Sentences with phrase «corn ethanol mandate»

It is now clear that the federal corn ethanol mandate has driven up food prices, strained agricultural markets, increased competition for arable land and promoted conversion of uncultivated land to grow crops.

The US corn ethanol mandate boondoggle is nothing more than an innocent bystander damaging ag subsidy on steroids.

Before hiking the federal tax on gas, officials should consider abolishing the corn ethanol mandate first, according to a new report from the Manhattan Institute.

• Resist increased targets for biofuel, eliminate the blend increase and rollback the corn ethanol mandate.

«We calculate that the corn ethanol mandate has been worse for the climate than projected emissions from the controversial Keystone XL pipeline,» wrote Emily Cassidy, a researcher with the Environmental Working Group.

We urge you to oppose the Toomey - Feinstein proposal, or any language aimed at repealing the corn ethanol mandate and preserving the advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, and biomass - based diesel requirements.

The EPA announced yesterday that it would open a 30 day commenting period as it weighs requests from multiple state governors to use provisions in the Clean Air Act to temporarily suspend the corn ethanol mandate under the Renewable Fuel Standard: