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After reading the USA Today’s editorial which attacks the ethanol industry baselessly, one wonders what has happened to journalistic standards.
E15 sales in Minnesota totaled a record 167,039 gallons in January this year as more stations began offering E15.
Over the past few weeks, the ethanol industry has been the subject of a barrage of attacks from various quarters.
Following our announcement on the potential CO2 savings that could be achieved in Minnesota if all gasoline sold in the state was E15, Fuels America has followed up with similar analyses for Iowa and Wisconsin.
Making E15 the new regular in eight states would reduce CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions annually by a staggering 3.76 million metric tonnes, according to analyses by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
A proposal by a group of U.S. House Representatives to stop the U.S. Department of Agriculture funding for blender pumps and promoting ethanol exports has been labeled as a measure to "strenghten the death grip on the U.S. ethanol industry" by ethanol and ag groups.
After a barrage of anti-ethanol bills in Congress comes a proposed bill that would actually expand access to E15, courtesy of an unlikely source - Sen. Rand Paul.
April 1 is April Fools' Day and both RFA and the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) honored the day by issuing this hilarious April Fools' letter to members of Congress.
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Just weeks after running an anti-ethanol editorial riddled with misleading information and shoddy journalism, USA Today ran an another anti-ethanol piece this week, only this time it was in the form of an "analysis" by its financial news content partner, The Motley Fool. And like its aforementioned editorial, the analysis by The Motley Fool played loose with the facts and contained erroneous information.
Corn ethanol is and will play an integral role in the development of the cellulosic ethanol industry, said centrist think tank, Third Way, in a report last week.
Earlier this month, Senators Chuck Grassley and Rand Paul introduced a bill that would extend the reid vapor pressure (RVP) waiver to E15. Now, a similar bill has emerged at the House courtesy of Rep. Adrian Smith of Nebraska.
A new report by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) says Iowans could stand to save up to $50 million a year if 80 percent of fuel consumed there was E15. This in turn poses the question : How much Minnesotans save if all gasoline (E10) consumed was E15?
Houston, TX-based automotive tuner, Serious Horsepower Performance has converted the 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat to run on E85 which in turn has increased the car's power output to 753 hp from 707 hp.
April 22, 1970. That’s the first time Earth Day was celebrated. But more than a celebration, Earth Day was meant as a day for a serious discussion of the environmental problems we face.
Pressure on the EPA to extend the reid vapor pressure (RVP) waiver to E15 is mounting. Yesterday, Iowa Congressman, Rod Blum, introduced a companion bill to the one sponsored by Senators Rand Paul and Chuck Grassley that seeks to remove a major stumbling block in expanding access to E15.
Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, will introduce a novel family of antibiotic-free fermentation aids and a new scale inhibitor at the 2015 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) to be held June 1-4 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Located in booth 921, Solenis will also highlight several other technologies that can help fuel ethanol producers operate more efficiently and more profitably.