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- Ethanol Mandate Waiver: Decks Stacked Against Petitioners Tue, 11 Sep 12, 4:54amThe Governors of Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, and North Carolina have petitioned EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to waive the mandatory ethanol blending requirements established by the Renewable...
- Pressure Grows on EPA to Suspend Ethanol Mandate Tue, 14 Aug 12, 9:03amThe worst drought in 50 years has destroyed one-sixth of the U.S. corn crop. The USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WSDE) report, released Friday, projects the smallest corn crop in six years and...
- Ethanol Reduced Gas Prices by $1.09/gal. – Or Didn’t You Notice? Thu, 17 May 12, 3:28amIowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) has just updated its 2009 and 2011 studies of ethanol’s impact on gasoline prices...
- Ethanol Reduced Gas Prices by $1.09/g – Or Didn’t You Notice? Thu, 17 May 12, 3:28amIowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) has just updated its 2009 and 2011 studies of ethanol’s impact on gasoline prices...
- E85 Sales Hit by Ethanol Tax Credit Expiration Thu, 2 Feb 12, 6:54amJanuary marked the first month that the ethanol industry had to stand on its own feet was only supported by a massive taxpayer mandate for their product, rather than tax preferences, tariff protections, and a mandate...
- EPA Sets 2012 Biofuel Requirements Thu, 29 Dec 11, 3:49amYesterday the EPA finalized the 2012 mandate for blending biofuels into our nation’s transportation fuel supply: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized the 2012 percentage standards for four...
- Ethanol’s Future and the Tax Credit Expiration Wed, 7 Dec 11, 4:13amIt’s now all but certain that the ethanol tax credit will expire at the end of the year, and the ethanol producers continue to claim credit for “giving it up” despite that it was obviously lost due to larger...
- Do Biofuel Mandates and Subsidies Imperil Food Security? Thu, 1 Dec 11, 11:47amDo biofuel mandates and subsidies inflate food prices? Do they increase world hunger ? There was a rip-roaring debate on the food security impacts of biofuel policies in 2007-2008, when sharp spikes in wheat, corn, and...