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    USDA: Advanced biofuel payouts will create jobs, jobs and even more jobs     1317409020

    Let's create jobs while concurrently expanding the U.S. output of advanced biofuels, says Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Just days ago, the USDA announced that its will fork over some money to more than 160 energy producers in 41 states to support the expansion of advanced ...

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    USDA Secretary Vilsack announces bio-jet fuel research, Biomass Crop Assistance Programs     1287702360

    USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today at the National Press Club in downtown Washington that his agency would give a boost to biofuel producers through a Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). Vilsack said the USDA will soon publish the BCAP's final rule, and that means eligible biomass ...

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    EPA says E15 is ready for prime time - and your new-ish car     1286999760

    A little number on your friendly local gas station pump might be about to change. Instead of 10 percent (E10), America's national gasoline supply can now contain up to 15 percent ethanol blended in (E15), following an announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency today. The caveat, for now, ...

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    Biodiesel Board meets with Vilsack, pleased with results     1236945180

    Officials from the National Biodiesel Board are meeting with the USDA and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack over the California Air Resources Board's proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the ramifications that the legislation would have on the biodiesel industry. Biofuel proponents have ...

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    Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack supports E15 or E20 blend     1236697920

    Yesterday, 11 Midwest Ag secretaries asked Obama to raise ethanol blend to 15 or 20 percent. It should come as no big surprise that Obama's Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, also made a statement in favor of raising the ethanol blend to either E15 or E20 "over the course of the next couple of ...

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    Obama green car update: working with Better Place? going pro-ethanol with Vilsak?     1229812260

    Photo by BohPhoto. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.
    Two items of note from the incoming President. First, the Jerusalem Post has a minor hint that Barack Obama's transition team has got their collective eye on the work of Better Place. The paper writes that the new administration "may ...

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    Democratic presidential candidate favors tougher CAFE standards     1163869380

    Tom Vilsack, the two-term Iowa governor and first Democrat to file as a presidential candidate for the 2008 election, says doubling the CAFE standards over the next 10 years would help the country get serious about hybrid vehicles and fuel-cell cars. Speaking at the University of Colorado, Visack ...

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