In Washington, South Dakota Senator John Thune is meeting with the director of President Bush’s economic council to push for an E20 mandate to increase demand for ethanol. Thune said that lack of support from automakers was unimportant compared to the importance of reducing US dependence on foreign oil.
The Biofuels Digest 2007 Oil Independence Report showed that Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa will produce more ethanol fuel in 2007 than each state consumes in gasoline fuel. Ethanol production was to 260 percent, 217 percent and 189 percent of each state’s annual gasoline fuel consumption, respectively.
The National Center for Policy Analysis released a study concluding that US policymakers should study Brazil's oil production efforts, rather than ethanol production, in order to reduce US dependence ...
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) announced that the Senate farm bill will provide $200 million in producer incentives to produce and deliver energy-dedicated crops such as corn cobs, perennial...
In Australia, the head of the largest national motorist organization, the NRMA, said that alternative fuels and ethanol are a must for Australia, and applauded the decision by the New South Wales gove...
From Public Agenda and Foreign Affairs: The Spring 2008 edition of the "Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index" from Public Agenda and Foreign Affairs shows that 60 percent of Americans say reducing ...
Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska: "I'll admit, corn-based ethanol's not perfect, but it's been blamed for practically every problem under the sun. What's next? Summer colds? Computer viruses? Bad hair d...
In South Africa, trade and industry minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said the highly-anticipated South African biofuels strategy has been finalized and will be submitted to the Cabinet for consideration. Howe...
