An important sign of the ethanol industry’s continuing growth and maturation is the distribution infrastructure that is quietly coming online across the country.
This week’s edition of the Ethanol Monitor, a (subscription only) trade publication, notes: “There are major transport and storage hubs in Iowa, New York State, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Houston and Alabama. Others are planned [...]
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- 08.07.2008 - Wise Decision
- 08.05.2008 - Gusher of Subsidies
- 07.31.2008 - August Come, She Will
- 07.24.2008 - Three Wise Men
- 07.22.2008 - Scary Bedfellows
- 07.17.2008 - Is OPEC Losing It?
- 07.15.2008 - Voters Want More Ethanol
- 07.10.2008 - The New Normal
- 07.08.2008 - “Secret” Report Revealed
- 07.03.2008 - Big Chicken Cries Foul
- 07.01.2008 - Energy Independence Day
- 06.26.2008 - Global Production Boom
- 06.24.2008 - Case Soon to be Closed
- 06.19.2008 - Stocked Up
- 06.17.2008 - Speculate on This
- 06.12.2008 - Good Answers
- 06.10.2008 - HIGH OIL PRICES: A REAL DRAG ON THE ECONOMY
- 06.05.2008 - Popcorn-Gate!
- 06.03.2008 - The Big Pinch
- 05.29.2008 - Franken-Stat
- 05.27.2008 - 500 MPG
- 05.07.2008 - Oil in Your Corn Flakes
- 05.07.2008 - Priming the Market
- 05.01.2008 - Savings at the Pump
- 03.25.2008 - Pushing the Ball Forward…Today
- 03.20.2008 - The Greatest Hope
- 03.11.2008 - Big Dividends
- 03.06.2008 - E20 Passes Big Tests
- 03.04.2008 - “Insourcing” Green Jobs
- 02.28.2008 - Pipelines For Ethanol
- 02.26.2008 - Ethanol & Ice Cream
- 02.22.2008 - In Case You Missed It: T. Boone Pickens On Oil
- 02.21.2008 - Toxic Catastrophe
- 02.19.2008 - $100 Oil Blues
- 02.15.2008 - Science V. Speculation
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- 02.12.2008 - Our Buddy Hugo
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- 01.03.2008 - 2 Billion Tons of CO2
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- 12.11.2007 - Food Price Red Herring
- 12.06.2007 - Toxic Chemicals
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Building Infrastructure
The Sky is Clearly Not Falling
Were commodities traders and analysts overreacting earlier this summer when they speculated huge crop losses as a result of the Midwest floods?
It wouldn’t be the first time they told us the sky was falling when it comes to food and fuel prices.
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted that this year’s corn harvest will be [...]
Wise Decision
The Environmental Protection Agency has denied Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s request for a 50 percent waiver of the country’s renewable fuel requirements.
The decision is especially noteworthy because it is based on an exhaustive review of facts and analysis presented by scores of experts during a public comment period.
The EPA examined all of it — estimates [...]
Gusher of Subsidies
Critics decry production incentives for ethanol, but what about the gusher of tax breaks, subsidies and other handouts lavished on the oil and gas industry?
That price tag will come to $32.9 billion over the next five years, according to new report by the environmental group Friends of the Earth.
Included in the bill are more than [...]
August Come, She Will
As the good folks on Capitol Hill prepare to return from whence they came for the August recess, the importance of biofuels becomes clearer than ever.
After much political wrangling over finding the “perfect” solution to our energy problems, Congress will, in fact, go home with no agreement. To drill or not to drill? [...]
Three Wise Men
When Mr. Pickens goes to Washington, amazing things can happen. Evidently inspired by the Oil Baron’s personal commitment to defeating “the enemy” that is foreign oil, conservative columnist Cal Thomas and liberal Democratic strategist Bob Beckel set aside their political hats today to jointly pen an opinion piece for USA Today.
There is something surreal [...]
News Releases:
EPA Recognizes the Facts of Ethanol’s Economic Benefits, Rules against RFS Waiver Request
Sioux Falls, SD (August 7, 2008) Stephen Johnson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today announced the agency’s decision to deny the request by the Texas Governor for a waiver from the Renewable Fuels Standard. The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) applauded the EPA for its thorough review of the facts [...]
Consumers Win in Important EPIC Decision on Ethanol
Omaha, Neb. (August 7, 2008) – On August 7, 2008 the Environmental Protection Agency denied Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s request to reduce America’s use of renewable fuels like ethanol; Gov. Perry requested a waiver to cut the current ethanol mandate that was enacted as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard. The decision ensures that [...]
EPA Made the Right Decision says RFA
EPA MADE THE RIGHT DECISION, SAYS RFA
(Washington, DC) Reacting to the announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it denied the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) waiver request by Texas Governor Rick Perry, Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dinneen issued he following statement:
“This is an important victory for all Americans. Today’s EPA decision recognizes the [...]
USDA Finds Ethanol Not a Major Factor
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(Omaha, Neb.) – The total global increase in corn-based ethanol production accounts for only 3 percent of the recent increase in global food prices.
After the hype, hysteria and spin of the ongoing “food and fuel” debate, these facts from the Council of Economic Advisors provide further proof the ethanol industry [...]