by Jane Richey | Aug 14, 2013 | Agenda 21
The petroleum industry formally asked the Obama administration on Tuesday to lower the amount of corn-based ethanol refiners must blend into transportation fuel in 2014. Failing to adjust the Renewable Fuel Standard’s blending targets could result in “severe harm to...
by Jane Richey | Apr 26, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Individuals and industry groups on both sides of the argument continue to weigh in on bipartisan legislation on Capitol Hill involving ethanol policy. The two bills are from Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia). The RFS Elimination Act would eliminate the Renewable...
by Jane Richey | Jan 16, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
A federal court on Tuesday preserved an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling that permits the sale of a high-ethanol fuel blend. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied a rehearing on the EPA decision that put fuels with a 15-percent...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Ethanol and biofuel mandates in the U.S. and Europe are fueling rising hunger in Guatemala, which now has the fourth-highest rate of child malnutrition in the world — higher than in many less developed countries in Africa: With its corn-based diet and proximity to the...
by Jane Richey | Nov 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on Friday vowed to fight against ethanol mandates during the next Congress after the Environmental Protection Agency refused to waive the regulations. “I’m disappointed that the EPA chose to disregard the impact this growing mandate will...