 2.0

Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  The rise of themochemical biofuels, the power of markets, and the anarchic essence of energy development ...The “failure” of cellulosic ethanol is a failure of the policy framework, I said. It was suicidal to pass legislation that

July 15, 2011 Read Full Article

US Navy Issues 350K Gallon RFP for Advanced Biofuels

(US Department of Defense; Navy)  The Government has a requirement for 100,000 USG of Hydrotreated Renewable JP-5 (HRJ5) and 350,000 USG of Hydrotreated Renewable F-76 (HRD76) to support the Navy's "Sail the Great Green Fleet" initiative. This requirement is for

July 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Klobuchar Calls Out Oil Companies to Give Up Subsidies

by Larry Bivins  (SCTimes)  Sen. Amy Klobuchar urged oil companies Tuesday to follow the lead of the ethanol industry and give up government subsidies to help defray the nation’s burgeoning deficit. In a speech on the Senate floor, Klobuchar

July 13, 2011 Read Full Article

EPA Defers Application of CO2 Emissions Rules to Biomass

(Troutman Sanders)  The EPA on July 1, 2011 issued a final rule deferring for three years application of the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) and Title V permitting requirements to carbon dioxide (“CO2”) emissions from biogenic stationary

July 12, 2011 Read Full Article

House Rejects Republican Study Committee Cuts to Energy Subsidies

by Pete Kasperowicz (The Hill)  The House on Monday night rejected an amendment proposed by the Republican Study Committee that would have cut $3.25 billion from the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, effectively gutting the Department of Energy's alternative energy funding

July 12, 2011 Read Full Article

The Reality We Are Living in Now: Biofuels and the New DC, Part II

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In a swirling stew of change regarding US federal incentives, tariffs, tax credits and loan guarantees, the most consistent mechanism driving the expansion of renewable transport fuel has been the US Renewable Fuel Standard. Though

July 11, 2011 Read Full Article

DARPA Wants Artificial Lifeforms

by Katherine Bourzac (Technology Review)  The agency will fund projects aimed at speeding up synthetic biology, and creating new kinds of materials. Yesterday (June 15, 2011) morning, at the Fifth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology at Stanford University, a representative from

July 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Hinchey, Bartlett, Kingston and Office of Rep. Giffords Announce Formation of Defense Energy Security Caucus

Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) and the Office of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) today announced the formation of the Defense Energy Security Caucus (DESC). The Caucus aims to educate members of Congress and

July 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Oil Incentives Have to Be Talked about, Too, by the Candidates

by Walt Wendland (Des Moines Register/Iowa Renewable Fuels Association)   ...When presidential candidates have discussed reforming the ethanol incentive, several news articles called this either "bold" or "risky" in Iowa. These stories operated under the assumption that support for the

July 01, 2011 Read Full Article

GI Joe, Funding Man from Head to Toe: The DoD and Drop-In Biofuels at Scale

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As the Defense Department looks at its options to directly jump-start drop-in biofuels production at scale, we look at the Defense Production Act – the rationale, the process, the funding, and energy’s role In Washington, a

July 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act Introduced

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Today (June 29, 2011)  U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tom Carper (D-DE), Tom Udall (D-NM) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act today in an effort to eliminate dependence on foreign

June 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Editorial: Cut the Ethanol Subsidy, But Be Fair

(StarTribune)  Why is one fuel being targeted but another -- oil -- isn't? ...The best way to pay down the nation's $14.3 trillion debt? "Reducing wasteful spending a billion dollars at a time,'' Coburn said. Coburn has a point about the ethanol

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Industry Revs up Ad Push

by Darren Goode (Politico)  ...The biodiesel industry is embarking on a multimillion-dollar nationwide outreach campaign — its first ever — intended as a coming out party after spending its initial years lurking in the shadows of an ethanol industry that

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

EPA Proposes 15.2 Billion Gallon Biofuel Mandate for 2012; 50 Percent Jump in Advanced Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...EPA proposes to mandate the blending of 15.2 billion gallons of renewable fuel into the US fuel supply, and increased the proposed mandate for advanced biofuels by 48 percent, to 2 billion gallons. ...The proposed 2012

