Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Friday, March 23, 2012

Bioenergy stakeholders take case to Capitol Hill

Agri-Pulse
By Agri-Pulse staff
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WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 - Leaders from more than 20 bioenergy stakeholder groups are briefing congressional leaders and staff today on the critical role that bio-based products for fuels and power must play in a diversity national energy strategy.

The group held a briefing on Capitol Hill this morning, then breaking up into small groups to make offices visits with congressional leaders and staff. The group of leaders from the biofuels, biopower and bioproducts industries, as well as agriculture and other related industry interests, are highlighting a “wide range of issues facing bioenergy, while detailing the opportunities that bio-based energy solutions provide,” according to a release.

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