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Biofuels Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Recently published studies attempt to show that production and use of biofuels increases greenhouse gas emissions.
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Coalition Supports Tax Legislation to Advance Renewable Energy
A coalition of 18 renewable energy groups, including BIO, sent a letter to Senators asking them to support tax legislation that will transform the United States into a world leader in renewable and clean energy technologies. (July 30, 2007)
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Food Plus Fuel, Not Food or Fuel
Myths and Facts: Food and Fuel
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U.S. Farmers Can Produce Both (November 21, 2007)
The Biotechnology Industry Organization today released a report detailing the potential of cellulosic biomass as an energy resource and the promise of no-till cropping for greater residue collection.
True Causes of Food Price Inflation (November 2007) A 2007 study by Informa Economics of the factors that affect the consumer price index for food finds that rising oil prices, not ethanol, has had the greatest impact.
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Background Information on Biofuels
Cellulosic Biorefinery MADE SIMPLE
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Ethanol from Cellulose and Biorefineries:
The Future is Now
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Energy in 2020: Assessing the Economic Effects of Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol (January 2007)
U.S. Department of Commerce report concludes that developing cellulosic ethanol would produce significant benefits to the US economy.
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How biotechnology is used in the formation of ethanol from cellulose
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New Biotech Processes Revolutionize Domestic Energy Production
(Feb. 21) This video introduces a revolution in industrial biotechnology that is radically changing how companies make ethanol for transportation fuel. The key driver in this new technology is the ability to change the cellulose in agricultural crop plant matter into sugars that can be fermented to produce ethanol and refined into other value-added products.
Industrial biotechnology companies have developed microbes that now make it economically feasible to produce ethanol not only from grain but also from corn stover, wheat straw, sugar cane waste and many other agricultural crop residues.
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Industrial Biotechnology is Revolutionizing Ethanol from Cellulose - Briefing Paper
Biotechnology Will Play a Key Role in Bringing Ethanol from Cellulose to the Market
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Have Your Corn and Eat it Too
Soon we'll be eating corn and turning the stalks and the leaves of the plant into automobile fuel.
Find out how biotech makes this possible.
BIO's biofuels policy statement to the White House (January 22, 2007)
Letter to President Bush
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Unsung biofuel gets backers (Marketplace, January 10, 2007)
While ethanol and biodiesel make headlines, biobutanol has quietly attracted investment from BP and DuPont.
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Investing in Biofuels
Jim Greenwood on Biofuels from the BioWorld Biofuels Report: Market Realities, Perspectives and Challenges
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Choose Food or Fuel? No, We Can Produce Both
"When you look at the numbers on American agriculture production, the choice is not food or fuel; it is between greater energy independence and economic growth here at home and the continued reliance on foreign oil."
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Critics of Biofuel Have It Wrong
"Ethanol's critics argue that America cannot produce enough biofuel from agricultural commodities to break our addiction to oil without impacting the availability of food. The facts suggest we can."
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Survey Says Americans Support Development of Biofuels (October 25, 2006)
Eighty-two percent of Americans are in favor of government support for the development of biofuels says a new survey released last week.
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Energy Bill boosts industrial biotechnology -- Industrial Biotechnology, Fall 2005
By Dr. Matt Carr, Director of BIO's Industrial & Environmental Section
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Energy Policy Act Will Boost Biofuels Industry and Enhance U.S. Energy Security (July 29, 2005)
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Tilling for Energy Could Increase Farm Profits by $5 Billion (March 2, 2005)
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"Bringing Biofuels to the Pump"
This new report from the National Resources Defense Council presents an aggressive plan for ending America's oil dependence. It concludes that if the U.S. government provides incentives for the development of biofuels, "America could produce the equivalent of nearly 7.9 million barrels of oil per day by 2050."
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BIO Praises Biofuels Report; Calls for Federal Funding for Biorefineries (December 8, 2004)
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"Growing Energy: How Biofuels Can Help End America's Oil Dependence"
The report was prepared for the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) by the Role of Biomass in America's Energy Future (RBAEF) project. It asserts that the United States "can replace much of our oil with biofuels ñ fuels made from plant materials grown by American farmers. These fuels, especially those known as cellulosic biofuels, can be cost-competitive with gasoline and diesel."
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25 by 25: Agriculture's Role in Ensuring U.S. Energy Independence
A report by the Ag Energy Working Group (August 2004)
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Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Agriculture and Energy in the 21st Century
June 2006, Worldwatch Institute Report
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Breaking the Biological Barriers to Cellulosic Ethanol: A Joint Research Agenda
June 2006, Department of Energy Report
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President Bush Announces Advanced Energy Initiative
Supports Development of Cellulosic Ethanol
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The Third Wave in Biotechnology
A Primer on Industrial Biotechnology (February 2006)
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The President's Biorefinery Initiative
From the President's Advanced Energy Initiative, announced in the State of the Union Address. (January 31, 2006)
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