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Biofuel-friendly Farm Bill gets veto override from Congress

Photo by Yandle. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. As expected, Congress made sure the Farm Bill (actually called the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008) became law yesterday despite some sort of clerical error that resulted in a number of pages being dropped from the final version. Democrats were embarrassed. The Senate voted 82 to 13 to override President Bush's veto. The Farm Bill contains a lot of biofuel-friendly sections, as we detailed the other day. To mention a few of the provisions: Cellulosic ethanol producers have ... Read more →

Farm Bill vetoed, but the biofuel-friendly law probably won't be stopped Sebastian Blanco

Photo by Yandle. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. President Bush vetoed the five-year, $289 billion Farm Bill today, saying it was too expensive in the current economic climate. Congress ...

Biodiesel's fate in Farm Bill reauthorization uncertain Sebastian Blanco

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. ...

Where the US Farm Bill stands as Americans get ready to celebrate harvest fest/Thanksgiving Sebastian Blanco

Responding to a question from a reader in Pennsylvania, Jetta Wong has written an update on the 2007 Farm Bill over at Renewable Energy Access. This bill, as we've written before, has a lot to do ...

Biofuel-friendly Farm Bill gets veto override from Congress 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Yandle. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. As expected, Congress made sure the Farm Bill (actually called the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008) became law yesterday despite some sort of clerical error that resulted in a number of pages being dropped from the final ...

Farm Bill vetoed, but the biofuel-friendly law probably won't be stopped 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Yandle. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. President Bush vetoed the five-year, $289 billion Farm Bill today, saying it was too expensive in the current economic climate. Congress passed the bill by wide margins last week, and, as Bloomberg notes, a veto override is likely. So, ...

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

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 ...

Where the US Farm Bill stands as Americans get ready to celebrate harvest fest/Thanksgiving 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Responding to a question from a reader in Pennsylvania, Jetta Wong has written an update on the 2007 Farm Bill over at Renewable Energy Access. This bill, as we've written before, has a lot to do with topics AutoblogGreen readers care about because it affects how biofuels might be grown in America ...


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