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Bipartisan Groups Want to End Ethanol Subsidy and Save Taxpayers Billions
A diverse coalition of organizations and lawmakers say the ethanol subsidy is fiscally irresponsible and environmentally unwise.
WASHINGTON— It’s a rare day when somebody pleads with Congress not to take action. But that’s...
By Elizabeth McGowan
Dec 6, 2010 | Read More
Corn Ethanol Boom Driving 'Dead Zone' Expansion, Federal Scientists Say
"You're not going to solve the dead zone with an energy policy that says grow corn."
Oxygen-starved "dead zones" are spreading in U.S. coastal waters because of human activities,...
By Stacy Feldman
Sep 8, 2010 | Read More
Yet Another Biofuel Hopeful Goes Public, Bets on Isobutanol
Gevo's "drop-in" alternative to petroleum-based products is still derived from food plants
Colorado-based Gevo makes isobutanol, a second-generation biofuel that it says has a number of...
By Sara Stroud
Aug 25, 2010 | Read More
Scottish Scientists Develop Whisky Biofuel
By-products from distilling produce a biofuel with 30% more power output than ethanol
by Kirsty Scott, Guardian It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "one for the road...
By Guest Writer
Aug 17, 2010 | Read More
Corn Ethanol Subsidy Under Siege from Many Quarters, Renewal in Question
Study finds elimination of 'blender's credit' would have little market impact and save taxpayers billions
Efforts to continue a lucrative tax subsidy for the corn ethanol industry, a longtime golden child...
By Stacy Feldman
Jul 30, 2010 | Read More
Biofuels Industry Blames Washington for Holding Back Cellulosic Ethanol
Industry rips failing DOE loan program on the heels of EPA's decision to slash cellulosic biofuel mandate
America's cellulosic biofuels industry suffered an abrupt setback last week when the U.S....
By Stacy Feldman
Jul 19, 2010 | Read More
As Cars and People Compete for Grain, Price of Grain and Oil Move Together
World's poorest 2 billion people have new risk of hunger
At a time when excessive pressures on the earth’s land and water resources are of growing concern...
By Lester R. Brown
Jun 25, 2010 | Read More
New Questions about Toxic By-Products of Biofuel Combustion
Study finds spectrum of possible chemicals emerging from biofuel burning process, including formaldehyde.
by Alyson Kenward, Climate Central The use of biofuels to supplement gasoline is on the rise in...
By Guest Writer
Jun 9, 2010 | Read More
Green Groups Say Proposed Bill for Advanced Biofuels is Flawed
Legislation is based on EPA rule that overstates the climate benefits of new-generation biofuels, advocates argue
Washington's love affair with biofuels is showing no signs of cooling, as Rep. Herseth Sandlin (D-S...
By Dave Levitan
May 28, 2010 | Read More
Gulf Oil Spill Spawns Biofuels Industry Opportunism
Producers tout the ethanol alternative to oil, but similar problems abound
With cries of "Till, Baby, Till!" the biofuels industry is seizing on the Gulf oil disaster to...
By Dave Levitan
May 6, 2010 | Read More