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Today in Biofuels Opinion: “A new study deals another blow to corn-based ethanol.”
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, in Farmweek: “The USDA has a role, I believe, in helping develop and promote best practices that will increase and enhance management efficiencies which, in turn, will allow more of these producers of ethanol to stay in business. Meanwhile, I think its important for us to take a look at the [...]
Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack to expand USDA’s role in biofuels; a Biofuels Digest special report
By Biofuels Digest correspondent Tim Curtiss
During his first news conference as Secretary of the Agriculture Department, Tom Vilsack discussed his goals to expand the USDA’s role in promoting development of biofuels and other advanced energy sources. He described plans to support existing producers as well as research into new feedstocks and other development initiatives, including [...]
US Department of Agriculture begins policy shift under Vilsack; focuses on ethanol feasibility, best practices; climate change leadership
In Washington, the US Department of Agriculture commenced a policy shift when Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack pledged to direct the USDA to research and develop best practices for the ethanol industry to ensure its survival.
Vilsack also pledged that the Department of Agriculture will be the “national leader in the climate change” discussion. The emphasis [...]
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: “ExxonMobil officials said the company could be interested in an investment in biofuels.”
From Oil and Gas Eurasia: “On its third-quarter conference call, ExxonMobil officials said the company could be interested in an investment in biofuels because it already ranks as one of the largest purchasers of ethanol to satisfy blending mandates from the federal government.”
From Hoosier Ag Today: “Ag Secretary nominee Tom Vilsack went before the Senate [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Obama has also stayed true to his hard-line position against big agricultural subsidies by nominating Vilsack.”
From alibi.com: “That [Tom] Vilsack is a proponent of ethanol and biotech shouldn’t come as a surprise, as Obama campaigned on the same page…while some had hoped that the president-elect was simply playing politics and telling Iowans what they wanted to hear in order to win the caucus there, Obama has also stayed true to [...]
Opposition to Vilsack nomination as ag secretary grows: “agribusiness as usual”
In Iowa, opposition to the nomination of Tom Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary continues to swirl, as other observers speculate over the nature of an Obama agriculture policy. According to the Des Moines Register, Vilsack will focus on implementation of the farm bill, biofuel development and the sugar program, while balancing the interests of the South, [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack may be a boon for ethanol research.”
From BH Pioneer: “President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as the next secretary of agriculture may be a boon for ethanol research. Vilsack has been a leading proponent of the biofuel. Obama supported ethanol research when he won the Iowa caucuses…Vilsack has pushed for further development of cellulosic ethanol, in which [...]
Centrist approach seen for Obama energy and environment team
In Washington, Capital Press reported on the “centrist” approach that President-elect Obama is taking towards his environmental and energy team appointments. While Lisa Jackson, nominated as EPA administrator, is seen as a strong environmentalist, Secretary of Interior nominee Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado and Secretary of Agriculture nominee Tom Vilsack are seen as centrists, balancing [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Vilsack, like Obama, supports ethanol, and frankly anyone who isn’t on the dole of some agribusiness or other can see that ethanol is an absurd idea.”
From Sfgate.com: “Vilsack, like Obama, supports ethanol, and frankly anyone who isn’t on the dole of some agribusiness or other can see that ethanol is an absurd idea. In fact, it’s hard to find a worse political idea, and that’s saying a lot. For starters, it takes almost a gallon of oil to make a [...]
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