Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: May 6, 2009

President Obama Advances Biofuels Production DOE to Invest $786.5M in Biofuels EPA Renewable Fuel Standard Tackles GHG Emissions DOE to Invest $93M in Wind Power New Hospital Energy Alliance to Promote Clean Energy BLM to Invest in Renewable Energy Permitting Climate Targets Limit Near-Term Use of Fossil Fuels President Obama To Advance Biofuels Production President Obama announced that his administration is taking several steps to advance biofuels research and commercialization. He signed a Presidential Directive to help preserve biofuel industry jobs and to establish the Biofuels Interagency Working Group, which will develop the nation’s first comprehensive program for advancing the biofuels market. Obama also announced that DOE will release $786.5 million in Recovery Act funds to accelerate advanced biofuels research, development, and deployment, and that the U.S. EPA has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (see separate articles below). The EPA proposal outlines its strategy for increasing the supply of renewable fuels. The new Biofuels Interagency Working Group will be co-chaired by the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture and the EPA Administrator, and it will work with the National Science and Technology Council’s Biomass Research and Development Board. It will use existing authorities and […]

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