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January 13, 2000; Thursday 5:34 PM Eastern Time
SECTION: Washington - general news
LENGTH: 397 words
HEADLINE: Clinton Wants Biofuel Production
BYLINE: JENNIFER LOVEN
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
Aiming to replace fossil fuels with cleaner, renewable energy sources, President Clinton is proposing to more than double federal spending on efforts to turn corn husks, chicken droppings and other waste into power for cars and buildings, White House officials said Thursday.
In his fiscal 2001 budget request to Congress next month, Clinton will ask for $439 million to fund research and grants to aid the production of ''bioenergy'' and other products such as plastics and chemicals created from agricultural waste.
That is $243 million more than the $196 million Congress approved for similar efforts in the current year, said Paul Bledsoe, spokesman for the White House Climate Change Task Force.
The administration hopes to boost the commercial viability of alternative fuels such as ethanol toward the president's goal, set in August, of tripling bio-based energy use by 2010. The key is producing the fuel from agricultural waste or specialty crops such as switchgrass in addition to using grain, such as the corn kernels from which ethanol is primarily made now.
The administration also envisions the use of such waste as an energy source itself, without conversion into a liquid gasoline additive.
Supporters say there are four key benefits: reducing dirty emissions that contribute to global warming; turning waste into marketable products; lowering American dependence on foreign oil; and boosting the struggling farm economy with a new income stream.
''These technologies allow us to use the whole plant, and that is the huge breakthrough,'' Bledsoe said. ''What were formerly known as waste products now have significant market value.''
Biomass energy, generated mostly from lumberyard waste, is currently about 3 percent of the total U.S. energy supply.
A spokesman for GOP Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said new congressional authority may be needed for some of what Clinton wants to do. Still, he welcomed the president's commitment to the promotion of bioenergy.
''There have been major breakthroughs in the technology,'' Andy Fisher said. ''So this is sort of the right time to strike.''
Lugar has his own legislation promoting ''biomass'' development that would authorize $300 million over six years for research. Approved in the Senate, it has received a cooler reception in the House.
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***Jennifer Loven just cannot get enough of this bio-mass stuff. Why is that? Just a personal interest? Was she covering energy policy for the AP in 1999?
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
September 9, 1999, Thursday, PM cycle
SECTION: State and Regional
LENGTH: 314 words
HEADLINE: Ewing to lead the charge in House for "biomass" development
BYLINE: By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
Illinois Republican Rep. Tom Ewing wants the House to boost federal spending on researching ways to turn trees, plants and even animal waste into fuel.
The proposal, backed by the Clinton administration, is portrayed by supporters as a way to reduce the nation's dependence on volatile foreign energy markets, and a crucial strike against global warming. Farm-state senators hoping to boost farm incomes are behind it as well.
House Republicans have been slow to endorse the idea. But Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., the lead Senate author and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, asked Ewing to get involved, Ewing spokesman Mike Waldron said.
Ewing planned to introduce the bill today. Lugar's committee passed it in July.
"As the world population is growing, so is the need for a balance between maintaining a healthy environment and affordable power," Ewing said today. "The short-term investment of these research dollars will produce numerous benefits in the long term."
Ewing estimated the use of biomass-based fuel could add $ 30 in revenue per acre for corn farmers.
The legislation would authorize $ 300 million over six years for research into the technology needed to make the new fuels work. The Senate committee also voted, over Lugar's objections, to earmark $ 14 million of the funds for a proposed plant at Southern Illinois University's Edwardswille campus dedicated to making ethanol more cheaply.
The biomass industry is dedicated to finding more efficient ways of using trees, plants and other renewable sources - corn stalks or chicken droppings, for example - to fuel cars, light homes, and propel planes. Advances in this area could reduce emissions that are hazardous to the environment and also provide a multibillion dollar industry for loggers, chemical companies and the nation's farmers.
Reducing the U.S. oil demand is an added plus.
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September 9, 1999, Thursday, AM cycle
SECTION: State and Regional
LENGTH: 357 words
HEADLINE: Ewing to lead the charge in House for "biomass" development
BYLINE: By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
Rep. Tom Ewing, R-Ill., on Thursday became the House's lead booster of an idea being pushed by the Clinton administration and farm-state senators as a way to help clean the environment, augment farm income and reduce American dependence on foreign oil.
