US Ethanol Mandate Has Mixed GHG Impact: Study

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The U.S. ethanol mandate is lowering the nation’s greenhouse-gas footprint — but could be increasing emissions around the globe, according to a new study. Read more →

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Cellulosic Biofuel: Let The Dribble Begin!

Columbus, Miss., plant (image via KiOR)

In Mississippi, KiOR is making and shipping diesel fuel made from pine wood chips that previously fed a now-shuttered paper mill." Read more →

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Court Tells EPA To Get Real On Cellulosic Biofuels

Sorghum is one of the bifuel feedstocks promoted by U.S. policy (image via Wikimedia Commons/Matt Lavin)

A court ruling could limit the Obama administration's ability to use the renewable fuel standard to spur investment in nonfood-feedstock biofuels. Read more →

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Corn War: Is Ethanol Increasing The Price Of Big Macs?

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Chain restaurants blame ethanol for raising food prices; ethanol producers say it's not so. But what if we didn't eat so much corn? Read more →

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EPA Says Ethanol Mandate Isn’t Driving Up Food Prices

corn harvest

The livestock, pork, poultry and dairy industries, facing high corn prices in a drought year, wanted the renewable fuel standard waived; the Obama administration said no. Read more →

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Biofuel Producers Feel Heat Of Midwest Drought

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Calls to waive the renewable fuel standard that drives ethanol production are increasing as the U.S. corn crop struggles with historic heat and drought. Read more →

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2012 Fuel Standards Shirk Cellulosic Biofuels

The EPA's 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards indicate that the amount of cellulosic biofuels in the U.S. fuel mix will once again fall short of original projections. Read more →

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Study: U.S. Biofuels Policy A Fail

Controversial biofuels subsidies are not a cost-effective means of reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions, an Oregon State study asserts. Read more →

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