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Monthly Archives: May 2017
Congress Must Reject White House Budget Plan, Support Rural America
The 25x’25 Alliance joined multiple other energy, farm and rural America advocacy groups Tuesday in expressing our extreme disappointment with President Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal 2018. The spending plan proposed by the White House, however, does not come as … Continue reading
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Tagged 25x'25, advanced biofuels, agricultural adaptation, anaerobic digestion, bioenergy, Biofuels, Biomass, cellulosic ethanol, Congress, conservation, distributed generation, DOE, energy efficiency, EPA, ethanol, farm bill, Geothermal, green jobs, House of Representatives, Hydropower, investment tax credit, national security, production tax credit, renewable energy, Senate, Solar Energy, sustainability, USDA, Wind Energy, wood to energy
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USDA Re-Organization Must Align with 21st Century U.S. Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s plan for reorganizing USDA, which is now subject to a public comment period that ends June 14, would create an under secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, realign department agencies under an under secretary … Continue reading
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Tagged 25x'25, advanced biofuels, agricultural adaptation, agroforestry, anaerobic digestion, bioenergy, Biofuels, carbon sequestration, cellulosic ethanol, Congress, conservation, distributed generation, DOE, energy security, ethanol, farm bill, Geothermal, green jobs, Hydropower, investment tax credit, national security, no-till, production tax credit, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Solutions from the Land, sustainability, USDA, Wind Energy, wood to energy
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Obama Remarks Short-Change Ag and Forestry Roles in Combating Climate Change
Recent comments on agriculture’s role in climate change made by former President Obama at a conference in Milan this week were, at best, disappointing. At a “Seeds and Chips” conference, which gathers policy makers, investors and technology interests to discuss … Continue reading
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Tagged 25x'25, advanced biofuels, agricultural adaptation, bioenergy, carbon sequestration, conservation, soil quality, Solutions from the Land
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Carbon Neutrality of Woody Biomass Set to Become Federal Law
The $1.1-trillion budget resolution headed toward passage by Congress this week contains a provision that has long been sought by many renewable energy advocates, including 25x’25 Alliance members, particularly those in the bioenergy sector. The language in the measure, which … Continue reading
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