Ethanol
U.S. Farmers, Ethanol Groups Call on EPA to Act on Raising Level of Ethanol in Gasoline
Jul 28, 2010, Source: Renewable Fuels Association
Three major farmer and ethanol groups today called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson to formally approve the use of E12 (12% ethanol) in the nation’s gasoline supply...
CBO Report Doesn't Tell the Whole Story On Ethanol Tax Incentives
Jul 15, 2010, Source: Renewable Fuels Association
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) takes the issue of ethanol tax incentives out of context, providing no comparison to other technologies or contrasting the benefits of biofuels...
Ethanol Can Cut Emissions
Jun 25, 2010, Source: National Corn Growers Association
Full implementation of the expanded Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) by 2022 would reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels used in the Midwest by approximately 7.7% ...
EPA Postpones E15 Approval…Again
Jun 18, 2010, Source: Renewable Fuels Association
News that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is further delaying a decision on approving the use of up to 15% (E15) ethanol blends is as much disappointing as it is a dereliction of duty, says the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)...
Ethanol Industry Counters Environmental Stall Tactics
Jun 16, 2010
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), Growth Energy, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) have countered the tired claims of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) that American ethanol is not a sound investment...
Oil Disaster Shows Need to Support Ethanol
Jun 15, 2010, By Darrin Ihnen, National Corn Growers Association
The National Corn Growers Association was singled out for praise last month by a business writer for Slate.com, a prominent online journal, for not taking advantage of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico to promote ethanol...
EPA Decision on E15
Jun 15, 2010, By Kent Thiesse
Future development and expansion of the biofuels industry, particularly the ethanol industry, could be in trouble, if the Congress and the EPA continue to delay increasing ethanol blends ...
Weekly Ethanol Data Now Available
Jun 9, 2010, Source: Energy Information Administration
Beginning June 9, 2010, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is publishing weekly fuel ethanol production, inventory and import data in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR)...
New Yeast Could Help Make More Cellulosic Ethanol
Jun 8, 2010, Source: Purdue University
Purdue University scientists have improved a strain of yeast that can produce more biofuel from cellulosic plant material by fermenting all five types of the plant's sugars...
Corn Ethanol Plants Use Less Energy But Produce More Ethanol/Bushel
Jun 1, 2010, Source: Nebraska Corn Board
Corn ethanol plants continue to cut their energy use while at the same time producing more ethanol per bushel of corn, the Nebraska Corn Board noted in reviewing a national study ...
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