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Next Decade of Oil Companies' Tax Breaks Worth $44 Billion

(Associated Press)  Oil companies' tax breaks, if left in place, would cost the U.S. Treasury $44 billion over the next decade. President Obama wants to eliminate the cost, and a Senate proposal would eliminate them only for the five biggest

June 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Navy on Coal-to-Liquids: No, Thanks

by Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)  A top Navy official said Friday (June 3,2011) that the department isn’t interested in developing coal-based transportation fuels as an alternative to oil, noting there are more promising options. Tom Hicks, the Navy’s deputy assistant secretary

June 17, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Announces Projects to Provide Increased Renewable Energy Production, Reduce Reliance on Foreign Oil

(US Department of Agriculture)  Projects Further Obama Administration's Effort to Produce Clean Home-Grown Energy, Create Sustainable Rural Jobs Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the establishment of four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project areas to promote the cultivation of

June 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Study Finds Biodiesel is Bright Spot In Job Creation

(National Biodiesel Board)  America’s Advanced Biofuel Supporting Thousands of New Jobs While Generating Billions in Household Income, Tax Revenues The U.S. biodiesel industry will grow to support more than 74,000 jobs throughout the economy by 2015 while creating some $4 billion in

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

US Official: Biofuels 'Scapegoat' for High Food Prices

by Steve Baragona   (Voice of America)   ...(Agriculture) Secretary (Tom)Vilsack told a luncheon gathering in Washington not to believe everything one hears about ethanol's role in today's high and volatile food prices. "The truth of the matter is that corn-based

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

US Senate Defeats Coburn Amendment: Industry Reaction

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, on a cloture vote in the Senate to proceed to an amendment that would end the current ethanol tax incentive immediately, Senator Coburn’s amendment lost 40-59, falling 20 votes short of the sixty votes needed to

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Fuel Retailer Opposes Thune/Klobuchar Bill

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Earlier today, Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) created waves when they announced their new biofuels bill the Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act. This act is designed to address federal budget issues while phasing

June 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Thune/Klobuchar Bill Endorsed by Ethanol Industry

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) along with a bipartisan group of nine other Senate colleagues have introduced the Ethanol Reform and Deficit Reduction Act. The bill is designed to modify the current Volumetric

June 14, 2011 Read Full Article

GM Chief Pushing for Higher Gas Taxes

by David Shepardson and Christina Rogers (The Detroit News)   General Motors Co. CEO Dan Akerson wants the federal gas tax boosted as much as $1 a gallon to nudge consumers toward more fuel-efficient cars, ... And while he is eager

June 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Bloomberg Report Says Biochemical Pathway Attractive to Investors

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Private financial support for technology acceleration continues to be important, and certain technologies are becoming clear favorites for investors, according to a recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis of financial investments made in biofuels

June 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Filmmaker Puts His Energy behind a Coal-Mining Movie

by Mark Jenkins (The Washington Post) Bill Haney devotes only one-third of his time to filmmaking. But at this precise moment, he’s 100 percent focused on “The Last Mountain,” his documentary about the coal-mining technique known as “mountaintop removal.’’ The movie covers

June 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Open Fuel Standard Legislation Is Bad for the Environment; Bad for Biofuels

(Advanced Biofuels USA)  Shale Natural Gas Does Not Belong in Pro-Environmental Legislation A new legislative analysis by Advanced Biofuels USA concludes that the Open Fuel Standard (OFS) is bad for advanced biofuels and will add to environmental damage if passed and

June 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Is the Open Fuel Standard Good for Advanced Biofuels or for the USA? Don’t Think So!

