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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

Wisconsin Congressman Introduces Bill to Require More E15 testing

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Citing “serious concerns” with the U.S. EPA’s decision to allow E15 to be used invehicle models 2001 and newer, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., introduced legislation to the House of Representatives on Oct. 13 that

October 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Op-Ed: Research Key to Food and Fuel Production

by Gale Buchanan & Bobby Moser  (AgriPulse) ...Government-funded research can help solve another of our greatest problems - our dependence on limited and declining supplies of fossil fuels - with cleaner, renewable energy sources. And by making the investment that

October 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Jobe, Huber Kick off Northeast Bioheat Workshop

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  The biodiesel and oilheat industries have a long-standing history working alongside each other respectively serving the home heating needs of their customers, particularly in the Northeast, and delivering clean-burning Bioheat was the sentiment echoed by

October 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Coalition for E85 Urges Retention of Ethanol Tax Credit

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.org)  A coalition of retailers, producers, equipment manufacturers have formed the Coalition for E85with the stated purpose of protecting consumer access to 85% ethanol blends. According to the coalition, if the current tax credit for ethanol expires at the end

October 12, 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

Proposed Farm Bill Includes Advanced Biofuels

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R, IN-3rd) have introduced a farm bill that they say would save $40 billion and includes provisions that support the development of advanced biofuels. “We offer our bill as a

October 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Denham: Ethanol Policy Closed Turlock Farm

(Modesto Bee)  Rep. Jeff Denham is citing the state's policies in the closure of Fulton Valley Farms of Turlock, set to happen by mid-January because of rising feed costs. The high cost of feed is a direct result of ethanol mandates

October 10, 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 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

RFA Urges Super Committee to Look at Oil Subsidies

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  In a letter to the co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, the so-called “super committee” assigned to find ways to cut the deficit, the Renewable Fuels Association today urged them to “focus on comprehensive

September 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazil-US Ethanol Tariff Discussions Pick Up as Expiration Nears

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  As the U.S ethanol industry confronts the reality that the 45-cent-per-gallon Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and 54-cent ethanol import tariff will end on Dec. 31, some industry representatives are ramping up efforts to

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

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

House Bill Would Lower Mandate to Use Ethanol

by Charles Abbott (Reuters)  Legislation was being drafted in the U.S. House that would reduce the federal mandate to use fuel ethanol when corn supplies are tight. ...According to consulting firm MF Global, the legislation would reduce the ethanol mandate by

September 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Continued Progress in Advanced Biofuels Relies on the RFS

by Jim Greenwood   (Biotechnology Industry Organization/The Hill's Congress Blog)  There is widespread agreement among experts, policy makers and the public that the United States must overcome its addiction to fossil fuels to protect the environment and for reasons of

September 26, 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

Fast Food Chains Place Order for No New Ethanol Subsidies

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Anti-ethanol interests have launched their latest campaign focused on ensuring the demise of ethanol subsidies with a letter sent Sept. 15 to all members of Congress urging them not to pass any last-minute extensions

September 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Congress Needs Courage to End Oil, Gas Subsidies

by Ryan Alexander (Taxpayers for Common Sense/Seacoastonline.com)  ...For 16 years, Taxpayers for Common Sense has been advocating for the elimination of federal spending that does not deliver a fair return to taxpayers. Topping our list are a menu of tax

September 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Crapo, Udall Introduce Bill to Level Playing Field for Advanced Biofuels

(Senator Mike Crapo)  Would make renewable fuels standard more "technology neutral" U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID)and Tom Udall (D-NM)recently introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate that would help level the playing field for advanced biofuels like algae by reforming the Renewable

September 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Reigniting Subsidy Debate, Obama Takes on Oil, Gas

by Amy Harder (National Journal)  President Obama on Monday (September 12, 2011) asked Congress to end subsidies for all oil and gas companies, which could save the government more than $4 billion a year, to help pay for his jobs

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

House Hearing Ignores Critical Facts about America’s Ethanol Industry

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  America’s ethanol producers are on pace to produce nearly 40 million metric tons of livestock feed in 2011 – a volume greater than all the corn used on cattle feedlots all across the country. 

