Doubling Import Tax on Ethanol Will Escalate Brazil-U.S. Trade Conflict, Says Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association 2010/12 - WASHINGTON, DC, December 7, 2010 – In light of ongoing negotiations in the U.S. Congress, regarding the future of subsidies in support of domestic ethanol production and the US$0.54 per gallon tariff imposed on imported ethanol, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) is issuing the following statement. All remarks should be attributed to UNICA President & […]
Lame-Duck Congress Goes from Bad to Worse on Ethanol Policy 2010/12 - WASHINGTON, DC, December 3, 2010 – The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) issued the following statement in response to an ethanol proposal floated by Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Finance Committee. The draft legislation would cut the U.S. ethanol subsidy (known as VEETC or the blenders’ tax credit) from 45-cents per gallon to 36-cents per gallon, […]
UNICA takes Brazilian success with clean and renewable energies to COP 16 and the World Climate Summit in Cancun 2010/11 - SAO PAULO, November 25, 2010 – The Brazilian experience spanning nearly four decades with large-scale production and use of sugarcane ethanol will be presented in a variety of formats by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-16) and the World Climate Summit (WCS), which happen simultaneously from November 29 […]
UNICA Welcomes California Air Resources Board’s Continued Review of Biofuels Emissions 2010/11 - WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2010 – Sugarcane Ethanol is a Clean, Affordable Renewable Fuel that Meets California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced today, following the recommendation of its Expert Workgroup and staff, that it will revisit its lifecycle greenhouse gas emission modeling particularly with regard to the indirect land use […]
Solidaridad Network joins Brazilian sugarcane industry in retraining sugarcane cutters displaced by mechanization 2010/11 - SAO PAULO, November 10, 2010 – Solidaridad Network, one of the most prominent global non-government organizations supporting the development of sustainable production chains, headquartered in The Netherlands, is the newest partner of the RenovAção Project. The agreement was signed on Wednesday (November 3), after a meeting at the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association’s (UNICA) regional office in […]
Written by Eduardo Leão de Sousa, Executive-Director at UNICA The elephant is the heaviest terrestrial animal on our planet. On average, it weighs 5 tonnes. Now, imagine 100 million of them placed on a giant scale, whose balance pan is the size of a large city, such as Mexico City or Bangkok. The result of […]