Biofuel association forms to push industry forward Biofuel production in New Mexico and the Southwest could get a major boost from the newly formed Southwestern Biofuels Association. The organization, which planned a public launch event at the legislative session in Santa Fe on Aug. 15, includes industry, government officials, and scientists from the national labs, said Vaughn Gangwish, the group’s executive director. The association grew out of the first state biofuels summit, held in Albuquerque last March. About 100 scientists, businesspeople and government officials participated, and all agreed that an association was critical to build the industry, said Lenny Martínez, policy advisor for rural economic development under Gov. Bill Richardson....