September 14, 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

Ethanol Critics Target Mandates as Subsidy Ends

by Philip Brasher (Gannett/Des Moines Register)  ...The industry likely stands a better chance of protecting the annual usage mandates, known as the Renewable Fuel Standard, from being weakened by livestock or environmental interests. “I don’t see that as an avenue

September 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Landrieu Secures $1B in Emergency Funding to Restore Flood Protection Infrastructure

(Office of Senator Mary Lnadrieu (D-LA)  United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today secured more than $1.26 billion for Louisiana to restore flood protection infrastructure, $30 million to invest in algae biofuel research, and new provisions to strengthen enforcement

September 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Appealing to Obama

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  President Obama’s speech to Congress on the economy has given an ethanol industry trade group to pitch biofuel as a job creator. In an ad that will run tomorrow in the Politico newspaper, the

September 08, 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

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

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

US Biodiesel Industry Producing Record Volumes

(Farm Business)  US biodiesel production reached a new monthly high of 81 million gallons in June, according to the latest EPA statistics, marking a third consecutive month of record volumes and continuing a remarkable turnaround in which biodiesel production in

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

The Unicorn and the Fairy: Corn Declares War on Cellulose

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  The National Corn Growers Association declares War on cellulosic biofuels, calling them “non-existent”, then mysteriously removes the blog post. What gives? Ten days ago, Cathryn Wojciki, communications manager for the National Corn Growers Association, wrote a

August 26, 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

The XTL Diet: New Paths to Feasible, Domestic Low-Carb Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Can synthetic biology capture and utilize CO2 to such an extent that it not only can make money – but can mitigate the carbon intensity of no-no feedstocks like coal, gas and oil, opening up

August 23, 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

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

Gassed out, cont.

(The Economist/Free Exchange)  LAST week I noted that volatile oil prices have played an underappreciated role in recent business cycles. Over the weekend, James Hamilton published additional analysis of oil-price changes since last year, and he presents some sobering findings. Mr Hamilton

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Army to Spend Billions to Save Billions (Hopefully)

by Paul McLeary (Aviation Week)  The Army says that it wants to drop about $7.1 billion over the next decade on renewable-energy technologies, in order to try and shave some zeros off of the annual $15 billion it currently spends on

August 16, 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

Cantwell Applauds Launch of Jet Biofuels Program that Will Support Green Jobs Statewide

(AirportBusiness.com) Today (August 9, 2011)  U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) toured the cutting-edge laboratories at Targeted Growth in Seattle and announced the launch of Washington state's first large-scale program for the growth of camelina sativa, a promising non-food feedstock for

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

US Debt Deal: Biofuels Industry Reaction

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Brian Jennings, Executive Vice President of the American Coalition for Ethanol “ACE and our members are disappointed that the ethanol compromise was not included in the final debt limit deal just because some in Congress

August 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Washington Plant Restarts Biodiesel Production, Canola Crushing

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  After sitting idle for a year, Inland Empire Oilseeds LLC managed to restart production at its 8 MMgy canola-based biodiesel facility, including an adjacent canola crushing plant, in Odessa, Wash. ...Edmonds added that he expects the

August 02, 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

Still Time to Get Biofuels Support Right

by Brent Erickson (Biofuels Digest) Reports of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit’s (VEETC) early demise have been a bit overblown. Though several groups and reporters believed the die was cast and the potential revenue savings would be redirected to

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

Advocates Pay to Tout Oil, Debt Agendas at Iowa Straw Poll

by Jennifer Jacobs  (Des Moines Register)   An air-conditioned “igloo” paid for by the Iowa Energy Forum will rise up from the straw poll campus in Ames next month, an attraction meant to woo Iowans’ affection with free treats, kids’

August 01, 2011 Read Full Article

House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment Hearing: Hitting the Ethanol Blend Wall – Examining the Science on E15; Testimony of W. Steven Burke ∙ President and CEO, Biofuels Center of North Carolina

W. Steven Burke  (Biofuels Center of North Carolina)  ...America will continue to seek more augmentation of petroleum-based fuels and thus needs new models to gain large amounts of liquid fuel from sources other than corn in places other than the Midwest. North Carolina