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  A proposal called the Open Fuel Standard (OFS) has recently been included in a number of bills (HR 1687 is one example) submitted for consideration by the US Congress. These OFS provisions go beyond

June 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Senate Dems to Biden: Deficit Deal with GOP Must Kill Oil Industry Tax Breaks

(The Hill/E2Wire)  Twenty Senate Democrats are ramping up political pressure on the White House to ensure that any deficit-reduction deal with Republicans strips billions of dollars in tax breaks for major oil companies. The group — led by Sen. Robert Menendez

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Military Sets Its Sights on Sustainability

by Richard Baillie (Renewable Energy World)  A host of renewable technologies are now winning the hearts and minds of military planners. ...But the military's adoption of new technology had its greatest and most enduring impact in 1912 when Winston Churchill, then the

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Stop Moving the Goal Posts, and Two More Principles for an Advanced Ethanol Policy that Works

by Brooke Coleman (Advanced Ethanol Council/Biofuels Digest) ...Often lost in the counter-productive and backward-facing public obsession with corn ethanol are the clear attributes of the ethanol molecule itself. A recent study, “Ethanol – the Primary Renewable Liquid Fuel,” makes the case

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

25x'25 Alliance Responds to 'Draconian' Cuts to Farm Energy Program

(25 x '25) The 25x'25 Alliance recognizes that all sectors must make sacrifices to achieve true reductions in spending and the national deficit. However, draconian cuts to a number ofUSDA renewable energy programs included in a larger farm and food spending billadopted

May 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Taking It to the Hill: Making the Case for Advanced Biofuels to Congress

by Mike McAdams (Biorefining Magazine/Advanced Biofuels Association)  I recently had the privilege of testifying before the Energy and Power Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce and share with its members the incredible progress the advanced biofuels

May 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Presidential Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance

(The White House)  The Federal Government operates the largest fleet of light duty vehicles in America.  We owe a responsibility to American citizens to lead by example and contribute to meeting our national goals of reducing oil imports by one-third

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Subsidy Phaseout is Necessary, Pawlenty Says

by Jason Clayworth (Des Moines Register/Juice)  What once would have been considered a bold, even politically suicidal, call to do away with ethanol subsidies has become the position of some key industry trade groups, paving the way for candidates like

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Do Biofuels Reduce Greenhouse Gases?

by Kevin Bullis  (MIT's Technology Review)  A new study fuels the debate over the impact of growing crops for fuel. Greenhouse-gas emissions from biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, may be lower than many researchers have estimated, according to a new

May 20, 2011 Read Full Article

MIT Adds to the Cap-and-Trade Debate

by James Ott (Aviation Week)  A report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) should be required reading for environmental policymakers. “The Impact of Climate Policy on US Aviation” was issued this week by the Transportation Research Board. It is

May 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Vote to Hike Taxes on Oil Fails in Senate, 52-48; Dems Vow to Revive It

by Andrew Restuccia (The Hill/E2Wire)  The Senate on Tuesday rejected a bill that would have ended $21 billion worth of tax breaks for large oil companies, but Democrats vowed to revive the measure as part of high-stakes negotiations on the

May 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Why It’s Wrong to Agree with the Malthusians about Ethanol

by Robert Zubrin   (Pajamas Media)  Rising food prices are the result of rising oil prices, not a growing market for ethanol. ...There is not a fixed amount of grain in the world. Farmers produce in response to demand. The more customers,

May 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Letter to Congress From U.S. Biofuels Leaders: Don't Mess With RFS

(Advanced Biofuels Association/PR NewsWire)  Sending a significant signal of industry unity to Capitol Hill, the leading advocates of the U.S. biofuels industry sent Congress a message today that urged lawmakers "to stand firm in the face of calls to waive

May 17, 2011 Read Full Article

House Armed Services Committee OK’s “Filthy Fuels” in New DOD Budget Bill

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, the House Armed Services Committee OK’d a defense budget bill that exempted the Department of Defense from Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act, which had since 2007 required that fuels purchased

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Senate Dems to Revive Oil Tax Breaks Repeal Push during Broad Deficit Fight

by Andrew Restucci (The Hill/E2Wire)  Senate Democrats intend to attach a measure repealing billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks to a broader package aimed at lowering the deficit, a top Democrat said Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has

May 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Tim Johnson Calls for End to Oil Subsidies; Thune Disagrees

by Denise Ross   (The Daily Republic)  Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., called for an end to taxpayer subsidies for oil and natural gas companies Wednesday, saying instead the United States should invest in further ethanol production and improving the infrastructure

