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"Constellation" of government ethanol support only getting brighter

In the U.S. election earlier this month, did you vote for or against corn ethanol? While ethanol may not have been on the ballot in so many words, the shift from Republican to Democratic control of Congress has had a lot of fallout in the green car world. One effect is the change of authorship of the upcoming reauthorization of the 2002 farm bill. As Forbes' Jessica Holzer tells us, the bill was slated to be written by Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, "two Republican southerners with soft spots for cotton, ... Read more →

US Senators propose ethanol pipeline Sam Abuelsamid

Two of the senior senators from mid-western corn producing states, Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN), have introduced legislation to investigate an ethanol pipeline. Currently, ethanol is ...

"Constellation" of government ethanol support only getting brighter 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the U.S. election earlier this month, did you vote for or against corn ethanol? While ethanol may not have been on the ballot in so many words, the shift from Republican to Democratic control of Congress has had a lot of fallout in the green car world. One effect is the change of authorship of ...

US Senators propose ethanol pipeline 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Two of the senior senators from mid-western corn producing states, Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN), have introduced legislation to investigate an ethanol pipeline. Currently, ethanol is mainly distributed by tankers over road and rail. The two senators are co-sponsors of a bill (S. 4003) ...


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