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USDA Announces Loan Guarantees For Three Cellulosic Ethanol Projects

January 21, 2011 by Mike Gregory
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that biofuels and biomass energy projects across America have been selected for funding to continue the Administration's support for the development of renewable fuels. Vilsack highlighted the various investments USDA made since he laid out a broad vision to spur rural revitalization through... [read more]

Obama meets with (too many) swing Senators on bipartisan climate and clean energy jobs bill

March 9, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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What I think Obama needs to be doing now is hard lobbying one-on-one with key swing senators.  That way he can focus on a targeted pitch for each one and have a frank discussion.  He needs to start moving people one-by-one from the “fence sitter” to the “probably yes” category.  Instead, he (and Energy Secretary Chu,... [read more]

Navy and USDA Team Up to Encourage Biofuel Development

January 22, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Navy signed a Memo of Understanding on Thursday with the goal of developing renewable energy resources like biofuels. The Navy has been increasing its focus on energy reform, and this is the latest idea designed to push the largest naval fleet in the world into a new era. Agriculture... [read more]

Vilsack's $1B announcement and Google keep REDD momentum going strong in Copenhagen

December 16, 2009 by Rebecca Lutzy
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Avoided Deforestation Partners hosted a tremendous side event at the Copenhagen Marriott on "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (REDD): Opportunities for U.S. Initiatives in Support of a Global Framework."  Richard Branson, Jane Goodall, Bharrat Jagdeo (President of Guyana), and Jens Stoltenberg (Prime Minister of Norway)... [read more]

What’s wrong with Obama’s green team?

October 10, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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It’s hard not to be impressed by the people working for the Obama administration on the environment. For the most part, they’re smart, well-intentioned, dedicated. Let’s hope they can deliver meaningful results soon on the issue that matters most: climate change. Today, I’m at the Society of Environmental Journalists convention in... [read more]

USDA plans bio-products ecolabeling

August 4, 2009 by Doris de Guzman
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While transcribing some of my CEO interviews from the BIO conference, let me post this interesting news from the US Department of Agriculture about their voluntary ecolabeling plans for biobased products. First of all, the USDA defined "biobased products" as products that are composed wholly or significantly of biological ingredients... [read more]