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Beyond the EV Hype: Embracing Ethanol as a Low-Carbon Fuel Alternative
By Former Congresswoman Cheri Bustos and former National Lab Researcher Brian West Electric vehicles are dominating the debate over the future of transportation, and the U.S. EPA is now increasing pressure on the auto industry to phase out gas powered cars and limit choices for American consumers. Despite recent polling by the Pew Research…
Updated Ethanol Fact Sheet Available
Biden Administration Lifts Restrictions on E15 For Year-Round Sales
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – After considering the burden of high gas prices on every American, President Biden announced today in Iowa that he will approve an emergency E15 waiver effective June 1. Allowing sales of E15 all over the country will not only provide fuel cost savings but will also increase American energy independence and reduce…
American Energy, Chinese Ambition & Climate Realism – American Affairs Journal
By C. Boyden Gray Article Published in November 2021 in American Affairs Journal. This article references the geopolitical insanity of throwing away America’s dominance in liquid fuels in favor of the PRC’s preference that we all buy it’s electric cars. American Energy, Chinese Ambition, and Climate Realism – American Affairs Journal…
The Race to Reduce GHGs, Dependence on Petroleum, and Provide True Environmental Justice: Where Will the Reductions Come From?
By Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Reducing greenhouse gases, decarbonizing our transportation fuels, providing environmental justice—all laudable objectives, but in the face of political, financial, and practical obstacles, can we realistically expect meaningful results in the short or even mid term? We can if we put egos aside and for some stakeholders,…
Statements about U.S. Ethanol Appeal Outcome in Peru
The Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) Tribunal announced on Jan. 29, 2021 that the U.S. ethanol industry and the U.S. government won an appeal on a countervailing duty case brought against U.S. ethanol in Peru, reversing a previous decision handed down by Peruvian authorities…
Outgoing Trump Admin Mulls Industry-wide Biofuel Wavier for Oil Refiners
New York (Reuters) – The Trump Administration is considering requests from the oil refining industry and its backers for a sweeping nationwide wavier to exempt them from their obligations to blend biofuels, a measure they argue would help them weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full article here…
IL Corn Farmers and IL Ethanol Producers Disheartened by Brazilian TRQ Expiration
Upon the expiration of the current Brazilian tariff rate quota (TRQ) yesterday and its replacement with a 20 percent tariff of all imports of U.S. ethanol, leadership of the Illinois Corn Growers Association and the Illinois Renewable Fuels Association issued the following statement: “Corn farmers rely on robust domestic and foreign ethanol markets to drive…
ICGA Welcomes Bustos’ Next Generation Fuels Act
The Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) welcomes legislation introduced by Rep. Cheri Bustos in the U.S. House of Representatives today that will boost long term corn demand for clean, affordable ethanol. “We thank Congresswoman Bustos for her representation of the Illinois corn and ethanol industries and her recognition that corn farmers have a lot to…