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Obama faces uphill battle in bid to pass climate bill before Copenhagen climate treaty finalized
Forbes magazine online has published Oxford Analytica’s analysis that the Obama administration is facing an “uphill battle” to get climate change legislation passed by the US Senate this year, prior to the Copenhagen meeting where a successor treaty to Kyoto will be finalized.
Oxford said that “Obama wants to push a similar bill through the Senate [...]
Brazil’s Lula bemoans US ethanol tariff, Obama says “It’s not going to change overnight.”
In Washington, President Barack Obama said that his administration would work with Brazil on development of ethanol and acknowledged the tension between the two countries over the US ethanol tariff, but said “It’s not going to change overnight.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told CNN “I can’t understand, while the world is concerned with [...]
Obama details $150 billion clean energy investments, cap-and-trade revenues: free download of budget plan
In Washington, President Obama released an outline of his proposed 2010 budget, including an outlined 10-year, $150 billion investment in clean energy, funded by the sale of greenhouse gas emissions credits. The proposed GHG emissions program will reduce U.S. GHG emissions to 14% below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 83% below 2005 levels by [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “to truly transform our economy, protect our security and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy.”
President Barack Obama, addressing a joint session of the US Congress: “We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century. And yet, it is China that has launched the largest effort in history to make their economy energy efficient. We invented solar technology, but we’ve fallen behind [...]
Obama signs stimulus bill: 10X increase in DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy budget to $16.8 billion including $800 million for Biomass program
In Washington, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which includes $16.8 billion for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
The funding is a nearly tenfold increase for EERE, which received $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2008.
While the bulk of the new EERE funding is supporting direct [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The science is stacking up that the globe is not warming, it is cooling.”
Jeffrey Taylor in LInkedIn: “Global atmospheric temperature reached a peak in 1998, has not warmed since 1995 and, has been cooling since 2002. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that October in the US was marked by 63 record snowfalls and 115 lowest-ever temperatures.” The science is stacking up that the globe is not [...]
Brazil’s Lula, Obama talk biofuels, set up March meeting in DC
In Washington, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will meet US President Barack Obama in March, while the new US president indicated a desire to visit Brail during the summer. The Brazilian and US presidents set up the meeting during an initial phone conversation in which they discussed biofuels, climate change as well as [...]
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 [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Bio-fuels show the most promise for reducing aviation’s carbon emissions.”
From the International Air Transport Association: “Biofuels show the most promise for reducing aviation’s carbon emissions. Over the entire lifecycle they have the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 60%. IATA is committed to using 10% alternative fuels by 2017….Now we need to speed-up the certification process. The current timeline sees certification by [...]
Obama stimulus package details report: biofuels investment misses list of top 3 energy priorities
The Washington Post has reported more details from the proposed Obama economic stimulus package, relating to alternative energy. The Post analyzed comments made by Obama in his first major post-election speech. The three major provisions relating to energy include the construction of a national smart grid, the modernizing of 2 million homes for energy efficiency [...]
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