Archive for May, 2009
S.C. Passes Ethanol Law Challenged by Oil Companies
S.C. passes ethanol law challenged by oil companies
By Seanna Adcox, Associated Press Writer
USA Today
June 26, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina fuel distributors must have access to pure gasoline needed to make their own ethanol blends under a law that supporters say is first in the nation and will save customers at the pump.
Industry experts say [...]
Why Big Oil Should Not be Allowed to Monopolize the Blender’s Tax Credit
Why Big Oil Should Not be Allowed to Monopolize the Blender’s Tax Credit
By Brian J. Donovan
Renergie
May 31, 2009
The issue is whether state legislatures should allow oil companies, or affiliates of oil companies, to have a monopoly on blending fuel ethanol with unblended gasoline.
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 established the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax [...]
Getting Ethanol Right
Getting Ethanol Right
The New York Times
Editorial
May 24, 2009
Representative Collin Peterson is furious that the Environmental Protection Agency is doing its job. The Minnesota Democrat says the agency is trying to kill off the biofuels industry — to the dismay of the corn farmers and ethanol producers he represents. He has vowed to vote against [...]
Automakers Support Obama Administration’s Development of National Program for Reducing Carbon Emissions and Fuel Consumption
Automakers Support Obama Administration’s Development of National Program for Reducing Carbon Emissions and Fuel Consumption
Green Car Congress
18 May 2009
The US auto industry, via the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, is lining up to support a new national, harmonized program to reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption that President Obama will announce on Tuesday, 19 May.
EPA [...]
Thune: EPA rules may ‘kill’ ethanol in America
Thune: EPA rules may ‘kill’ ethanol in America
Members of South Dakota’s congressional delegation on Wednesday lashed out at what they perceive as “questionable” and “ridiculous” land-use models that they feel could devastate the American biofuels industry.
By: Korrie Wenzel
The Daily Republic
May 14, 2009
Members of South Dakota’s congressional delegation on Wednesday lashed out at what [...]
Ethanol Bankruptcy Filing a Blow to Biofuels Industry
Ethanol bankruptcy filing a blow to biofuels industry
Bumpy road for ethanol
By BRETT CLANTON
Houston Chronicle
May 11, 2009
The bankruptcy filing last week by Texas’ largest ethanol producer deals yet another blow to the state’s struggling biofuels sector and is part of a broader industry downturn that analysts say may claim other victims before it is done.
Dallas-based [...]
Biofuel Production And Water Scarcity: A Drink-Or-Drive Issue?
Biofuel Production And Water Scarcity: A Drink-Or-Drive Issue?
Dr. Joel G. Burken, professor of environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), in his greenhouse at Missouri S&T, where he studies the use of poplar trees to remove pollutants from soil. (Credit: Photo by B.A. Rupert/Missouri University of Science and Technology)
ScienceDaily (May 11, [...]
How Much Oil Have We Used?
How Much Oil Have We Used?
Green Car Congress
9 May 2009
Estimates of how much crude oil humans have extracted from the planet vary wildly (as do estimates on how much remains). UK researchers have published a new estimate of total crude oil extracted in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology that suggests we [...]
Valero May Close Memphis Plant if State Law Passes
Valero may close Memphis plant if state law passes
By Janet McGurty
May 8, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The future of Tennessee’s only oil refinery is in jeopardy if a law passes the state’s general assembly on May 13 that would require it to supply unblended gasoline to fuel wholesalers.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which [...]
Laboratory Will Not Certify Pumps for Gas With 15 Percent Ethanol
Laboratory Will Not Certify Pumps for Gas With 15 Percent Ethanol
By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN
The New York Times
May 10, 2009
GROUPS representing the nation’s service station operators say they fear the possible legal and economic consequences of increasing the amount of ethanol in gasoline to 15 percent, from 10 percent, a change that ethanol producers have urged the [...]
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