Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - June 16, 2017

E15 Bill Attempts to Solve Ethanol Conundrum  

On June 14, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act (S. 517).  Chairman Barroso (R-WY), while no friend to biofuels, agreed to hold the hearing in exchange for corn-state votes on the scuttled bill to axe Obama-era regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.  The bill would fix a regulatory issue that currently prohibits retailers from marketing E15 (15 percent ethanol, 85 percent gasoline) to regular vehicles in the summer months.

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Headlines:

1. Dismissing Complaints, Ag Secretary Perdue Names Rural Development Assistant

2. As Big, High-Tech Farms Take Hold, How Do Nearby Towns Stay Afloat?

3. Researchers Aim To Reduce Cost, Time of Algae Biofuel Production

4. Vaagen Spinoff Will Turn Scrawny Trees Into Engineered Building Material

5. First Kelp Crop Harvested in Cornell Pilot Program

 

 

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