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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Distributed Generation Offers Wide Economic, Environmental Benefits
It should come as no surprise that those who would protect their fossil-fuel-based energy interests at any cost have spread their attacks to target not only the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS, or renewable energy standards) established in nearly 30 states, … Continue reading
Family Farms Play Key Role in Achieving the 25x'25 Renewable Energy Vision
In observation of the International Year of the Family Farmer, the following blog was written for the National Farmers Union by 25x’25 executive committee co-chairs Read Smith, a Washington state grain grower and former president of the National Association of … Continue reading
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Tagged 25x'25, bioenergy, Biofuels, Biomass, carbon sequestration, energy security, ethanol, farm bill, green jobs, national security, no-till, renewable energy, sustainability
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Mitigating Climate Change with Renewable Energy
More than 1,250 international experts, nearly 1,200 scenarios analyzed, nearly 10,000 references to existing studies, two reviews soliciting tens of thousands of expert comments, and a summary approved line by line by representatives of 195 member governments. The effort with … Continue reading
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Tagged 25x'25, advanced biofuels, bioenergy, Biofuels, Biomass, carbon sequestration, cellulosic ethanol, Congress, energy efficiency, energy security, ethanol, Geothermal, green jobs, Hydropower, investment tax credit, production tax credit, renewable energy, Renewable Fuel Standard, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Solar Energy, sustainability, Wind Energy, wood to energy
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Advanced Biofuels: Creating Jobs and Lowering Prices at the Pump
The following guest blog was authored by Sumesh M. Arora, vice president of the non-profit group, Innovate Mississippi, and director of the organization’s Strategic Biomass Solutions program. Arora recently testified on advanced biofuels before the Senate Agriculture Committee. 2014 is … Continue reading
Value of Biofuels Goes Beyond Those With Direct Investment
Concerns over the future of biofuels in a future national energy strategy were aired before some pretty influential parties this week, as stakeholders ratchet up their defense of a federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that has promoted the development of … Continue reading
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Tagged 25x'25, advanced biofuels, bioenergy, Biofuels, Biomass, cellulosic ethanol, Congress, Department of Defense, DOE, energy security, EPA, ethanol, green jobs, House of Representatives, national security, renewable energy, Renewable Fuel Standard, Senate, sustainability, U.S. military, USDA
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Anti-Biomass Propaganda Paints Misleading Portrait of Beneficial Energy Source
The following guest blog is from Bill Carson, Principal of Carlson Small Power Consultants of Redding, CA. Over the last decade, Carlson has consulted in the development of 12 small biomass cogeneration facilities. Over a forty year career in energy, … Continue reading
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Tagged 25x'25, bioenergy, Biomass, carbon sequestration, energy security, EPA, green jobs, renewable energy, sustainability, wood to energy
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Biofuels: When the Quest for 'Perfect' Becomes the Enemy of the Good
Risk is a word closely associated with the agriculture industry ‑ and rightfully so. Farming and ranching are some of the most risk-prevalent callings on the planet, given the vagaries of weather, markets, soil conditions, technology and dozens of other … Continue reading
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Tagged 25x'25, advanced biofuels, agricultural adaptation, agroforestry, bioenergy, Biofuels, Biomass, carbon sequestration, cellulosic ethanol, energy efficiency, energy security, ethanol, green jobs, national security, no-till, renewable energy, Renewable Fuel Standard, sustainability, wood to energy
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