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Big Oil’s New Tactics?

  • Friday, 05 January 2018 12:17

With a new year comes fresh challenges. Or perhaps a continuation of old challenges.

E15 sales in Minnesota hit another milestone in November 2017.

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.

There’s no shortage of food in the world because of biofuel production, a new report says.

Last week, we took a look at how the ethanol industry impacts Minnesota’s First Congressional District.

2017 was a landmark year for E15 in Minnesota.

Ethanol was 12.4 percent of all transportation fuel consumed in Minnesota in 2016, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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).