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Falling corn prices have had little impact on food prices thus refuting the notion that ethanol has driven up food prices, says Renewable Fuels Association chairman, Randall Doyal.
With the mid-term elections done and dusted, will the EPA finally release its final rule for the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)?
Minnesota's biofuel production was the equivalent of 145.3 trillion Btu in 2012, a new map from the Department of Energy shows.
Once again, biofuels are blamed for high food prices. The University of Minnesota's environmental solutions magazine, Ensia, ran a story Wednesday addressing future food supply needs that incorrectly blamed biofuels for pushing food prices upwards.
The facts are in: rather than using more land to grow renewable ingredients for ethanol, farmers worldwide have been using land more efficiently.
Ethanol reduces the equivalent of emissions from 294,000 cars annually in Michigan, a new study by Michigan State University (MSU) concludes.
Following the mid-term elections, the Keystone XL pipeline has resurfaced as the issue of the day. Indeed, despite its defeat in the Senate yesterday, speculation is rife the controversial pipeline will be approved next year by both the Senate and Congress.
The EPA's long-awaited announcement on the RFS targets for 2014 were finally announced today. And the announcement? No decision on the 2014 RFS targets would be made in 2014.
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Following the EPA's decision to postpone its final targets for the 2014 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the RFS, the ethanol industry is once again facing more questions than answers.
A Cenex in Starbuck and a new Minnoco in St Paul are the latest stations to offer E15 in Minnesota.
The latest issue of the University of Minnesota's environmental magazine, Ensia, features a story about the warming temperature at the Arctic. The story paints a grim picture but it's just one of many that details the consequences of too much greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.
Chicago could become the first city in the country to make E15 the new mid-grade fuel at gas stations.
Flex-fuel vehicles are among Chrysler Group LLC's best selling models this year.
Despite fewer stations, the volume of E85 consumed this year, as at end-October, grew 4.25 percent to 11.06 million gallons, according to the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
This month, we spotlight Syngenta, which, among others, supplies high quality seed, biotech traits as well as the Enogen corn enzyme technology. We spoke with Jack Bernens, Enogen Marketing and Stakeholder Manager, to find out more about Syngenta.
Check out this video by The Smoking Tire of a Subaru BRZ that was tuned to produce more horsepower by fitting it to run on E85.