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New House GOP budget proposal revives Farm Bill extension and aid money but drops ethanol provision
5 days, 9 hours ago

New House GOP budget proposal revives Farm Bill extension and aid money but drops ethanol provision

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — American farmers are hoping that aid to agriculture will be revived as Congress struggles to pass a short-term spending bill that would keep the federal government funded and avert a looming partial government shutdown set to begin after midnight Friday night. The newly agreed to American Relief Act of 2024 will keep the Government open, fund our Great …

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Sweaty corn is making it even more humid
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sweaty corn is making it even more humid

Associated Press  

Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn. Storm clouds build above a corn field Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, near Platte City, Mo. Storm clouds build as corn grows on Tuesday, Aug. 27, …

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Biofuel groups envision ethanol-powered jets. But fueling the effort has not been easy
6 months ago

Biofuel groups envision ethanol-powered jets. But fueling the effort has not been easy

Associated Press  

MENOKEN, N.D. — Some day, the passenger jets that soar 35,000 feet over Dan McLean’s North Dakota farm could be fueled by corn grown on his land and millions of other acres across the Midwest. Ethanol trade groups estimate that federal tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel, combined with the existing credit for renewable fuels, can provide between $1.85 and …

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Biden administration details how producers of sustainable aviation fuel will get tax credits
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration details how producers of sustainable aviation fuel will get tax credits

Associated Press  

The Biden administration spelled out guidelines Tuesday for tax breaks designed to boost production of sustainable aviation fuel and help curb fast-growing emissions from commercial airplanes. The Treasury Department actions would clear the way for tax credits for corn-based ethanol if producers follow “climate-smart agriculture practices,” including using certain fertilizers and farming methods. To qualify, sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, …

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EPA approves year-round sales of higher ethanol blend in 8 Midwest states
10 months ago

EPA approves year-round sales of higher ethanol blend in 8 Midwest states

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a final rule announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The fuel additive consumes roughly 40% of the nation’s corn crop, so higher sales of ethanol could mean greater profits for corn farmers. “While we …

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Airlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn
1 year ago

Airlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn

New York Times  

UNCHARTED WATERS Airlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn Carriers want to replace jet fuel with ethanol to fight global warming. Groundwater use for corn 2008-2020 change DECREASE INCREASE 100 m3 10 m3 N.D. MINN. WIS. S.D. KAN. Aridity Index 1979-1991 average DRIER WETTER N.D. MINN. WIS. S.D. Aridity Index 1979-1991 average DRIER WETTER Aridity Index …

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US Train Carrying Ethanol Derails in Minnesota, Town Evacuated as Fire Burning for 14 Hours
1 year, 8 months ago

US Train Carrying Ethanol Derails in Minnesota, Town Evacuated as Fire Burning for 14 Hours

News 18  

Hundreds of residents of a Minnesota town were evacuated after a train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire on Thursday. “Numerous” rail cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed around 1:00 am in the town of Raymond, about 110 miles west of Minneapolis, Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson said in a statement. “Fire departments from …

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EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuels
2 years ago

EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuels

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation’s fuel supplies over the next three years, a move welcomed by renewable fuel and farm groups but condemned by environmentalists and oil industry groups. “This proposal supports low-carbon renewable fuels and seeks public input on ways …

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EPA raises amount of ethanol that must be blended with gas
2 years, 6 months ago

EPA raises amount of ethanol that must be blended with gas

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Biden administration on Friday set new requirements that increase the amount of ethanol that must be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply but reduce previous ethanol-blending requirements due to a plunge in fuel demand during the coronavirus pandemic. But even as the new rules increased future ethanol requirements, the EPA retroactively reduced levels for 2020 …

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New Iowa law requires more ethanol in state’s gasoline
2 years, 7 months ago

New Iowa law requires more ethanol in state’s gasoline

Associated Press  

PRAIRIE CITY, Iowa — Iowa is the first state in the nation to require most gas stations to sell fuel with at least 15% ethanol under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Iowa’s law requires E15 to be sold in at least one pump by 2026, except for gas stations that qualify for a waiver. “This historic bill makes Iowa …

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Iowa lawmakers OK bill mandating sale of E15 at gas stations
2 years, 7 months ago

Iowa lawmakers OK bill mandating sale of E15 at gas stations

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa would become the first state in the nation to require that gas stations have pumps selling fuel with at least 15% ethanol under a bill that received final legislative approval Tuesday. Kim Reynolds, who initially proposed the mandate, the measure would boost corn growers and the ethanol industry, which consumes roughly half the state’s corn …

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Biden boosts ethanol to lower US fuel prices amid war in Ukraine
2 years, 8 months ago

Biden boosts ethanol to lower US fuel prices amid war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

With gas prices surging amid Russia’s invasion and inflation rising, US president unveils new plan for corn-based fuel. “Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up gas prices and food prices all over the world,” Biden told workers at POET Bioprocessing, the largest biofuels producer in the country. “The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to issue an emergency waiver allowing E15 …

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Biden waiving ethanol rule in bid to lower gasoline prices
2 years, 8 months ago

Biden waiving ethanol rule in bid to lower gasoline prices

LA Times  

President Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer as his administration tries to tamp down prices at the pump that have spiked during Russia’s war with Ukraine. “Part of it is showing up in communities of all sizes, regardless of the results of …

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Will Issue Order Soon Mandating Automakers to Make Flex Fuel Vehicles: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 3 months ago

Will Issue Order Soon Mandating Automakers to Make Flex Fuel Vehicles: Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways provided another impetus for alternative fuel as he today announced that he will be issuing an order mandating all vehicle manufacturers to power vehicles with flex engines. “In the next 3 to 4 months, I will be issuing an order, mandating all vehicle manufacturers to power vehicles with flex engines", he said. Gadkari …

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Nitin Gadkari Pushes Use of Alternative Fuel in India, Ethanol Pumps Within 6 Months: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 3 months ago

Nitin Gadkari Pushes Use of Alternative Fuel in India, Ethanol Pumps Within 6 Months: Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways provided another impetus for alternative fuel when he announced recently that ethanol pumps will be set up across the country in the next 6 months. We will establish ethanol pumps network in the country within six months," he said. Gadkari said the government is trying to manufacture engines that give an option to …

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Court strikes Trump EPA rule for full-year 15% ethanol sales
3 years, 5 months ago

Court strikes Trump EPA rule for full-year 15% ethanol sales

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency rule change that allowed for the sale of a 15% ethanol gasoline blend in the summer months. Congress has allowed 10% ethanol, and the EPA in its 2019 ruling revised the interpretation of the exemption to federal law to include the 15% ethanol …

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India set to make flex-fuel engines mandatory, decision to be taken in 8-10 days’ time
3 years, 6 months ago

India set to make flex-fuel engines mandatory, decision to be taken in 8-10 days’ time

Firstpost  

The government will take a decision over flex-fuel engines in the next 8-10 days as it is considering making these engines mandatory for the automobile industry, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday while asserting that the move will help farmers and boost the Indian economy. Addressing Rotary District Conference 2020-21 virtually, Gadkari said that the price of alternative fuel …

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Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric
3 years, 8 months ago

Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric

The Independent  

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