Former Vice President Joe Biden plans to call out President Trump as they both travel through Iowa
The former U.S. vice president has pledged support for advanced biofuels as part of his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
That could hurt Biden in Iowa, where he kicks off a campaign tour on Tuesday. The state is America’s top corn and ethanol producer, with 44 biofuel plants that help support more than 40,000 jobs. It holds the first presidential nominating contest in 2020, and any Democratic candidate who wants to win that vote and peel off some of Republican President Donald Trump’s Iowa support in the general election will likely have trouble if lukewarm on biofuels.
Biden released a 22-page climate policy proposal earlier this month that promised net-zero emissions and a 100 percent clean-energy economy by 2050, largely through taxpayer investments in renewable energy and electric car infrastructure. He promised to refuse campaign contributions from oil and gas executives and strengthen regulation of oil companies.
“By doubling down on our national renewable fuel standard obligations and implementing stronger, bolder commitments that invest in ethanol and biofuels, we can loosen big oil’s grip on our nation while spurring economic growth in areas hard-hit by Trump’s trade war,” said Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates.In Iowa, ethanol is not as much a threshold Democratic Party issue as abortion rights or gun control.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has made success in Iowa a priority and has climbed in the polls, stands out among top Democratic contenders as the most full-throated supporter of the state’s ethanol industry.
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