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World Biofuels
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November 13-15, 2005
Beijing, China
2nd Annual Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit
December 13-15, 2005
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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National Biodiesel
Conference & Expo 2006
February 5-8, 2006
San Diego, California
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National Biodiesel Board
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National Ethanol Conference: "Policy & Marketing"
February 20-22, 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Renewable Fuels Association
22nd
Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo
June 20-23, 2006
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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November 14, 2002RFS is in Time of Uncertainty Laura Engelson
The push to get a Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) passed has become increasingly urgent as Congress has begun its lame duck session and will soon enter recess. The desire to get it passed has become imperative as reports say either the Energy Bill will be dropped until Congress reconvenes, or a stripped down version of the bill will be passed - minus the RFS provision.
According to early reports, the latest version of the energy bill includes pipeline safety and reauthorization of the Price-Anderson Act, which provides liability protection for the nuclear power industry.
The news has RFS advocates in full throttle, saying an RFS needs to be passed, and preferably sooner than later. Tim Hume, Chairman of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Board, says the group has no intention of walking away from the issue. He says it's quite possible to get an RFS passed next year, but with states facing deadlines of banning MTBE, the RFS should be passed as soon as possible.
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says he wants to work on an RFS before the session ends. "I'd hate to see any energy bill passed this year that doesn't include ethanol," he says. "Every issue you take out of an omnibus bill at this point may take away pressure to get something greater passed, which also then takes pressure off of a renewable fuels standard."
Possible military action against Iraq is another reason to get an RFS passed, says Hume. The U.S. imports significant amounts of oil from that country. "It's time we look to the Midwest for resources," he says.
Although groups pushing for an RFS fear the congressional outcome, Grassley, who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says: I think with the bipartisan support it's had, particularly with the oil industry working with us for the last year, it's fairly safe."
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