July 30, 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

Power Shifts

by Erin Ailworth (The Boston Globe)  ...“One of the big challenges with the federal budget is whether ARPA-E is going to be funded,’’ said Peter Rothstein, president of New England Clean Energy Council, a trade group in Boston. ...Alternative fuels Despite several

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Celanese to Make Low-Cost Ethanol From Gas if U.S. Policy Changes

by Jack Kaskey  (Bloomberg)  Celanese Corp. (CE) would make low-cost ethanol for U.S. motorists using natural gas if policy makers end subsidies for corn-based production and amend the law that allows only renewable sources of the fuel additive. Celanese can make

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

The Work at Hand for E15 Market Expansion

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Back in October, I wrote on the RFA blog, “The E-Xchange,” about the steps that would be necessary to make E15 the standard fuel available in the United States, in much the

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

Ethanol Makers Losing $6 Billion Tax Break Keep $6.9 Billion

(San Francisco Chronicle/Bloomberg)  Ethanol manufacturers are set to thrive even if they have to give up $6 billion a year in U.S. tax subsidies because a government mandate for increased use of the fuel may add $6.9 billion a year

July 20, 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

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

Wyden Act Promotes Alternative Fuels

(MyCentralOregon)  Legislation introduced by Senator Ron Wyden and Michigan's Debbie Stabenow to promote the implementation of viable alternatives to oil passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Thursday. Wyden said the Alternative Fuels Vehicles Competitiveness and Security Act will increase

July 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Navy Secretary Mabus Unabashed about ‘Choosing Winners’ in Fuel Market

by John Tomasic (Colorado Independent)  Makes case again for Udall Energy Security Act Coming on the heels of Colorado Senator Mark Udall’s reintroduction of the Energy Security Act, which would boost efforts to power the military with alternative energy, U.S. Navy Secretary

July 15, 2011 Read Full Article

House Vote on Section 526 Raises Questions of Commitment to Energy Security

(25 x '25)  The House of Representatives seems to have gotten things backwards. Lawmakers there say they were shoring up national security and supporting U.S. military fuel flexibility when they voted to end a provision in federal law that requires

July 15, 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

Ending US Ethanol Subsidies Could Be Bullish for European Prices

(Platts)  A plan by US senators to end ethanol subsidies on July 31 could prove bullish for the European market, trading sources said Wednesday. "It should be pretty supportive, the EU needs the [US ethanol] supply," one source said. ...Europe's ethanol market

July 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Grassley Q&A: Looking Forward with Biodiesel

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) (Biodiesel Magazine)  Q.  Why do you support the production of biodiesel? A.  Too much of America’s energy comes from fossil fuels imported from countries that don’t like us.  We can reduce dependence on foreign oil, and be

July 13, 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

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

A Good Compromise on Ethanol Policy

by Brooke Coleman (Advanced Ethanol Council/The Washington Post)  Letter to Editor:  ...The compromise that Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) have announced is not perfect. But it rightly involves using innovations in U.S. ethanol policy

July 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Witnesses Blast EPA Decision to Allow Higher Ethanol Blends

(US House Committee on Science, Space and Technology)  Today the Energy & Environment Subcommittee held a hearing to examine the science behind the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to grant a waiver permitting the use of mid-level ethanol blends of up

July 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Klobuchar, Thune Announce Bipartisan Compromise on Renewable Energy

(Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar)  Agreement would put savings toward deficit reduction, infrastructure U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Thune (R-SD), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today announced that a bipartisan agreement has been reached that allows for a transition to a

July 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Algal Biomass Organization Policy Alert Section 526 of EISA

by Mary Rosenthal (Algal Biomass Organization)  A few weeks ago we let you know of attempts being made to repeal Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which prohibits the Department of Defense from procuring fuels

July 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Editorial: No Need for ‘Compromise’ in Trimming Ethanol Subsidies

(The Washington Post)  ...Either way, the supports must go. Congress has protected ethanol three ways: with a $6 billion-a-year tax subsidy to those who blend it into gasoline, a tariff on competing imports and a mandate that billions of gallons

July 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Lugar Introduces Practical Energy Plan on Facebook

