Blogging For Biofuels
Continuing our series on the ethanol industry’s economic footprint in each of Minnesota’s congressional districts, we head over to fourth congressional district, which includes St. Paul and its suburbs such as Woodbury, Roseville, White Bear Lake, Stillwater, Arden Hills, Oakdale and Maplewood.
Minnesota's Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Tina Smith, along with eight other Democratic senators, sent a letter today to EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, urging him to reject proposals to alter the RFS.
Continuing with our series on the ethanol industry’s economic impact in specific congressional districts in Minnesota, we travel today to the Third Congressional District.
The US ethanol industry produced a record 15.8 billion gallons of ethanol and contributed $45 billion to the United States' gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, according to a new report by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).
Ethanol was 12.4 percent of all transportation fuel consumed in Minnesota in 2016, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
2017 was a landmark year for E15 in Minnesota.
Last week, we took a look at how the ethanol industry impacts Minnesota’s First Congressional District.
There’s no shortage of food in the world because of biofuel production, a new report says.
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The ethanol industry’s economic impact in Minnesota is well established - $1.98 billion annually to state GDP. But to get a better idea of the ethanol industry’s economic footprint in Minnesota, we decided to look at how it impacts each congressional district – from ethanol plants to vendor companies.
E15 sales in Minnesota hit another milestone in November 2017.
With a new year comes fresh challenges. Or perhaps a continuation of old challenges.
Continuing the momentum from 2017, two more stations in Minneapolis began offering E15 this week.
Last month was National Turkey Month and in conjunction with that, we take a look at the benefits of DDGS diets for turkeys.
We know ethanol emits fewer carbon emissions like particulate matter (PM) than gasoline. In fact, when it comes to particulate matter, a MIT study concluded PM emissions from gasoline (E0) is three times higher than E10.
E15 sales in Minnesota this year as of September hit a new a record of 7.45 million gallons.
As National Pork Month comes to an end, we’d like to highlight the increasing popularity of DDGS as a feed ingredient in the domestic pork industry.