Election 2014 Review : Open Letter To New And Returning Lawmakers

  • Thursday, 06 November 2014 00:00

 

Congratulations to the Governor and those members, or soon to be members, of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Congressional Delegation for their election victories this past Tuesday. On behalf of the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association, which represents biofuel producers across Minnesota, we look forward to working with the Governor and newly elected lawmakers as well as those lawmakers who will be returning to office.

Our high quality of life in Minnesota, as well as across the Nation, is due in large measure to our access to energy in a readily available and usable form. One form of energy which straddles the political spectrum is biofuels. In other words, renewable biofuels are nonpartisan for a host of reasons.  Biofuels serve to make our State and Nation more energy independent, improve environmental quality, boost the local economy and help consumers at the retail fuel station save money.

These tangible biofuel benefits are right here, right now.  But we have only just begun to meet the energy needs of Minnesotans.  By working together we can do even more to keep Minnesota based biofuel enterprises strong so they can produce renewable energy to more fully meet the needs of Minnesotans.