Perhaps the most telling comment from EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was the recommendation to benchmark electric generation with an ethanol plant that is fired with coal or natural gas.Yesterday we reported on the administration's new Climate Action Plan and noted that states are given flexibility to meet their carbon reduction totals. The plans, which are to be in effect 2020-2030, must be developed and submitted in 2016. In the proposed rule released yesterday, EPA observes that many states already have a variety of different sustainable forestry policies and renewable energy incentives. It anticipates that states will likely consider biomass-derived fuels in energy production as a way to mitigate the CO2 emissions attributed t...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
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