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AGRIBUSINESS: RFS opponents launch new Hill campaign

February 05, 2013 | WHOTV | Agriculture , Energy

  A coalition of opponents of the Renewable Fuel Standard held a telephone news conference today to announce they are launching a new... Read More

Ethanol slowdown not enough, say mandate critics

February 05, 2013 | Lincoln Journal Star | Agriculture , Energy

Never in the history of corn-based ethanol have so many Nebraska ethanol plants been idle. “This would be the largest drop we’ve ever... Read More

Ohio nuclear centrifuge project uncertain

February 05, 2013 | Cincinnati.com | Energy

WASHINGTON — As the 113th Congress gets under way and President Barack Obama begins a second term, some possible shifts in federal energy... Read More

Strange bedfellows unite to bash RFS

February 05, 2013 | Des Moines Register (AP) | Agriculture , Energy

The country’s Renewable Fuel Standard has done something few things in Washington can: bring together a diverse set of interests for a... Read More

Unusual allies fight renewable fuel standard

February 05, 2013 | Fuel Fix | Agriculture , Energy

Humanitarians, environmentalists, farmers’ advocates and refiners on Monday came together to demand changes to a renewable fuel mandate they... Read More

Sen. Murkowski backs calls to reevaluate biofuel mandate

February 05, 2013 | The Hill | Agriculture , Energy

The Senate Energy Committee’s top Republican said Monday that she is “in good company” with congressional calls to reevaluate a... Read More

ACE responds to Big Oil’s ethanol, RFS criticism

February 05, 2013 | Ethanol Producer Magazine | Agriculture , Energy

The Environmental Working Group joined a variety of other organizations today to call for the reform of the renewable fuel standard (RFS),... Read More

Fate of Piketon plant murky

February 04, 2013 | The Chillicothe Gazette | Energy

WASHINGTON — As the 113th Congress gets under way and President Barack Obama begins a second term, some possible shifts in federal energy... Read More

Stand Up for the RFS; Don’t Forget to Comment

February 01, 2013 | BioMass Magazine | Agriculture , Energy

The petroleum industry is continuing its campaign to dismantle and repeal the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The Environmental Working... Read More

Farm Bill’s Corporate Welfare Is Unacceptable

January 30, 2013 | U.S. News | Agriculture

One of the lesser discussed components of the recent fiscal cliff deal was a nine month extension of the farm bill, a trillion dollar piece... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More