Sentences with phrase «for the ethanol industry»

Meanwhile, new reports in the United States showed that two million acres of native grasslands have been converted to corn and soy monocultures in the past five years alone, driven in part by government subsidies and targets for the ethanol industry.

Despite environmental concerns, the president will expedite funding for the ethanol industry

This program can't simply be a taxpayer - subsidized corporate welfare scheme for the ethanol industry.

Support for the ethanol industry, which blossomed because of a system of tax breaks followed by the fuel mandate, has long been bipartisan, and the current debate is split more along regional than partisan lines.

Not exact matches

In Iowa, for instance, the boom in natural gas has meant trouble for the local ethanol industry.

So while social responsibility was reason enough for me to seek higher percentage blends of ethanol gas, what resonated even more with me is the fact that ethanol is an entrepreneur's industry.

«For the first time, the U.S. ethanol industry will have the opportunity to compete for a portion of Japan's fuel blending market,» Emily Skor, head of Washington - based ethanol group Growth Energy, said in a statemeFor the first time, the U.S. ethanol industry will have the opportunity to compete for a portion of Japan's fuel blending market,» Emily Skor, head of Washington - based ethanol group Growth Energy, said in a statemefor a portion of Japan's fuel blending market,» Emily Skor, head of Washington - based ethanol group Growth Energy, said in a statement.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), as part of a coalition of food, farm and oil industry groups, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking that it reverse the DC Circuit Court's August 2012 decision to dismiss its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to allow gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol («E15») to be sold for cars manufactured in the 2007 model year or later.

In addition to ethanol, LifeLine also creates corn oil for the biodiesel industry, thus enabling it to cut down on waste while expanding its market reach.

With feed costs and the worldwide demand for meat growing, livestock producers are increasingly turning to co-products from the ethanol and human food industries.

For cellulosic to make its way onto the market, federal policy will need to do more to encourage distribution of higher blends of ethanol, the ethanol industry says.

The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), the trade group for sugar - cane ethanol from Brazil, criticized the IPCC for raising alarm on biofuels in the Working Group II report published on March 31.

Additionally, ethylene and ethanol could serve as the building blocks for a range of consumer goods, and CO2 - derived formic acid could be used by the pharmaceutical industry or as a fuel in fuel cells.

Our TransFerm and TransFerm Yield + bioengineered yeast products are widely used in the corn ethanol industry and our next generation products are ready to deploy for industrial cellulosic ethanol production.

Noticeable advocacy contributions include the successful joint BIO / ETA petition to EPA for Tier 1 designation of Trichoderma reesei, ETA's redirect of FDA / CVM to follow due process for establishing regulatory guidance impacting the renewable fuel ethanol industry, numerous presentations on safety & regulatory paradigms for microbial biotechnology to authorities in the US, Canada, Brazil, and China, as well as the NAS Biotechnology Committee on Future Products of Biotechnology and New Harvest.

It is the world's second largest soybean producer, the US is first, and has a large sugarcane industry for food and for ethanol feedstock.

For example, the Univ of Maine has research and development on a type of genetically - modified bacteria that converts wood pulp to ethanol and the by - products are useful in the construction material industry.

Witness for example how corn ethanol, the darling of big agribusiness, some farmers, the oil industry and many environmentalists — has fallen out of favor in public perception.

(05/01/2013) Intensification of Brazil's sugarcane industry in response to rising demand for sugar - based ethanol could have impacts on the regional climate reports a new study by researchers from Arizona State University, Stanford University and the Carnegie Institution for Science.

Mr. Dole has helped erect trade barriers to foreign ethanol and has engineered an anonymous amendment that effectively shuttered the Caibbean ethanol industry for three years.

The catalysts are derived from an environmentally benign cyanobacterium that exists naturally in the wild, and Joule has redirected the metabolism of multiple strains for the production of specific products, including ethanol and diesel - range alkanes — an industry first.

These synergies may increase efficiency for both the ethanol and the livestock industries, but have the potential to seriously affect environmental quality, human health, and communities throughout entire regions.

The ethanol industry has been criticized for the amount of energy used to grow crops and produce ethanol.

We are concerned with America's growing ethanol industry, the implications it has in setting a precedent for additional biomass based energy, and the massive agricultural industrialization of the world's remaining rainforests and other natural wildlands this would require.

