BioFuels Journal

This article is reprinted from the July 2010 NBB Biodiesel Bulletin

In June, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D – WA) and NBB member Propel Biofuels hosted a press conference in Seattle to discuss support for the biodiesel blenders tax credit.

The speakers discussed its positive impacts on job growth, carbon emissions reduction and national security.

After the tax credit was left to expire in January, U.S. biodiesel production largely screeched to a halt.

Sen. Murray pledged her support for passing the extension of the tax incentive.

“For far too long, government policy has subsidized and supported the status quo in the energy sector,” Murray said.

The event was held at Propel Fuels Clean Fuel Point, the first renewable fuels station in downtown Seattle.

“Big oil companies have been allowed to dominate the industry without regard for their environmental, economic, or national security impact,” she said.

“And we see the results of those policies each time prices at the pump spike, and every time we turn on our televisions and see more images of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.”

General Biodiesel and Imperium Renewables, other NBB members in Washington state, also participated in the event.

The industry’s message was clear; renew the tax credit and our industry will immediately increase production, and create jobs.

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