Clashes over ethanol in gasoline intensify
Travel club AAA has joined the oil industry in opposing federal allowance of a higher blend of ethanol in gasoline and is calling for a suspension of the sale of E15. Opponents argue that the mixture...
View ArticleReport: E15 causes some cars’ fuel systems to fail
Automobile manufacturers and the oil industry on Tuesday released the results of laboratory tests showing that gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol caused auto parts to fail. But ethanol backers...
View ArticleEPA adds to controversial biofuel mandate
A week after a federal appeals court rejected government mandates that refineries buy millions of gallons alternative fuel that is not commercially available, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleUnusual allies fight renewable fuel standard
Humanitarians, environmentalists, farmers' advocates and refiners on Monday came together to demand changes to a renewable fuel mandate they said is wiping out wetlands and driving food costs higher.
View ArticleLawmakers pitch plan to tweak renewable mandate
Lawmakers have unveiled the first major proposal to rewrite a mandate forcing refiners to blend biofuels into gasoline, amid a growing outcry against the eight-year-old requirement.
View ArticleWhat’s the biggest threat to the Gulf of Mexico?
A Texas A&M academic gives a surprising one-word answer to the question, "What's the biggest threat to the Gulf of Mexico?" Chronicle SciGuy Eric Berger comments.
View ArticleEthanol gains against gasoline on lower supply
Ethanol gained against gasoline on speculation that lower imports and higher demand will drain stockpiles of the fuel alternative. Exports of the fuel in November, the smallest amount in two years,...
View ArticleAAA says selling E15 is irresponsible
The biofuel industry and federal government haven't done enough to warn motorists about the dangers of pumping higher ethanol blends of gasoline into older cars and trucks, the head of the American...
View ArticleEthanol credits are squeezing refiners
Refiners are paying more to meet a federal requirements to blend corn-based ethanol into gasoline, which could mean refiners’ margins will be squeezed and gasoline prices could rise, industry analysts...
View ArticleDrivers risk $13B gas-price hike as ethanol charge grows
Refiners are pushing the EPA to reduce the amount of ethanol they’re required to add to gasoline to avoid what they say will be a sharp spike in prices at the pump just as the summer driving season...
View ArticleEthanol brawl heats up between oil and corn industries
A fight between oil giants and the ethanol industry is escalating, as a new oil industry study says ethanol in fuel will hurt consumers and the economy, and ethanol producers say oil producers and...
View ArticleSenator calls for explanation of ethanol’s volatile value
The value of ethanol RINs, certificates used by refiners and the EPA to show compliance with government biofuel mandates, reached a record $1.06 on March 8, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
View ArticleEthanol weakens against gasoline on record low seasonal demand
The Energy Information Administration says ethanol stockpiles are at the lowest level in almost four months while gasoline demand is the weakest since Jan. 11, shrinking the potential pool of the motor...
View ArticleCorn supply slumps most since ’75 on ethanol profit
Corn supplies in the U.S., the biggest grower, are shrinking at the fastest pace in almost four decades as improving demand from ethanol refiners drains reserves already diminished by drought.
View ArticleBill would add natural gas-based ethanol to federal biofuels mandate
To the federal government, ethanol only counts as a conventional biofuel if it is produced from switchgrass, corn starch or other plant materials. But Texas Rep. Pete Olson wants to change that.
View ArticleEthanol production stagnates as biofuel mandates grow
While the production of tight oil and natural gas in the United States has soared in the last two year, ethanol producers are only making slightly more of the biofuel than at the beginning of 2012,...
View ArticleAPI: Federal renewable fuel mandate causes more emissions
A federal mandate for renewable fuels is doing nothing to slash greenhouse gas emissions, according to the oil industry's biggest trade group.
View ArticleClimate change trend likely to thwart biofuel goals, study says
The United States is unlikely to meet current biofuel goals if the climate continues to evolve as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to a new study by Rice University...
View ArticleEthanol leading to a corn-based bubble
A corn-based bubble is building on the horizon, with expectations of a large oversupply of high-priced ethanol that has nowhere to go.
View ArticleFast food chains put renewable fuel mandate repeal on the menu
Chain restaurants on Thursday launched a campaign aimed at repealing a renewable fuel mandate they say is hiking costs for franchisees nationwide.
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