(Office of Senator Dick Lugar)  Senator Dick Lugar today introduced his Practical Energy Plan exclusively via Facebook.  Lugar was joined in the live stream by Dave Conover, Senior Vice President of the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Bush Administration official. Video

July 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Obama: Slash Oil Industry Tax Breaks as Part of Debt Deal

by Andrew Restuccia (The Hill/E2Wire)  President Obama pressed lawmakers Wednesday to cut a slew of oil industry tax breaks as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling, arguing that the alternative is to slash funding for education, medical

June 30, 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

Dinneen to Ethanol Industry: ‘We Need to Show Some Outrage’

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen abandoned the podium and chose to speak off the cuff during his keynote presentation delivered to attendees of the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo on

June 30, 2011 Read Full Article

In Washington, Algae Is Treated Like Slime

by Jonathan Fahey  (Forbes)  ...Congress, when it passed legislation in 2007 that subsidized advanced biofuels to the tune of $1.01 per gallon (on top of the 51-cent standard ethanol credit) and mandated that the country use a growing amount of

June 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Reforming Ethanol in a Responsible Way

by Senator Mike Johanns (York News-Times)  ...Ethanol helped keep $34 billion of our money at home last year instead of going to other countries for foreign oil. ...Though these benefits are significant, today's fiscal realities require us to rethink our approach

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Santorum Tells Iowa Farmers He Would End Ethanol Subsidies

by William Petroski (Des Moines Register)  ...Santorum, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said he advocates phasing-out the existing tax incentive for ethanol production, commonly known as the blenders’ credit, by reducing the credit 9 cents annually over each

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Makers, Farmers Push for Modest Support if Subsidy Dies; Economists Say They’ll Be OK

(AP/Bloomberg/The Washington Post)  If a $5 billion-a-year federal subsidy that helped build the ethanol industry comes to an end, it will likely mean two things, experts who have followed its development say. First, it doesn’t guarantee an end to the high

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Senate Ethanol Vote to Little Impact Corn Demand: Morgan Stanley

(Platts)  ...But even if hypothetically the subsidies did end June 30, it would in all likelihood not affect corn and ethanol demand, owing to the current prices between the two, and conventional gasoline, Morgan Stanley said in a report. ...At current

June 29, 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

Brazil Ethanol Boosters Cheer US Sentiment Turning against Subsidies

(Platts)  Brazilian ethanol interests Friday praised a largely symbolic vote in the US Senate Thursday that aimed to end that country's ethanol subsidies six months early, but noted the South American country needs to keep its supply to itself for

June 20, 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

Senate Approves Cut in Ethanol Subsidies

by Steven Mufsonand Lori Montgomery  (The Washington Post)  The Senate on Thursday approved an amendment that would end tax credits for ethanol that refiners blend into motor fuel in a vote closely watched as a sign of whether Congress can

June 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Automakers Oppose Bill to Require More Flex-Fuel Vehicles

by David Shepardson (The Detroit News)  ...The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers — the trade group representing Detroit's Big Three automakers, Toyota Motors Corp. and eight others, joined a coalition of groups in opposing the "Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011,"

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

Senate Vote to Repeal Ethanol Tax Credit Fails, But Some in GOP Break Ranks

by Lori Montgomery (The Washington Post)  A majority of Senate Republicans appeared to break Tuesday with two decades of GOP orthodoxy against higher taxes, voting to advance a plan to abruptly cancel billions of dollars in annual tax credits for

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Cantor: Tackle Energy Subsidies in Tax Reform Plan, Not Debt Talks

by Russell Berman (The Hill/E2Wire)  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Monday that the elimination of energy subsidies should be considered as part of a comprehensive tax reform package rather than the debt reduction talks that Vice President Biden

June 14, 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

Tom Coburn Forces Tuesday Ethanol Vote

by Darren Goode (Politico) Sen. Tom Coburn has pulled the trigger and is forcing a long-sought vote on an amendment repealing billions in annual tax incentives for ethanol. The Senate will vote Tuesday afternoon on Coburn’s motion limiting debate on his amendment

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Critics Forcing Votes on Subsidies

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  The ethanol industry faces a pair of critical test votes in the Senate. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has forced a vote next Tuesday on ending the industry’s 45-cent-per-gallon subsidy, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Military and Aviation Industry Outline Need for Sustainable Biofuels

