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The farm bill ups the cellulosic ethanol ante
Lost amid the crop-subsidy battle, a new biofuel regime |
Tom Philpott |
24 May 2008 |
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| Amid all the thunder and lightening about subsidies in the new farm bill -- which officially became law Thursday -- Congress made a major policy shift with regard to the goodies lavished on ethanol makers. Under previous policy, biofuel makers -- whether conventional or cellulosic -- benefit from a 51 cent a gallon tax credit conferred on gasoline blenders. No any more. According to a recent Environmental Law & Policy Center memorandum [PDF] summing up th ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, biofuels, energy, ethanol, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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