With the mid-term elections around the corner, we asked several candidates running for office their views on biofuels. The candidates were selected on their current committee positions at the federal and state level. Considering the fact that many of these candidates were at the final stretch of a busy campaign season, not all candidates responded to our questions. But the ones that did have since been featured in our Blogging For Biofuels blog and the links to their responses are under the What The Candidates Say section of this month's newsletter.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN
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A Century In The Making, And Now It Hinges On Your Vote
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The carbohydrate economy, or the biofuel vision, has been in the works for more than 100 years. At present, the most significant manifestation of that biofuel vision is expressed in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and Minnesota's Petroleum Replacement Statute (PRS).
For those of us concerned about the future of biofuels and the role they can play in boosting our energy security, creating economic prosperity, helping consumers and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is especially important that we take our right and responsibility to vote one step further. We need to diligently seek out candidates for elected office who really do understand and support biofuels, then we should vote for those candidates and once they are in office we need to hold them accountable for their actions that either hinder or help biofuels. Read More
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This month, we spotlight ERI Solutions. Read our interview with Nathan Vander Griend, president at ERI Solutions here.
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Fuel Up With E15 And Win!
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The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association recently launched the Fuel Up With E15 And Win campaign which is aimed at rewarding E15 users. From now until Nov 16, one lucky E15 user will win a $100 gift card! Here's what you need to do. Submit a photo of yourself fueling your vehicle with E15 and upload it to this link http://woobox.com/eb48dc (or click on the photo above). Once it's on our Facebook page, our fans will vote for their favorite picture. The submission with the most votes will win a $100 gift card!
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In October we welcomed two new vendor members : Syngenta and Vietnam's Tin Thanh.
Syngenta
Syngenta developed the Enogen trait technology, which among others, has produced greater process flexibility to capture alcohol yield and reduce carbon footprint by 10 percent. Learn more about Syngenta here.
Tin Thanh
Vietnam's Tin Thanh Industrial is a provider of biomass boilers and has been successful in reducing a plant's exposure to fluctuations in natural gas prices. Learn more about Tin Thanh here.
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