(BIO-Tech Now)  The World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology explored ways that biotechnology can help meet both military and commercial aviation fuel needs. BIO’s World Congress in Toronto hosted a general plenary session, “Civilian and Military Aviation Fuels: Can Biotech Make a

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Bill Would Require Origin Labeling for Fuel

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Congressman Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) this week introduced legislation that would require all gasoline sold in the U.S. to carry country-of-origin labeling (COOL). ...Growth Energy president Jim Nussle says the law would create more market transparency for American consumers

June 09, 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

The Defense Department Is a Significant Driver of New Technology

by Brent Erickson (BIO/Biofuels Digest)  To carry out military and humanitarian missions around the world, U.S. forces require reliable fuel supplies and secure supply lines. The military is as much at the mercy of high oil and gasoline prices as

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

Biofuels Plan Needs Nudge from Congress

by Robert F. Dorr  (Air Force Times)  ...Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz has been the driving force behind the service’s conservation movement, both because it saves the environment and it saves money. And for that he deserves a salute. Schwartz couldn’t

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Romney Hearts Ethanol Subsidies

By Jonathan Weisman (Wall Street Journal)  It was an odd setting for a policy pronouncement, but on the sidewalk outside the Historical Building here, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney embraced ethanol subsidies. It came just days after and blocks from where

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Included in Fuel Feedstock Freedom Act Introduced to Senate

(Algae Industry Magazine) ...The Fuel Feedstock Freedom Act (S. 1085), gives individual states the option not to participate in the corn ethanol portion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It also expands the cellulosic biofuel carve-out to include algae and

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

Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

(US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee) The House Appropriations Committee today (May 23, 2011) released the subcommittee draft of the fiscal year 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which will be marked up in the Agriculture Subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation continues the

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Proponents Say Pump Up Its Benefits

(KELOLAND.com) ...High fuel costs are once again fueling the debate about alternative energy sources. And with ethanol one of South Dakota's biggest industries, both politicians and ethanol supporters say now's the time to pump up its benefits. ..."With ethanol 80 cents

May 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Bill Would Extend Defense Dept.'s Biofuels Contracting Ability

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  On May 11, Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., introduced legislation that would authorize the U.S. Department of Defense to engage in 15 year contracts for advanced biofuels. The bill, titled the “Domestic Fuel for Enhancing National

May 18, 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

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

Senate Dems Say Ending Big Oil Tax Breaks Will Not Affect Fuel Prices

by Alexander Bolton  (The Hill/E2Wire)   Senate Democrats stepped up their push to repeal tax breaks for major oil companies Friday by unveiling a report showing that it would not affect gas prices. The report by Congress’s Joint Economic Committee found

May 16, 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

Imported Crude Oil Independence

by Don Siefkes (E100 Ethanol Group/Biofuels Digest)  ...As article after article in Biofuels Digest has pointed out, the ethanol industry knows how to make ethanol from a variety of feedstock and could make 66 billion gallons/yr of fuel grade ethanol

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Dinneen — Ethanol: Moving Forward

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Biofuels Digest)  ...Lost in the drone of mudslinging is a realization that this debate is about 20th century technologies and energy sources.  The discussion is about whether or not to develop more oil and other

May 13, 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

Sens. Barrasso, Manchin Bill Eases Pain at the Pump

(The State Column)  U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced bipartisan legislation to ease the pain at the pump and decrease our dependence on foreign oil. The American Alternative Fuels Act (S. 937) breaks down the barriers

May 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Sens. Barrasso, Manchin Bill Eases Pain at the Pump

(The State Column)  U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced bipartisan legislation to ease the pain at the pump and decrease our dependence on foreign oil. The American Alternative Fuels Act (S. 937) breaks down the barriers

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

Open Fuel Standard Introduced in House, Sponsorship Growing

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., imagines a world where consumers could drive up to the pump in a standardized vehicle and choose - be it biofuels, methanol, coal-to-liquid fuel or gasoline, depending on the best

