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A coalition that's supporting a proposal at the Chicago City Council that would require large gas stations in the city to offer E15 is using Minnesota as an example on the benefits E15 has brought retailers.
E15 sales in Minnesota in the first quarter totaled 510,021 gallons, nearly double the total volume sold in 2014 (257,855 gallons).
Following the EPA's submission of its proposal for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 RFS targets to the White House Office of Management and Budget, Fuels America has released a new television ad urging the EPA to side with the biofuels industry instead of Big Oil.
The legislative session that ended Monday produced several bills including one which contains funding for a pilot program to help retailers upgrade their equipment to dispense E15.
On June 1, the EPA will finally release its proposed RFS targets for 2014, 2015 and 2016. The big question now is, will the EPA side with the oil industry or will it side with an industry that produces clean renewable energy, supports jobs in rural America and reduces our dependence on foreign oil?
The EPA's long-awaited proposal for the RFS targets for ethanol consumption in 2014, 2015 and 2016 were finally announced today and as expected, it falls short of the original targets that were stipulated in the RFS. Here are a few key takeaways from the announcement.
Sen. Al Franken released the following the statement following the EPA's announcement of its proposed RFS targets for 2014, 2015 and 2016.
We're all set for the Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo that begins today at the Minneapolis Convention Center and runs until June 3.
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The volume of E15 and E85 sold in Minnesota grew in April, the Minnesota Department of Commerce said in a report recently published.
The “blend wall,” a fictional concept devised by the oil industry to keep ethanol’s share of the market at 10 percent, has long been a fixation with the folks at the EPA.
Christianson & Associates will be hold its 2015 Biofuels Financial Conference at the Embassy Suites in Bloomington from June 24 - 25.
Following the EPA's announcement of its RFS targets for 2015 and 2016, we have launched a platform to enable biofuel supporters to send the agency comments on its ill-conceived proposal.
The E15 Dispenser bill, which was signed into law by Gov. Mark Dayton, goes into effect July 1 and will help up to 100 fuel retailers in the state make minor modifications to offer E15.
The text below was delivered by the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association at the EPA's RFS hearing at Kansas City, KS.
The E15 Dispenser Bill, which was signed into law by Gov. Mark Dayton on June 13, goes into effect today, making Minnesota the first state in the nation to introduce a law that provides funding for fuel retailers to make minor modifications to dispense E15.
There are many ways to celebrate the Fourth of July. But this year, perhaps another item can be added onto the list : showing your support for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).