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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 04, 2024
The best indicator of what lies ahead for U.S. energy policies and prospects could be the Nov. 4 verdicts in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota. In those states, as generally true for states with tight races this year, energy is a divi
California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state legislature have agreed on how to divide up some $872 million in cap-and-trade auction proceeds as part of the Fiscal Year 2014-15 budget, according to the California Climate and Agriculture Network.
In competing news conferences today, producers of corn ethanol attacked, while the petroleum industry defended, a proposal to reopen the legislation that created the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Senate Republicans failed to get a veto-proof margin on a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline but pledged to tack the measure onto other energy legislation.
- Step one in the push to authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to pump Canadian tar sands oil to Texas refineries worked just as planned: Keystone legislation has been the first bill debated and voted on by the new GOP-run Senate.
If all goes as planned by the Senate?s new GOP leadership, the first legislation to land on the chamber?s floor will be the ?Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act? authorizing construction of the controversial pipeline to ship Canadian tar sands oil to Texas refineries.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it wouldn't finalize a 2014 rule for the Renewable Fuels Standard, saying a glut of comments will push action back into 2015.
The Russell Group announced two new staff additions enhancing its government affairs service capabilities – director of government affairs and chief of staff/office manager.
Whether you get up early to vote first thing in the morning, head to the polls at lunchtime or cast your choices with the setting sun, don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 4 – and remember to turn to Agri-Pulse for important election coverage.
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