The ethanol industry, already reeling from a draft plan for cuts in the ethanol mandate for this year, will now face more pressure as everyone from conservatives and environmental activists...

Intensification of Brazil's sugarcane industry in response to rising demand for sugar - based ethanol could have impacts on the regional climate reports a new study by researchers from Arizona State University,...

Mike Ewall is the founder and director of Energy Justice Network, a national support network for grassroots community groups fighting dirty energy and waste industry facilities such as coal power plants, ethanol plants, natural gas facilities, landfills and incinerators of every sort.

The spectacle last week of a few Midwestern Senators making threats and holding up nominations to protect a government handout that only benefits their wealthy backers in the ethanol industry was a new low even for Congress.

The agreement calls for support of the «rapidly growing wind energy, corn ethanol and biodiesel industries,» and for recognition of the «potential for robust cellulosic biomass and solar industries.»

There's a variety of positive reports coming out on the future of the industry — there's reports that see a meaningful future for ethanol, as well reports saying ethanol could be deliver a better - than - expected energy return.

Extensive testing by the automotive and oil industries shows higher ethanol blends may result in damaged engines and fuel systems for owners of the overwhelming majority of cars.

Ethanol and biodiesel have become an increasingly common source of transportation fuel and industry has expanded its use of biomass for onsite heat and power generation.

The ethanol industry would also benefit, with $ 2.5 billion in new research money to create more efficient biofuels as well as loan guarantees for building new ethanol pipelines and tax breaks for biofuel, electric and hydrogen refueling stations.

Although the U.S. ethanol industry rejected these findings, the results were confirmed in a 2009 report from the International Council for Science, a worldwide federation of scientific associations.

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EST Kyoto Seminar for Business - Mar 14, 2003 Manitoba Context Seize Opportunities — Ethanol and bio-diesel — Hydrogen — Wind and geothermal and methane power — Carbon storage and sequestration research — Manufacturing — Energy efficiency EST Kyoto Seminar for Business - Mar 14, 2003 Next Steps Industry has to know if they are «in» «Entity /

Bioenergy can, for instance, be derived from solid woodfuels, such as fuelwood and charcoal or from liquid biofuels, such as black liquor (a by - product from the paper industry) and ethanol obtained from wood.

But the models fail to account for dynamic reactions to a corn crop reduction (in this case a simple and very cost efficient response would be to end corn ethanol subsidies, thus redirecting corn to food rather than fuel, ending an inefficient industry and encouraging ethanol industries in tropical nations using sugar cane, which makes a lot more sense than corn ethanol).

It's now all but certain that the ethanol tax credit will expire at the end of the year, and the ethanol producers continue to claim credit for «giving it up» despite that it was obviously lost due to larger political considerations, and the fact that they lobbied initially for its extension and then eventually for a substitute which would have still funneled money into their industry.

This summer, expensive and rare corn has left 26 ethanol plants idle — some for more than a year — removing 1.5 billion gallons of production, according to the industry trade group, the Renewable Fuels Association.

Washington originally figured the industry could produce 1 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol annually by 2013, so that's where it set the mandate for last year.

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Hawaii also has a thriving sugar cane industry, which many people have eyed for the renewable production of ethanol.

The dispute is over conservative support for a bill that would repeal the ethanol tax credit, which has the effect of raising an industry specific tax.

NERA set up its study that way for good reasons: Despite abundant evidence that RFS mandates for ever - increasing ethanol use in the nation's fuel supply are detached from reality, and although it's pretty clear EPA has mismanaged the RFS to the detriment of those obligated to meet its mandates — the ethanol industry insists that the program continue as statutorily set out in 2007.

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/energy/biofuels/energy-briefs/history-of-ethanol-production-and-policy «Today's ethanol industry began in the 1970s when petroleum - based fuel became expensive and environmental concerns involving leaded gasoline created a need for an octane.

There's money to be made in developing alternative energy — even when it's not so green, like the ethanol industry that has been collecting subsidies for decades.

The government helps stabilize markets by supporting variable rates of blending ethanol with gasoline and planning for industry expansion, pipelines, ports, and logistics.

But ethanol producers worry that the loss of the quota will undermine the ethanol industry and do little for corn farmers but drive down the price of their stunted harvest.

The anti-ethanol crowd likes to make this fun calculation despite the fact that no one in the ethanol industry believes or promotes that all the corn in the U.S. should / will / can be used for ethanol production.