May 12, 2011 Read Full Article

National Farmers Union Calls for End to Oil Industry Subsidies

by Julie Harker  (Brownfield)  National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson is calling on Congress to end tax subsidies for the oil industry and investing that money, instead, in biofuels. In his letter sent to US House and Senate leaders, Johnson said,

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Ohio’s Sen. Brown Floats Oil Tax-Break Repeal Plan

by Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is likely to face a tough reelection battle next year, floated plans Monday to kill billions of dollars' worth of oil industry tax breaks. Democratic plans to end tax incentives and

May 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Democrats See Strategy to End Big Oil Tax Breaks

by Carl Hulse (New York Times)  Linking two of the politically volatile issues of the moment, Senate Democrats say they will move forward this week with a plan that would eliminate tax breaks for big oil companies and divert the savings

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

New Biofuel to Spar with Ethanol

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  Imagine filling up the car on a fuel that isn't made from oil but doesn't have the drawbacks of corn ethanol, including its lower energy content and ability to damage older cars or gas

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Five Big Problems with Big Oil’s New Analysis of RFS Implementation Issues

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  The Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRINC) recently released a white paper inexplicably suggesting that the cost of the Federal ethanol program exceeds its benefits by a factor of 3 to 1. Among other debatable claims,

May 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Dems To Force Vote On Oil Subsidies

by Elise Foley (Huffington Post)  Eager to prove that Republicans don't want to end oil subsidies despite public GOP opposition, House Democrats plan to force a voteThursday on a measure that would block a major tax break for the five largest

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Grassley-Conrad Bill Boosts Domestic Energy Production

(Senator Chuck Grassley)  Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Kent Conrad of North Dakota today introduced bipartisan legislation to update ethanol tax policies in an effort to boost domestic energy production and increase America’s energy independence and security. The bill also has

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

OpEd: A Diverse Biofuels Economy

by Tom Vilsack (USDA/The Daily Mail)  ...Last year, the United States produced more than 13 billion gallons of ethanol with the bulk of it coming from the Midwest. But Congress set a national goal of using 36 billion gallons of

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Sen. Bingaman Eyes Committee Vote on Clean-Energy Agency

by Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)  Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is planning a committee vote before Memorial Day on legislation that would create a federal “Clean Energy Deployment Administration” to jump-start the commercialization of green

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Next-Generation Biofuels Panel Discussion

(Milken Institute Global Conference)  With oil prices spiking and concern over climate change growing, biofuels hold tremendous appeal. But they must overcome considerable hurdles. Further process and technology refinements are needed to ensure that biofuels make a significant dent in

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Energy Information Administration Releases Its Annual Energy Outlook 2011

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. Energy Information Administration released the full version of its Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) report on April 26. The report addresses a wide variety of energy markets and industries, including those related

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Reducing Oil Dependence and Creating a Better Environment: The Promise of a Bio-Based Society

by Steen Riisgaard (Huffington Post Green)  ...More complicated types of biomass -- corn cobs, wood chips, waste paper -- are far more difficult to turn into energy. But this type of biomass--known as "cellulosic biomass" -- is plentiful and renewable.

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Baucus Crafts Oil Tax Break Repeal Plan Amid High Profit Reports

by Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)  Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) struck while the iron was hot Thursday and vowed to shepherd a plan through the panel that ends billions of dollars in tax breaks for the largest oil

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

GasHole: Dirty Oil and the Biofuel Myth

by Allison Kilkenny (Huffington Post)  This week marked the world premiere of GasHole, a new documentary film (narrated by Peter Gallagher) about the history of oil prices and the future of alternative fuels. Biofuel gossip has been everywhere in the news

May 02, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA & EPA Tour REG Biodiesel Plant in Newton, IA

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Renewable Energy Group (REG) executives hosted USDA Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson as well as leaders from the ethanol industry at their REG Newton biorefinery to discuss the role of advanced biofuels in

May 02, 2011 Read Full Article
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