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Drilling the Cornfield

10 hours ago ago from Citizen Energy

Transportation Policy Analyst, Lena Pons The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Dec. 1 that it would defer deciding on a request by Growth Energy, an ethanol trade group, to increase the allowable blending percent of ethanol in gasoline from 10 to 15 percent.  Public Citizen commented in July on the petition, strongly urging that EPA deny the request for a waiver.  EPA’s  is expected to make a final determination in June ...

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How Do You Define Cellulose Ethanol?

16 hours ago ago from Environmental bio fuel

Cellulose ethanol is different from the first generation of this alternative fuel, because conventional ethanol is made from corn and other soft starches. This has led to critics of the first generation fuel to contend that alternative fuels take away from the global food supply and contribute to world hunger and famine in certain areas. Cellulosic ethanol production does not involve this drawback, because no food crops or fertile crop land ...

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RFS not in line with Ethanol Production, Demand Levels

11 hours ago ago from The Sugarcane Blog

Citing a report by Northwestern University's Medill School , the ethanol industry is concerned that there won't be enough capacity and demand in the U.S. to meet the legislative requirements for annual increases in ethanol production, especially because the number of ethanol plants under construction is on the decline. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acknowledges the problem and plans to implement a notice-and-comment rulemaking ...

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