The measure Ewing introduced would provide federal dollars to research how to turn "biomass" such as trees, corn husks and even chicken droppings into fuel for cars.
House Republicans have been slow to endorse the measure. But Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., the lead Senate author and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, asked Ewing to get involved, Ewing spokesman Mike Waldron said.
Lugar's committee passed the bill in July.
"As the world population is growing, so is the need for a balance between maintaining a healthy environment and affordable power," Ewing said. "The short-term investment of these research dollars will produce numerous benefits in the long term."
Ewing, of Pontiac, estimated the use of biomass-based fuel could add $ 30 in revenue per acre for corn farmers, who now have no market for their product's stalks, leaves and husks - only its starchy kernel.
The legislation would authorize $ 300 million over six years for research into the technology needed to make the new fuels, and make them work. The Senate committee also voted, over Lugar's objections, to earmark $ 14 million of the funds for a proposed plant at Southern Illinois University's Edwardswille campus dedicated to making ethanol more cheaply.
Ethanol now is made from corn kernels, so some of the research would go toward how to produce it from other parts of the plant.
The biomass industry is dedicated to finding more efficient ways of using trees, plants and other renewable sources to fuel cars, light homes, and propel planes.
Advances in this area could reduce emissions that are hazardous to the environment, thus striking a crucial blow against global warming. It also could provide a multibillion dollar industry for loggers and chemical companies.
Reducing U.S. oil demand, and thus the nation's dependance on volatile foreign energy markets, is an added plus.
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Okay, so Jeff Seabright left the Clinton administration in May of 2000 to work for ChevronTexaco, Inc. ChevronTexaco, Inc. happens to make fuel additives. It also happens ot be a client of Green Strategies, Inc. founded by Loven's husband. Loven rights tons of articles about the outlawing of MBTE and the need for a substitute technology... Hmmmm...
http://www.greenstrategies.com/aboutUs/bioSeabright.html
Jeff Seabright serves as Director of Green Strategies. Jeff joined the U.S. State Department in 1981 on special assignment to NATO. Following positions in the offices of Sen. John Rockefeller in 1985 and Tim Wirth in 1988, he accepted a position with the Agency for International Development in 1993, later serving as its Director of Energy, Environment & Technology. He moved to the White House in 1999 as Executive Director of the Climate Change Task Force and subsequently joined Texaco as Vice President for Policy Planning. Reporting directly to the Chairman, he had overall responsibility for key areas of public policy and corporate governance, including sustainable development, human rights and corporate social responsibility.
With the merger of Chevron and Texaco, Mr. Seabright led the enterprise-wide planning effort on corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. He currently is a partner with Green Strategies, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm focused on energy and environmental issues. He earned a Master's degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and serves on the Boards of the Keystone Center, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Houston Advanced Research Center.
http://www.greenstrategies.com/aboutUs/cv_SEABRIGHT.html
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
ChevronTexaco, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Principal Adviser, Corporate Social Responsibility, October 2001 - Present
Responsible for leading multi-disciplinary, enterprise-wide strategy review of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development policies for the corporation.
Lead executive for corporate representation on corporate responsibility and sustainable development issues with external stakeholders, including NGOs, governments, trade associations, and peers and competitors.
Responsible for corporate planning and participation in the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Texaco, Inc., White Plains, NY
Vice President, Policy Planning, May 2000 - October 2001
Reporting directly to the Chairman and CEO of a Fortune 100 company, responsible for establishing corporate policies on key environmental, public policy and governance issues, including climate change, security, human rights, and sustainable development.
Work closely with business units to assure alignment of corporate policy with business practices, including training programs, and with Communications and Investor Relations to benefit image and reputation/shareholder value on sensitive public policy issues.
Serve as Chair of "Global Issues Council" of senior executives responsible for identifying and analyzing key issues impacting the corporation. Member of senior executive "Operations Council" tasked with operational excellence in safety, security and performance.
Led transition planning team on Corporate Social Responsibility for ChevronTexaco.
Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC
Executive Director, White House Task Force on Climate Change, June 1999 - May 2000
Led an inter-agency staff of ten at the White House in formulating Administration policy and programs to address global climate change, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Department of State, Department of Agriculture and others.
Worked closely with White House agencies and Cabinet departments in directing budget and policy coordination.
Managed White House outreach to industry on sectoral impacts of climate policies and oversaw Administration communications efforts on climate issues. Senior member of the U.S. negotiating team at U.N. climate change meetings.
U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
Director, Office of Energy, Environment & Technology, November 1994 - June 1999
Directed U.S. government programs in energy and environment in Asia, Africa and Latin America with a Washington-based staff of 24 employees.
Managed environmental programs in over 20 countries, providing technical, policy, legal, financial and regulatory assistance to a wide range of public and private partners.
Designed a U.S. $1 billion environmental five -year program announced at the United Nations. Served as Co-chair of the Environmental Technology Export Initiative.
http://www.hillnews.com/lobbying/012203.aspx
LOBBYING WORLD
• Green Strategies Inc., the energy and conservation consulting firm founded in 2001 by former Clinton White House advisor Roger Ballentine, has added two new consultants to its roster. Jeff Seabright, who worked with Ballentine on the White House Climate Change Task Force, was named managing director, and Genevieve Cullen was named senior vice president for government affairs.
Seabright joins the firm after a stint as vice president for policy planning at Texaco. Cullen comes from Capitol Hill, where she served as energy counsel in the office of Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.).
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Welcome to the next Blog battle. Hope you guys are successful. I'll be watching.
Tremendous catches. They PROVE why she should never have been assigned. Her only "out," depending on the date of each article, is whether she was married to the guy at the time.
Jen is hopelessly conflicted, and has no business covering anyone's presidential campaign or the presidency.
DEMAND THAT JENNIFER LOVEN OF AP BE TAKEN OFF THE PREZ CAMPAIGN (CLEAR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227072/posts
Noted in that post:
- Hubby is a Kerry campaign donor ($2000 in last two years)
- Hubby worked in the Clinton Administration in an enviro policymaking position.
- (THE CLINCHER) Hubbby is CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, TODAY, a PAID KERRY CAMPAIGN SPOKLESPERSON on enviro issues.
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"Interesting" link at Google about Ms. Loven in her community (didn't post link because it has non-postable stuff elsewhere on the page).
It says that in May 2003 she was scheduled to participate in a forum in her hoity-toity Chevy Chase, MD neighborhood about the Iraq War with:
- John Ydstie of NPR.
- Two local TV producers
- A Swiss Journalist
One has to wonder if anyone in the forum was for the war, and how they treated anyone there who was.
Perhaps a FReeper was in attendance?
Check THIS out pair of writings out, one from hub and one from Jen:
In December 2002, hubby Roger Ballentine writes an article opposing the Bush "Clear Skies" environmental initiatives.
Link:
http://www.ppionline.org/ndol/print.cfm?contentid=251052
Quote (in 2nd and 3rd paras, bold mine):
"By leaving out CO2, Bush's so-called "Clear Skies" legislation is both a step backward on global warming and a disservice to the very energy companies it is designed to appease.
Introduced last summer by Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.) and expected to be reintroduced in the 108th Congress, the proposal aims to reduce power plant emissions of three key gases: nitrogen oxide, which produces smog; sulfur dioxide, the source of acid rain; and mercury. Because it goes after three pollutants, this approach is called "3P." But at the urging of Vice President Cheney and other Republican ideologues, the president's proposal excludes the fourth and arguably the most important "P" -- CO2, the greenhouse gas predominantly responsible for global climate change.
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Fast forward to September 2003.
Bush is visitng Michigan. Jennifer Loven writes an article about it.
Link:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/philly/news/local/6775805.htm
(Final 2 paras, bolds mine)
...And he was to push Congress to pass his so-called "Clear Skies" legislation. The plan would phase in caps on the emissions of nitrogen oxide, which causes smog, and sulfur dioxide, which causes soot and acid rain, from coal-burning power plants starting in 2010, the official said. It also would create the first controls on mercury releases and introduce market forces to help spur reductions.
Environmentalists said Bush's proposal would actually weaken current law while doing nothing to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, blamed by many for global warming.
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"So-called"?