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Lowering ethanol targets is a smart energy choice
2015-06-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Albuquerque Journal: Corn destined to be turned into ethanol is a big cash crop in the Midwest, but as a renewable fuel it is problematic and a perennial political boondoggle. Midwest farmers get billions of dollars in subsidies to grow corn used to produce ethanol for fuel. A new rule by the Environmental Protection Agency would scale back planned increases in the amounts of ethanol allowed in gasoline. The amount of ethanol in gasoline would still increase in coming years, but not as much as called for in a 2007...
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Other Voices: Why corn farmers can't ignore Epa's latest ethanol edict
2015-06-05 17:51:25| Agriculture - Topix.net
The ethanol combine suffered another setback last month when U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials unveiled proposed rules that cut the amount of the alternative fuel refiners must use. The EPA proposal would reduce the minimum required volume of corn-based ethanol in gasoline to 13.4 billion gallons in 2015 and 14 billion gallons in 2016 across the country - below a congressional target of 15 billion gallons for each year.
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New yeast engineered by BESC, Mascoma could accelerate production of cellulosic ethanol
2015-06-04 11:55:41| Green Car Congress
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USDA Secretary Vilsack defends Obama's record on ethanol
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star Tribune: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pushed back hard Tuesday against complaints from some in the ethanol industry that the Obama administration has weakened its commitment to the alternative fuel. In an interview with the Star Tribune, Vilsack said a new $100 million USDA program to build more blender pumps to distribute multiple grades of ethanol is just the latest proof of White House advocacy. There are 17 million flexible fuel vehicles on the road, Vilsack said. Getting them much...
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Cellerate process technology, Enogen Value Tracker featured at Fuel Ethanol Workshop
2015-06-02 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
MINNETONKA, Minn., U.S.A., June 1, 2015 – Syngenta is featuring two exciting new ethanol industry innovations at the 31st annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo held in Minneapolis from June 1 to June 4. read more
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