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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Senate Goes After Corn Ethanol Targets For Fuel

Senators on both sides of the aisle are pushing measures that would whack the corn ethanol portion of federal biofuel blending targets, unswayed by a recent Environmental Protection Agency proposal to slash next year's goal.

The efforts come as the House remains stalled on its legislative proposal, and after some lobbyists have suggested the EPA action last month could reduce congressional appetite to change the Renewable Fuel Standard.

"The hearing on Wednesday was a bit of a surprise," Michael McAdams, president of the Advanced Biofuels Association, said of a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard. "A lot of people thought that when the EPA released the rule that it would cut the legs out of doing anything legislatively."
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This burns the engine cylinders up...

Anonymous said...

Once again the oil lobby is pumping money to the politicans because they bought all the ethanol refineries for 10 cents on the dollar a few years ago and want to make big profits.

Anonymous said...

if ethanol is / was such a great idea then why does it need to be subsidized so heavily by the government? Just another reason food prices are spiking and the big corporate famers are cashing in!