Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, a leading supporter of corn - based ethanol, says he'll call for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's resignation if Pruitt doesn't work to fulfill
federal ethanol mandates.
BIOFUELS: Renewable fuels groups are satisfied with President Trump's planned compromise over
federal ethanol mandates that would allow year - round sales.
In dueling TV ads, foes of
the federal ethanol mandate claim that it «doubles greenhouse gas emissions,» while the ethanol lobby says that «the oil industry is lying» and the mandate will lead to lower emissions.
The federal ethanol mandate mut be rescinded, say CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen.
Not exact matches
The United States expanded its
federal biofuels
mandate in a 2007 law to reach 36 billion gallons by 2022, with up to 15 billion gallons coming from corn
ethanol and the balance from so - called advanced biofuels like cellulosic
ethanol.
Obama has, however, also been a supporter of
ethanol made primarily from corn — a prominent industry in his home state of Illinois — and recently told farmers he supports
federal mandates to make nine billion gallons (34 billion liters) of
ethanol to use as fuel this year.
The U.S. is about to hit the «blending wall,» the saturation point for
ethanol use, because it does not have the infrastructure to meet the
federal mandate for renewable - fuels use with
ethanol.
Cruz creditably withstood the perennial temptation — among Republicans and Democrats alike — to bow down to Big Corn and the
federal mandate for
ethanol that has been such a boon to Iowa corn farmers and bane if you care about food prices, greenhouse gas emissions, herbicide use or the loss of wild vegetation in the Midwest that is an important food source for monarchs and habitat for other wildlife.
Logically, taking your assumption that the refineries don't want to change oxygenates, then we definitely don't need any
Federal regs to
mandate ethanol.
Probably because
ethanol mandates and electric car subsidies are lucrative sources of
federal grants, loans, subsidies and tax credits for «alternative fuels» and electric cars.
Members of a party that ostensibly opposes regulation and
federal mandates went full mafia - protection - racket to defend the
federal government
mandate that keeps Big
Ethanol raking in the cash.
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.
To make sure demand for
ethanol will grow substantially, the association wants a
federal mandate that all carmakers receiving
federal aid would make only cars that can run on a blend of up to 85 percent
ethanol, starting with the 2010 models.
Perhaps she was not referring to the ancient history (1970's and 80's) of
ethanol but to the more recent
federal mandates that have caused the problem the article is discussing??
Ethanol now consumes more corn than animal agriculture, a fact directly attributable to the
federal mandate.
At issue is whether to suspend a five - year - old
federal mandate requiring more
ethanol in gasoline each year, a policy that has diverted almost half of the domestic corn supply from animal feedlots to
ethanol refineries, driven up corn prices and plantings and created a desperate competition for corn as drought grips the nation's farm belt.
Federal law
mandates that oil companies use 12 billion gallons of renewable fuels such as
ethanol in this year, rising to 15 billion gallons by 2015.
And a venture capitalist will build an
ethanol plant with readily available corn, and a
federal gasahol
mandate.
Though Valero has opposed
Federal ethanol blending
mandates in the past, now that it appears that government
mandates are here to stay for the foreseeable future, and it can snap up some of Verasun's assets at sale prices, the purchase makes sense for the San Antonio - based firm.