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Ethanol Biofuels Mandate On Alert
Texas Rep. Pete Olson, along with more than a dozen cosponsors reintroduced legislation this week that would permit natural gas-based ethanol to compete with corn-based ethanol for a federal biofuels mandate.[read more]
EU Energy: Internal Market, Energy Efficiency, and Climate Change [VIDEO]
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Hughes Belin, leading energy journalist for viEUws - the EU Policy Broadcaster, provides an extensive update on the latest policy developments and what to expect for the near future in the field of energy policy.[read more]
EU Tension Over Biofuels Cap Intensifies
By capping the production of these fuels, the European Union is hoping to create a larger production capacity for "second generation" biofuels, which are hoped to provide a more environmental friendly long-term solution.[read more]
Biofuels Suffering from High Corn Prices and Dropping Demand
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Nearly 10 percent of US ethanol plants have stopped production over the past year, the drought having pushed commodity prices so high that ethanol has become too expensive to produce.[read more]
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