Biofuels

October 2007

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Federal Government
White House
FY 2009 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities” and released by OSTP Aug. 21,
The Aug. 14 memorandum, FY 2009 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities,

Pending Legislation
(H.R. 6)
Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 (Public Print)
Status
Summary and Status
CBO Cost Estimates: H.R. 6, CLEAN Energy Act of 2007, January 12, 2007
Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on January 12, 2007.

HR 3221
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)
[H.R.3221.PCS] Status
Summary and Status

(H.R. 2419)
Title: To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
Status
Summary and Status
CBO Cost Estimates:
H.R. 2419, the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, October 5, 2007
Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives with a provision concerning the actuarial soundness of the Federal Crop Insurance Program
H.R. 2419, Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, October 5, 2007
Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 27, 2007

H.R.2776
Status
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation.
Summary and Status
CBO Cost Estimate
H.R. 2776, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, June 27, 2007
Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 20, 2007

Congressional Hearings
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
"Green Jobs Created by Global Warming Initiatives."  Tuesday, September 25, 2007
View Archive Webcast   

GAO
DOE Lacks a Strategic Approach to Coordinate Increasing Production with Infrastructure Development and Vehicle Needs (June 2007)

Farm Program Payments Are an Important Factor in Landowners’ Decisions to Convert Grassland to Cropland (September 2007)

Congressional Research Service Reports
09/27/07  Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation 
09/06/07  Renewable Energy: Background and Issues for the 110th Congress 
08/21/07  Biofuels Provisions in H.R. 3221 and H.R. 6: A Side-by-Side Comparison 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 110thCongress Updated August 10, 2007

Executive and Independent Agencies

Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity: Preliminary 2006 Statistics

Renewable and Alternative Fuels

Renewable Energy Annual 2005 Edition  (Released July 2007)

Renewable Energy Trends 2005 Edition (Released July 2007)

Biofuels in the U.S. Transportation Sector (February 2007)

EPA
Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee - March 28, 2007 Meeting
Today’s U.S. Ethanol Industry (PDF) (15pp, 678k) Bob Dineen / Samantha Slater, RFA
Biofuels and the Environment:  Getting from Here to There (PDF) (17pp, 258k) Nathanael Greene, NRDC

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Notice of Policy Statement on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Transporting Ethanol and Other Biofuels (August 6, 2007)

US Commercial Service
The Brazilian Biofuels Industry – an Update (September 2007)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNCCC)
Analysis of Existing and Potential Investment and Financial Flows Relevant to the Development of an Effective and Appropriate International Response to Climate Change

State Governments

California Energy Commission
A Low-Carbon Standard for California

A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 2: Policy Analysis - FINAL REPORT, University of California Project Managers: Alexander E. Farrell, UC Berkeley; Daniel Sperling, UC Davis. Posted: 8/2/07  

A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 1: Technical Analysis - FINAL REPORT, University of California Project Managers: Alexander E. Farrell, UC Berkeley; Daniel Sperling, UC Davis. Posted: 5/30/07.  

Washington State - Bioenergy
Implementing the Minimum Renewable Fuel Content Requirements
Washington State Biofuels Advisory Committee Report to the Director of the
Washington State Department of Agriculture as required by Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6508 (2006)

Nongovernment Organizations

American Coalition for Ethanol
Home
Ethanol Fact Book 

BioWeb

Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research at the University of Iowa
Environmental Defense
Potential Impacts of Biofuels Expansion on Natural Resource: A Case Study of the Ogallala Aquifer Region

Chesapeake Bay Commission
Biofuels and the Bay: Getting It Right to Benefit Farms, Forests and the Chesapeake (September 5, 2007)

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Biofuels and Water Quality: Meeting the Challenge and Protecting the Environment

Ethanol Across America
Issue Brief: The Impact of Ethanol Production on Food, Feed and Fuel (Summer 2007)

European Biomass Association (known by the acronym AEBIOM) and the European Bioethanol Association (eBio)
 AEBIOM report (September 2007) - European Biomass Statistics 2007

Food & Water Watch, the Network for New Energy Choices, and the Vermont Law School Institute for Energy and the Environment.
The Rush to Ethanol: Not All Biofuels Are Created Equal

International Water Management Institute or IWMI 
Biofuels and implications for agricultural water use:  blue impacts of green energy

Iowa State University, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Emerging Biofuels: Outlook of Effects on U.S. Grain, Oilseed, and Livestock Markets (May 2007)

National Research Council
Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States

Natural Resources Defense Council
Move Over, Gasoline: Here Come Biofuels (June 2007)
Getting Biofuels Right: Eight Steps for Reaping Real Environmental Benefits from Biofuels

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Biofuels : Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease?
(Full Report - via Friends of the Earth Europe
(Annotated Agenda)

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2007-2016

U.S. Renewable Fuels Association and the European Bioethanol Fuel Association
Response to OECD Report: Biofuels: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease

Science Magazine
Carbon Mitigation by Biofuels or by Saving and Restoring Forests?
Available for purchase

Sierra Club
Destination Iowa: Getting to a Sustainable Biofuels Future http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/biofuels/iowa/  (October 2007)

National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT)
Home
NACEPT Advice Letter on a Strategic Framework for EPA and InterAgency Biofuel Efforts (PDF)

World Bank Policy Research Working Papers
Review of environmental, economic and policy aspects of biofuels
 (September 2007)

World Resources Institute
FULL TEXT: Thirst for Corn: What 2007 Plantings Could Mean for the Environment (June 2007)