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Secretary Chu announces $25 million advanced biofuels research grant program
In Washington, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $25 million in grants for R&D on fuels made from non-food energy crops. The grants will be made over four years in a joint program with the USDA that will focus on biomass feedstock development; cellulosic biofuels; and biofuels development analysis. The grants are a part of the [...]
Obama inaugurated, pledging “We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil”; Chu, Salazar, Vilsack confirmed
In Washington, Barack Obama was inaugurated as US President, based on a platform of extensive investments in alternative energy, remarking in his inaugural address that “each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.”
He pledged that “We will harness the sun and the winds and the [...]
Chu nomination at Energy expected to win committee “yes” this week; Chu says ethanol not necessary to future; E10 blend wall needs study
In Washington, Secretary of Energy-designate Steven Chu faced the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee in his confirmation hearing.
The Des Moines Register reports that Dr. Chu “said that the next generation of biofuels will not necessarily be ethanol”, said he did not know whether the EPA should raise ethanol blending limits in non flex-fuel vehicles [...]
Chu, Jackson to face Senate in confirmation hearings; speculation grows on DOE Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary slots
In Washington, confirmation hearings begin next Tuesday for Energy Secretary-designate Dr. Steven Chu, and for Lisa Jackson, president-elect Obama’s nominee to head the EPA.
Meanwhile, speculation has commenced on potential DOE appointees to critical positions in the Department of Energy under Dr. Steven Chu. Names heard by the Digest include:
Deputy Secretary: Obama transition team members Susan [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “I guess that’s what happens when you produce a worthless product.”
From the Motley Fool: “The Wall Street Journal ran a piece a couple of days ago about the government bailout that the ethanol industry is pushing the government for. An Ethanol Bailout?. Ethanol producers are really hurting right now (I guess that’s what happens when you produce a worthless product…which is exactly what fuel made [...]
The Top 10 Biofuels Stories of 2008: #4, Obama’s election and the Green Dream Team
With the election of ethanol supporter Barack Obama over ethanol foe John McCain, biofuels supporters drew a breath of relief. The appointment of biofuels subsidy author Tom Daschle to the cabinet was a good sign, as was the appointment of former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to head USDA.
The appointments of Carol Browner as energy policy [...]
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