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For the first time in 16 years, Democrats control the U.S. House, Senate and the White House. And for some of the Democratic leaders in the Senate, they see this as the best opportunity to get some of their pet biofuels legislation passed and signed.
This story from CBS News says Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will offer a couple of bills that will boost the green fuels and help the environment:
One measure would allocate $15 billion a year in grants for advanced biofuel development, and the other would aim to implement an economy-wide cap on emissions.
While the bills are far from drafted, Boxer said both would be designed as economic stimulus packages to create more green jobs and jump-start Barack Obama’s challenge to reverse global warming.
“I believe strongly that we have a recipe for economic recovery,” Boxer told reporters at the Capitol. “The time to start is now, and that’s why my colleagues and I are here to step up to President-Elect Obama’s call to action to address global warming and create millions of green jobs in America.”
Boxer’s bills would most likely meet President-elect Barack Obama’s recent call for legislation to address climate change by reducing emissions.
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November 25th, 2008 at 8:51 am
[...] The Democrats may be ready to do their part. [...]
November 25th, 2008 at 10:57 am
This is total nonsense. Biofuels don’t make economic sense or they wouldn’t need subsidies.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Is attention being paid to biofuel feedstocks which can be grown in areas where vegetation levels are normally low? One of the concerns I am hearing is that even non-food crops, if grown where food is usually grown or on plantations hacked out of rainforests, will have compromised results with regard to GCC mitigation.
December 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Hemp is the #1 source of biomass on the planet! Farming just six to eight percent of our contiguous land with it would satisfy our current demands for oil and gas. A process called pyrolysis uses high heat to turn biomass into charcoal or other fuels as well. Hemp grows with little fertilizers and no pesticides or herbicides to foul the soil and water, and grows in climates and conditions other crops wont grow. Hemp is also a great source for fibers and food. Canvas is derived from the word cannabis. For thousands of years all ships sails, rope, rigging, many clothes, and much more were of cannabis fibers which are the longest and strongest in nature. The Hemp seed is also the single most nutritionally complete food source on Earth!
One Heaven of a Plant!