nytimes.com - 12/17/2008
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Tom Vilsack, who briefly ran for president, is a strong proponent of renewable energy and developing the nation’s alternative fuel industry. >
gristmill.grist.org - 12/17/2008
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"Tom Vilsack was one of the first governors
to see the promise of biotechnology. He has a...
very balanced view of agriculture and understands its potential." -- Ted Crosbie, vice president of global plant breeding and director of Monsanto's Iowa ...
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ethicurean.com - 12/16/2008
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ethicurean.com —
The New York Times’ Caucus blog is reporting
that President-Elect Obama has settled on former Iowa governor...
Tom Vilsack as his Secretary of Agriculture. While just a few weeks ago I wrote that Vilsack didn’t seem like the most horrible choice for AgSec, compared to some of the ...
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AgSuck: Looks like Tom Vilsack to head USDA
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/16/2008
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New York Times: Iowa Ex-Governor Picked for Agriculture Secretary
Mulch Blog —
... into law quickly, perhaps on his first day in office.
“The big issue for him and any incoming secretary is going to be biofuels, that’s the sector that right now is in such a volatile position,” said Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit group that is a leading critic of federal farm subsidies. American farmers, Mr. Cook said, are “hitched to both the food system and the energy system, both of which are oscillating.”
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The Secretary of Agriculture's Climate Challenge
Green Inc. —
How much influence could Tom Vilsack, the governor of Iowa who has just been tapped as the next Secretary of Agriculture, have over renewable energy and climate change? A lot, argues Lee Schipper, a visiting scholar at the University of California Transportation Center. He said in an e-mail message that Mr. Vilsack “may have more sway over U.S. greenhouse gas emissions than anyone in the ‘ ...
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