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Oct. 12, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
In November, the EPA will make a decision that could mitigate the higher food prices and job losses we're seeing across the country and abroad right now thanks to our federal biofuels mandate–the Renewable Fuel Standard. In August, eight sta...
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Oct. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
When Congress established the Renewable Fuel Standard –our federal biofuels mandate – they probably weren’t hoping to incentivize invasive species, choke rivers, or increase wildfires. But, if the EPA approves giant reed (Arundo ...
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Aug. 7, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
Today a bipartisan group of 26 senators urged EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to use her authority to reduce the corn ethanol mandate in the Renewable Fuel Standard. With record droughts spreading across the country, corn harvests are shrinking an...
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Aug. 6, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
If you haven't noticed from the frostbite-inducing air conditioning in your office yet, it's been hot this summer. Really really hot--and dry. In fact, more than half of the counties in the country have now been labeled "disaster areas" by the Dep...
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Aug. 1, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
As the drought continues to wreak havoc on our corn crops, the Renewable Fuel Standard – our federal mandate for corn ethanol and other biofuels – has come under fire. Due to the mandate, we’re currently using 40% of our corn in ...
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Jul. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
This past Tuesday, Steven Colbert of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report discussed how the current drought -- the worst in 50 years-- will raise food prices around the country and destabilize the corn ethanol market. Colbert and his guest, Iowa St...
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Nov. 21, 2011 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
As you sit down for Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family this year, imagine looking across the table and not seeing a turkey. It may be hard to fathom, but it is a reality too many Americans face this year.
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Sep. 15, 2011 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
On September 15, 2011, McDonald’s and 14 other chain restaurants called on the super committee to go on a diet by cutting back on corn subsidies. Citing high corn prices, the National Council of Chain Restaurants and many of its members urg...
Read More »Jul. 28, 2011 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
A new report by Friends of the Earth, Corn Ethanol and Climate Change, demonstrates how the Renewable Fuel Standard, in spite of its climate protections, increases environmental degradation. The RFS, which mandates the production of 36 billion ga...
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Jun. 17, 2011 / Posted by: Rebecca Connors / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Becca connors, Biofuels, Ethanol
On June 16, 2011, the Senate voted 73-27 to end the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. This major victory against dirty corn ethanol had strong bipartisan support across the political spectrum, including some of the Senate’s most progress...
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