GOP Reveals Plan to Cut Green Energy Funding in Half
Republicans in the House of Representatives have announced that they will look to cut $911 million to $1 billion from the Department of Energy’s budget in the form of green energy for 2014. The Obama administration has already proposed an 8% increase in the Department of Energy’s budget to $28.4 billion to continue their support of clean energy and the …
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Blowing Smog: The Dirty Fossil Fuel Industry Needs to Come Clean
While incentives for green energy have never been permanent or guaranteed, it’s difficult to put these resources on a level playing field with traditional fossil fuels and other “dirty” energy. Richard Caperton, renowned energy finance expert, is pushing to open up Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) to the green sector in hopes of skewing support to a fairer ground. One of …
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USDA to award $14 million to select biofuel producers
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it will award $14 million to 162 advanced biofuel producers. This will come as another set of payments under the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels. This new set of payments will add to the $192.5 million already given by the program to the advanced biofuels industry, which has supported the …
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Top 5 Energy Mutual Funds
For those with an eye for energy, mutual funds are a less risky way to become involved in the industry. Many investment firms have created funds that either focus on energy stocks completely, or at least have a significant portion of the fund allocated to them. With the ever-increasing funding that supports renewable technologies and the resulting rising stock prices, …
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The stagnation that never was leaves LNG importers in a bind
A few years ago, energy experts agreed that the US would need to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to compensate for the rise in domestic consumption countered with stagnating supply levels.
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US Military Says Renewable is the Way to Go
Some think our nation’s military shouldn’t be spending money experimenting with new renewable technologies. What they may not realize is that powering our military with the latest…
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Koch Brothers’ Dubious Scare Tactics Revealed
It looks like some of the research studies funded by the Koch brothers aren’t exactly kosher. Koch Industries has been dubbed the “kingpin of climate science denial” (Source: Huffington Post) as the oil, gas and coal conglomerate has been releasing studies to nay-say the impact of climate change. Well, some of their methods are in the spotlight and it looks like they’ve …
Read MoreCEOs and Governors: RFS Heroes?
CEOs and governors are coming to the support of the Renewable Fuel Standard which is being reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Earlier a group of Governors and agricultural interests had requested the EPA to issue a waiver from the standard because of higher corn prices. Holly Jessen has the details in the Ethanol Producer Magazine.
Read MoreTicking clock grows louder for RFS
The current administration must soon decide whether or not to lift the requirements to blend ethanol into our gasoline supplies. While this issue has been relatively quiet in campaign efforts, it has big implications for next-generation biofuel plants. Ramifications of this year’s drought continue to cause backlash against the RFS, which requires the blending of ethanol with crude oil, a …
Read MoreOne big step for ethanol
Ethanol took a large step forward last Friday when a federal appeals court dismissed challenges to the EPA’s plan to introduce 15 percent ethanol blends into the U.S. gasoline market. Trade groups in the auto and oil industries feared that E15 would open the door to lawsuits regarding engine issues that may result from using the new fuel in older, …
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