May 10, 2011 Read Full Article

GOP Bill Would Merge EPA, DOE

by Robin Bravender  (Politico)  Senate Republicans are pushing a plan to morph the Energy Department and the EPA into one giant agency. A bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C) would combine the DOE and the EPA into a new agency

May 09, 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

Harkin Frustrated by Ethanol Infighting

by Daniel Looker (Agriculture.com)  ...But when Senator Tom Harkin was asked about his sense of support for the Grassley-Conrad Bill on Thursday, he said that it has some risks. Harkin supports Grassley’s bill, and is one of the original co-sponsors.  But

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

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

Senators Introduce Bill to End Ethanol Subsidies, Import Tariff

by Jim Snyder (Bloomberg)  ...Senators Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, and Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, said the 45-cent credit, which is given to oil refiners for each gallon of ethanol they blend with gasoline, was unjustified given the U.S. deficit. The break

May 04, 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

John Boehner: Oil Companies Should Pay Their 'Fair Share'

by Darren Goode (Politico)  House Speaker John Boehner says he’s open to calls from the White House to curb some of the $4 billion in oil and gas subsidies and tax incentives, as Washington continues to feel the heat over

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA is Working to Create Supply, Demand for Biofuels

by Heather Thorstensen   (AgriNews.com)   The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to create more supply and demand for renewable fuels nationwide, said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. ...During a media briefing, he discussed how the government isfunding research into different

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Obama to Congress: End ‘Unwarranted Tax Breaks’ for Oil Companies

by Zachary A. Goldfarb  (The Washington Post)  President Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to take “immediate action” to end tax subsidies for oil and gas companies, as he attempts to limit the political fallout of surging gas prices. A day before oil

April 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Why Only Fossil Fuels Deserve Subsidies — Just Ask Paul Ryan

by Kirsten Korosec (BNET)  ...How can maintaining subsidies for the fossil fuels industry, while cutting incentives and funding for cleaner sources, be called anything but corporate welfare? Ironically, one of the stated primary goals of the GOP budget crafted by Rep. Paul

April 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Five Biofuels Groups Unite behind RFS2 as “Critical Foundation for Advanced Biofuels”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association, the Advanced Biofuels Association, the Algal Biomass Organization, the Advanced Ethanol Council, and BIO pledged to work cooperatively to preserve the status quo on the Renewable Fuel Standard through

April 21, 2011 Read Full Article

DuPont Urges Congress to Keep Biofuel Policy

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  ...“The single most important thing that Congress can do for advanced biofuels is to provide a stable policy environment,” Jan Koninckx, DuPont’s global biofuels business director, told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

April 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Propel Fuels CEO Lays Out Biofuels Infrastructure Vision

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   Propel Fuels’ CEO Matt Horton explained to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources how the federal government must participate in establishing the alternative fuel infrastructure of the future. “With the primary location of the

April 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Freshman Republican Breaks Rank On Oil Subsidies

by Dan Froomkin (Huffington Post)  A freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin has broken rank with his GOP colleagues by calling on lawmakers to re-evaulate the multi-billion-dollar subsidies the federal government doles out to already highly-profitable oil and gas companies. Rep. Reid

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Groups Unite in Response to Anti-Ethanol Policy Forum

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Food and environmental lobby groups took their anti-ethanol message to the Capitol Visitors Center April 14, staging a “Corn Ethanol Policy Forum” that included planned remarks from several legislators as well as analysts from

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

It’s Time We Break Down the Blend Wall – For Good

by Tom Buis (Growth Energy/Biofuels Digest)  There is no greater hurdle to the expansion of the American biofuels industry than the artificial barriers to the market. Through flawed policy and outdated regulation, these barriers serve as a mandate for the

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Leader Tells Senate Committee Consistency Is Key

(Advanced Biofuels Association)  A consistent commitment by Congress that avoids the ups and downs of public opinion will be crucial to the success of transforming America's energy policy to cleaner and renewable sources, that's what Michael McAdams, president of the

April 13, 2011 Read Full Article

House Appropriations Committee Releases Final Continuing Resolution; Incrementally Positive for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Industries

(Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati)  On April 12, 2011, the House Appropriations Committee released the final Continuing Resolution bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 (the CR).1 As described below, the CR amends the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authority

April 13, 2011 Read Full Article
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