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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Poet's Jeff Broin to meet with heads of USDA, EPA to talk renewable energy

The Republic - Columbus, IN

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

April 19, 2011 - 5:15 am






SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The chief executive of a Sioux Falls ethanol company will meet with the federal officials Tuesday to discuss the renewable energy industry.





Poet's Jeff Broin will meet with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and other industry officials late Tuesday morning at the REG Newton Biorefinery in Newton, Iowa.






Poet says the group will discuss how the ethanol and biodiesel industries will grow to meet additional U.S. goals for renewable fuel use and create more green jobs in rural America.



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