The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is really getting serious about making the Sunshine State a leader in domestic fuel production.
Reduce Dependence on “Terror-promoting Foreign Oil”
Reducing dependence on “expensive, polluting, terror-promoting foreign oil” is the goal of New York Governor George Pataki’s comprehensive energy plan unveiled today.
Show-Me the Ethanol
The Governor of Missouri is calling for a 10 percent ethanol mandate in the Show-Me state.
USDA Offers Value-Added Grants for Domestic Fuels
Over $19 million dollars in grant money is now available for value-added agribusiness ventures, with priority given to biodiesel, ethanol and other renewable energy projects.
Kansas and Nebraska Governors Head Ethanol Coalition in ’06
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has taken over the leadership of the Governor’s Ethanol Coalition.
Renewable Fuels Standard For 2006
The Environmental Protection Agency is all hyped-up about implementing the Energy Policy Act’s new Renewable Fuels Standard.
Energy Conference Presentations Available
Papers and presentations given at the recent Energy From Agriculture Conference in St. Louis are available on the Farm Foundation website.
Energy Conference in St. Louis
Farm Foundation and USDA’s Office of Energy Policy and New Uses kicked off their Energy from Agriculture conference today in St. Louis
Higher Oil Prices Forecast to Increase Domestic Fuel Demand
In the latest Long Term Energy Outlook report issued by the Energy Information Administration, higher oil prices are expected to increase demand for “unconventional sources of transportation fuel, such as ethanol and biodiesel.”
FTC Finds Ethanol Industry Competitive
The ethanol industry has been exonerated of charges that it is too highly concentrated in the hands of too few companies.