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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 10, 2025
- Because the transportation sector accounts for nearly a third of U.S. total greenhouse gas emissions, the Department of Energy continues to research alternative fuels in order to provide consumers with cutting-edge vehicle technologies that optimize fuel efficiency,
The topic of declining farm income is not a new one, but lawmakers and farm group leaders approached it in a new way on Thursday, framing the conversation around the lessons learned going into the next farm bill.
Even with the Paris Agreement in place, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that global coal-fired power generation will increase over the next few decades. So researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are looking for a cleaner way to use
The U.S. and Israel have amended an existing agreement that enhances cooperation between the two countries on developing advanced energy and water technologies.
The strongest drivers of the increase in U.S. biomass-based diesel demand since 2012 have been increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the biodiesel tax credit, which has lapsed and been reinstated several times, says the Energy Information Administration &
The Food and Drug Administration would get $3 million to promote understanding and acceptance of agricultural biotechnology to consumers, under a provision in the Houses draft Agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal 2017.
A Republican bill that would provide grain and energy companies with protection from some Dodd-Frank rules faces a dim future in the Senate after Democrats lost a bid to increase funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the CF
Biofuel producers apparently will have to wait until later in the year to find out whether their federal tax incentives are going to continue beyond this year. The industry had hoped senators would include extensions of tax credits for biodiesel and advanced biofuels in a reauthorization bill
Members of Congress are on the verge of passing historic legislation that would enshrine President Obamas $1-billion-a-year Feed the Future initiative into law. The legislation, which the House passed 370-33 Tuesday evening, would require the government to dev
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