By Kevin McCauley
British energy giant BP has retained Green Capitol (Annapolis) to gain federal support for its fuel from crops operation that is headquartered in Naperville, Ill.
Green Capitol specializes in clean energy and environmental advocacy. It has worked for the Wilderness Society, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Biotechnology Industry Organization, DuPont and Distributed Wind Energy Foundation.
The firm was founded by Lloyd Ritter, a former senior counsel to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee and key adviser Iowa Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin.
Ritter is joined by Green Capitol senior partner Ryan Stroschein, who was legislative director and chief counsel to South Dakota Congresswoman Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, a Democrat who was defeated last year.
BP says it has invested $5B for alternative energy since 2005. It plans to build this country’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility, which is expected to begin production in 2013.
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