Bill Urges Farmers to Grow Energy Crops
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By DIRK LAMMERS  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would entice farmers located near ethanol biorefineries to grow dedicated energy crops.  Sen.
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The House of Representatives on  Tuesday approved an energy bill to increase the fuel efficiency  of cars and trucks for the first time since 1975, boost  production of ethanol and cut energy use in light bulbs and  appliances.
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Demand for ethanol for cars will attract enough support to lead to passage of a major farm bill next year, despite disagreement on subsidy payments for farmers, a key Democrat and the Republican agriculture secretary agreed Tuesday.
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As the primaries near, the presidential candidates are calling for similar, ambitious growth in ethanol biofuel.
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The deadline is looming but farmers in the Horizons region still have time to enter the prestigious Ballance Farm Environment Awards.  Shelley Dew-Hopkins, chairwoman of the Horizons Farm Environment Awards committee, is urging farmers to give it a go.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised U.S. farmers billions of dollars in disaster aid, along with research money toward new forms of ethanol, the renewable fuel spurring an economic bonanza for rural America.
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Countries need to be producing their own biofuels such as ethanol because importing green energy can damage the environment, UK lobby groups say.
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Three dozen farm and banking groups  called on Tuesday for Congress to pass without delay $6.5  billion in disaster relief for rural America amid signs that  aid might become an election-year issue.
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Dogged by allegations of racial insensitivity, Sen. George Allen on Thursday introduced a bill to help black farmers.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  next week could weigh legislation that extends tax incentives  to use renewable energy sources like wind and solar and slaps  new taxes on big energy companies, Democratic aides said on  Friday.
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Biofuel may be the future of energy consumption but the rush to embrace it is driving up the price of corn, causing water shortages and driving poor farmers from their land, a U.N. official warns.
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By Dennison, Mike HELENA - A bill pitched as a catalyst for future energy development in Montana won endorsement Thursday from the Montana House, but not without criticism that it needlessly expands government.
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By The Dallas Morning News  May 24--State lawmakers have run hot and cold when it comes to environmental legislation this year.   The session began with a flurry of activity and a foot-high stack of proposals aimed at improving air quality.
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By The Associated Press  Instead of guaranteed payments and price subsidies for certain crops, the government should help farmers ride out lean years by creating savings accounts that could be dipped into when farm income is low, Sen. Richard Lugar said.
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WASHINGTON, June 19  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) expressed disappointment with today's House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management markup of H.R. 2419, the 2007 Farm Bill.
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A furious attack on the rush for biofuels is launched by a charity that supports poor farmers.
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A group backed by the coal industry and its utility allies is waging a $35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climate change.