The International Biofuels Commission is a not-for-profit trade and advocacy organization that supports greater production and use of biofuels, including ethanol. It was launched in 2006 as the Interamerican Ethanol Commission. The founders were leaders of two major sugar-producing polities: then-Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and Roberto Rodrigues, who was the agriculture minister of Brazil; Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, was another founder. The name was later changed to reflect the organization’s growing ambitions to unite growers, refiners, researchers, businesses and others with interests in renewable fuels, educate consumers and promote the production of these fuels. The IBC maintains offices in Miami, Washington and São Paulo, Brazil.
The United States is at an “energy crossroads,” said IBC general counsel James McDonald.
