The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could soon issue a final ruling that aims to force oil companies to replace E-10, gasoline mixed with 10 percent ethanol, with E-15. This move could come just as widespread support for ethanol, which is made from corn, appears to be eroding. Economy
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EPA’s Push For More Ethanol Could Be Too Little, Too Late
By admin on Monday, April 1st, 2013 | Comments Off
EPA’s Push For More Ethanol Could Be Too Little, Too Late
By admin on Monday, April 1st, 2013 | Comments Off
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could soon issue a final ruling that aims to force oil companies to replace E-10, gasoline mixed with 10 percent ethanol, with E-15. This move could come just as widespread support for ethanol, which is made from corn, appears to be eroding. Environment
Read More...Calif. farmers team up to convert beets to ethanol
By admin on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 | Comments Off
Amid the vast almond orchards and grape fields that surround Five Points in California’s Central Valley, a once-dominant crop that has nearly disappeared from the state’s farms is making a comeback: sugar beets. Science News
Read More...News Summary: Corn drops on ethanol supply gain
By admin on Thursday, December 20th, 2012 | Comments Off
CORN FIZZLES: Corn fell after the government reported a build in fuel ethanol inventories. Science News
Read More...White House feels heat to waive ethanol mandate
By admin on Monday, August 13th, 2012 | Comments Off
President Barack Obama announced emergency measures to ease the impact of the worst drought in half a century, but stopped short of waiving the government’s requirement that a large portion of the now-shriveled corn crop be diverted to make ethanol. NBCNews.com: Environment
Read More...Drought drives call to end ethanol mandate
By admin on Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 | Comments Off
The drought that’s killing crops across the Midwest and sending corn prices to record highs has revived calls to end or ease the government’s requirement that corn-based ethanol be blended with gasoline. Science News
Read More...As Drought Kills Corn, Farmers Fight Over Ethanol
By admin on Thursday, July 19th, 2012 | Comments Off
Livestock and chicken farmers say the government’s ethanol policy inflates fuel prices and forces them to compete with fuel companies for corn the fuel companies don’t even want. This year, gas companies are required to buy 13 billion gallons of ethanol. Economy
Read More...After Backlash, Ethanol Industry Is Thriving
After being hyped as a home-grown remedy to America’s dependence on foreign oil, the federally supported corn-based fuel ended up under attack as an environmental and economic failure. Now the smoke has cleared, and U.S. ethanol producers are booming. Environment
Read More...DuPont Works with Local Farmers in a Switchgrass Based Ethanol Renewable Energy Program
www2.dupont.com Title: Harvesting for Fuel — Tennessee farmer Brad Black discusses how his 190 year old family farm became part of a sustainable renewable energy pipeline. DuPont, in partnership with Danisco and Genera Energy are working with local farmers and farms in Tennessee to create ethanol and other biofuels out of switchgrass and other plants [...]
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