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...
