Executive Branch

Rural Energy for America Program

Provides grants and loans to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for energy systems.

Biogas Opportunities Roadmap

Identifies voluntary actions that can be taken to reduce methane emissions through the use of biogas systems and outlines strategies to overcome barriers to a robust biogas industry in the United States.

Healthy Forests Reserve Program

The US Forest Service could use its discretion under this program to subsidize the production of bioenergy feedstocks.

Forest Legacy Program

The US Forestry Service could use its discretion under this program to allow for bioenergy feedstock production, while requiring decarbonization-standards for such lands.

Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act

Funds state initiatives aimed at helping private forest owners achieve helping private forest owners achieve forest stewardship management planning. This program could condition future aid on incorporating decarbonization techniques.

Biomass Research and Development Initiative

USDA and DOE provides grant funding for projects addressing research, development, and demonstration of biofuels and bio-based products and the methods, practices, and technologies for their production.

Healthy Forests Restoration Act and Applications

Under the HFRA’s Hazardous Fuel Reduction on Federal Lands provisions, the US Forest Service could remove dead trees from forests, thereby reducing forest fuels that exacerbate wildfires, while displacing fossil fuel generation.