In Illinois, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) helped pass a comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development funding bill out of the powerful House Appropriations Committee that would deliver more than $152 billion in agriculture and rural support, including bolstering biofuels. Congresswoman Bustos successfully secured a number of provisions for Illinois and rural America including: Bolstering the use […]
In Washington, the Urban Air Initiative and Energy Future Coalition have jointly sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy claiming that the EPA’s Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) model for assessing mobile source emissions is seriously flawed, and could effectively block access to the market for higher ethanol blends. The letter requests an immediate […]
In Colorado, Cool Planet will open its global headquarters in Greenwood Village, CO, as well as open its first manufacturing facility in Colorado. Cool Planet has developed a patented process that converts non-food biomass – such as beetle kill pine and corn cobs – into gasoline through mechanical and chemical processes, which can be used […]
