Obama takes steps to boost bioenergy

Biomass Magazine February 2010
By Anna Austin
Posted February 3, 2010, at 6:55 p.m. CST

The biofuels and biomass industries received nothing but good news Feb. 3, with the release of the long-awaited renewable fuel standard 2 (RFS2) final rule, the first report generated by President Barack Obama’s Biofuel Interagency Working Group, and the Biomass Crop and Assistance Program proposed rule .

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner participated in a conference call to discuss the energy announcements following a meeting with President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and a bipartisan group of governors from across the country.

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