Sentences with phrase «federal ethanol subsidies»
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Mr. Andreas's company, Archer Daniels Midland Company, dominates an American ethanol industry that by most accounts would not exist without the estimated $ 6 billion in Federal subsidies it has received since Mr. Dole sponsored legislation establishing the tax break nearly 20 years ago.
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No coal - fired ethanol refineries should be eligible for federal subsidies.
But the study comes at a time when farmers and producers are already receiving federal subsidies to grow more corn for ethanol under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
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.
Since the ESA forbids the Federal Government from funding any activities which might harm a listed species, why not sue to prevent the ridiculous Federal subsidies on Ethanol, on the grounds that the production, distribution, and use of ethanol have a net negative impact on carbon dioxide emissions when compared with petroleum products, thus accelerating global warming and further endangering the polarEthanol, on the grounds that the production, distribution, and use of ethanol have a net negative impact on carbon dioxide emissions when compared with petroleum products, thus accelerating global warming and further endangering the polarethanol have a net negative impact on carbon dioxide emissions when compared with petroleum products, thus accelerating global warming and further endangering the polar bears.
As a source for ethanol, corn kernels are economically viable only because of high federal subsidies.
Farming subsidies are continually under threat, but when the federal government started subsidising ethanol production and wind power, farmers realised that renewable energy offers new streams of revenue.
Federal and state subsidies for ethanol helped keep the fuel in production when ethanol prices fell with crude oil and gasoline prices in the early 1980s.
Specific subsidies for ethanol and wind power have lapsed, perhaps temporarily, but both still receive valuable preferences in the form of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard and numerous state renewable portfolio standards.
In today's speech, Mr. Bloomberg called for four key measures on climate change: a vast increase in energy - related research and development; an end to certain agricultural subsidies, especially that of corn - based ethanol; an increase in federal fuel efficiency standards for vehicles; and laws to make pollution more expensive for companies.