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Biofuels defenders blast EPA plan to cut ethanol mandate
2013-11-16 17:51:24| Agriculture - Topix.net
Oh no! No more tax payer money for overpriced ethanol? No more destruction of valuable farm land by more and more corn? Why not commenting on the CO2 footprint of ethanol production from corn? When even Al "Polar Bear" Gore admits ethanol has proven to be a disastrous idea, it's time to END ethanol in gasoline NOW! Yea and polar bear won the Nobel ... (more)
EPA Proposes Reduced Ethanol Requirement
2013-11-16 16:36:00| Beef
The Environmental Protection Agency proposes to reduce the levels of renewable fuels for blending into gasoline and diesel next year. According to the proposal, "While this range represents a reduction in comparison to the statutory volumes for 2014, it nonetheless represents an increase relative to projected 2013 corn-ethanol consumption of about 12.3 billion gal read more
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EPA Proposes Cut in Ethanol Use in 2014
2013-11-16 16:23:00| Food Processing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's first reversal of Congressional mandate acknowledges problems, lack of need.
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Obama administration announces lower quotas for ethanol in gasoline
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama on Friday backed away from the notion of corn ethanol representing a cure for climate change, as he proposed to cut the amount of ethanol that is blended into the US gasoline supply. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would for the first time seek to lower quotas for ethanol that have diverted close to 40% of America's corn crop from the global food chain and into the country's gas tanks. The EPA said it would seek to reduce the quotas under the Renewable Fuel Standard, from...
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Lessened ethanol mandate proposed for fuel
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama administration proposed Friday to reduce the amount of ethanol in the nations fuel supply for the first time, acknowledging that the biofuel law championed by both parties in 2007 is not working as well as expected. While the proposal highlights the governments struggle to ramp up production of homegrown biofuels that burn cleaner than gasoline, it is unlikely to mean much for consumers at the pump. The change would reduce by almost 3 billion gallons the amounts of ethanol and other...
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