Tag: DOD



Senate rejects proposal to dump DOD drop-in fuels funding

Tweet In Washington, the Senate has rejected an amendment that would have gutted the DOD’s drop-in biofuels spending program in a vote of 40-59. The proposal by Sen. Pat Toomey’s (R-Pa.) sought to move $60 million from biofuels spending to the DOD’s O&M budget.

March 25, 2013 More

“Biofuels Producers Waiting for Pentagon to Show Them the Money.”

Tweet Today on Twitter: ConsumersUnion: On #biofuels & the Department of Defense: “the national security need to reduce exposure to oil is clear…” ModFarm: Why drought and biofuels will mean fewer chicken wings are eaten this Super Bowl Sunday benlubbon: #Biofuels Producers Waiting for Pentagon to Show Them the Money Politicolnews: Warning: New E-15 Ethanol [...]

January 30, 2013 More

Support our Troops

Tweet By Mary Rosenthal One of the most popular bumper stickers and signs you see on the roads today read “Support our Troops.” Yesterday the U.S. Senate voted to support our troops – as well as the biofuels industry, the national economy and our overall national security by stripping language from the National Defense Authorization [...]

November 29, 2012 More

“Ethanol blending may be delayed – Times of India.”

Tweet Today on Twitter. tweettrailbot1: Check out who is tweeting about: ‘ biofuels ‘, here: xtremeGreens: If DOD can afford to keep spending $26 per gallon for fuel  there must not be a fiscal cliff. hashpune: Ethanol blending may be delayed – Times of India barnmedia: NCGA: Chain Restaurants’ Ethanol Report Full of Empty Calories…

November 29, 2012 More

“That well-known bunch of hippies, the US military, launches a $30m fund for development of bio jet fuel.”

Tweet Today on Twitter. Adam_Grant_Bell: That well-known bunch of hippies, the US military, launches a $30m fund for development of bio jet fuel: claireypoole: Major Global #Biofuels Agreement Signed at Rio+20 between Brazil & Netherlands: EnerComInc: Guest column: The long and winding biofuels road wNFCC: Europe’s first waste to jet fuel production plant, to be [...]

July 5, 2012 More

Chief of Naval Operations joins chorus of lawmakers, generals, admirals calling for US biofuels focus

Tweet In Washington, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jon Greenert, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), and Lieutenant General John Castellaw (USMC, ret.) joined the chorus of voices calling on the US Senate to support the Department of Defense’s energy innovation programs. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, writing Senator Mark [...]

May 23, 2012 More

“Biofuels in the DOD.”

Tweet Today on Twitter. PressOfficeEU: Press Alert: Effects of fatty acid activation on photosynthetic production of fatty acid-based biofuels in … dbiello: remember jatropha? turns out it grows better with water and/or fertlizers. what a shock jazmicallspants: Biofuels in the DOD MatthewSpoor: USDA plans biofuels supply chain match-making event for March 30 in DC #ethanol

March 22, 2012 More

US Defense Dept attacks waste storage with bio-based grant

Tweet In Washington, the DOD awarded a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant to Northern Technologies International for the development of biobased and marine biodegradable non-plastic bags. In collaboration, NTIC and MSU developed a  modified plant oil based product as a coating material on selected paper substrates. Having successfully demonstrated proof-of-concept in Phase [...]

November 27, 2011 More

"Editor of Biofpr to present case for biofuels."

Tweet Today on Twitter. RabbiTwiter: @biorefining | Report offers advanced biofuels primer to investors – jatrophaharvest: Biofuels the way forward in the sky Alltop_green: DOD Steps Up Innovation in Installation Energy, Recognizes Limits in Biofuels TheBiofuelTrap: Editor of Biofpr to present case for biofuels at science media centre Luciebs00: Biofuels as Alternative Sources of Energy: [...]

November 25, 2011 More

"Biohydrogen From Algae and the Sustainable Production of Liquid Biofuels."

Tweet Today on Twitter. TWgy: Toward more cost-effective production of biofuels from plant lignocellulosic biomass: VivienneSantoro: Boeing and Hawai i BioEnergy to work together on biofuels – Biofuels International – The link: pecolo: Rumination: Biohydrogen From Algae and the Sustainable Production of Liquid Biofuels BizAvAutoFeed: Debt woes could cut DOD’s budget for advanced biofuels rest_corp: [...]

November 22, 2011 More