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E85 Usage in Minnesota continued to grow in May, according to the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Highland Service Minnoco is the latest station in St Paul to offer E15 and E85.
Check out the report from KEYC on Congressman Walz's visit to the Guardian Energy facility in Janesville on July 17.
With under a week left for the EPA’s public comment period for its 2014, 2015 & 2016 RFS targets, some anti-ethanol advocates are heading to Washington D.C. to testify against the RFS.
During Rep. Tim Walz's visit to Guardian Energy last Friday, the Congressman got to meet several employees at the plant including Janesville resident, Trista Rogers, who once was Walz's student at Mankato West High School.
On Friday, July 24, the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association submitted the following letter to the EPA regarding the latter's proposal for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 RFS.
Last week, we told you about the anti-RFS hearing in Congress which featured testimony from, among others, known anti-ethanol advocated Jason Hill from the University of Minnesota. Predicatably, some news outlets misleadingly suggested that the University of Minnesota had testified against the RFS.
The EPA received 48,510 comments from representatives of the ethanol industry and members of the public during the public comment period for its 2014, 2015 and 2016 RFS targets.
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Green Plains Renewable Energy's (GPRE) CEO, Todd Becker, expects the number of stations offering E15 to grow exponentially in the coming months, according to a report in DTN.
Here's a demo video on how the Minnesota Biofuels Locator App works.
The best energy policy over the last 40 years - the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) - turns 10 tomorrow!
On Aug 19, the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council will host a Biodiesel and Bioheat Forum in Mankato.
The volume of E85 consumed in Minnesota in June was 18 percent higher than May, according to the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
An additional 4.52 million tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions would be removed if the EPA reverts to the original RFS target for 2015 of 15 billion gallons of ethanol instead of the agency's proposed level of 13.4 billion gallons, according to an analysis by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Yesterday, the EPA announced new rules that would cut methane emissions from oil and gas production.
Democratic presidential candidate front-runner, Hillary Clinton, wants a stronger Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to boost the economy in rural America.