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Biodiesel's fate in Farm Bill reauthorization uncertain

Will American farmers continue get Federal help to grow biodiesel feedstock? Under the current compromise in the Farm Bill that's going through a reauthorization, the answer to that question is yes. But the White House is apparently going to veto the biodiesel provisions that allow farmers who make up to $2.5m a year still qualify for crop subsidies. Rumor is that an official verdict might be coming out today sometime. The National Biodiesel Board (NBB), for its part, likes the compromise and said so in a press release that came out late last ... Read more →

Bush sorta unveils new greenhouse gas plan, critics say it's "worse than doing nothing" Sebastian Blanco

U-turn ahead: White House preparing global warming initiative Sebastian Blanco

White House: President Bush wasn't joking, no one told him about $4/gal gas predictions Lascelles Linton

White House: Bush to sign energy bill Wednesday Lascelles Linton

The Congress finally passed the energy bill today, which includes a 35 miles per gallon CAFE standard and the White House says Bush will sign it Wednesday. Even though Bush threatened to veto the ...

Biodiesel's fate in Farm Bill reauthorization uncertain 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bush sorta unveils new greenhouse gas plan, critics say it's "worse than doing nothing" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images Now we know a bit more about the White House's U-Turn on global warming. President Bush made a speech in the Rose Garden today calling for a stop to greenhouse gas emissions growth in the U.S. by 2025. As NPR phrased it, that's when babies born this year will be ...

U-turn ahead: White House preparing global warming initiative 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

U-turn. Waking up. Flip flop. Call it what you want (the Washington Times, headed by the very strange Sun Myung Moon, called it "changing course"), but the White House might be getting ready to call on Congress to pass a bill that deals with global warming. According to the Mooney Times (the only ...

White House: President Bush wasn't joking, no one told him about $4/gal gas predictions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Two days ago, we told you President Bush said he was unaware some analysts were predicting $4 for a gallon of gas in the U.S.. The day before Bush made those remarks, White House press secretary Dana Perino was actually asked about gas prices and she said "we're mindful of it." Yesterday, when ...

White House: Bush to sign energy bill Wednesday 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Congress finally passed the energy bill today, which includes a 35 miles per gallon CAFE standard and the White House says Bush will sign it Wednesday. Even though Bush threatened to veto the bill several times and he still thinks the CAFE standard could have gone "farther and faster," he's on ...

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