by rethinkethanol | Nov 16, 2017 | Featured Writing
Ted Cruz confirms his hold on Northey nomination The Texas Senator sent a letter to Iowa’s governor this week by Matthew Patane U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, confirmed this week that he will hold up the nomination of Bill Northey to a federal agriculture post...
by rethinkethanol | Sep 8, 2017 | Featured Writing
President Trump, ethanol is bad for your voters by The Washington Examiner | May 12, 2017 “Ethanol is here to stay,” newly confirmed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced last weekend, “and we’re going to work for new technologies to be more efficient.” Perdue...
by rethinkethanol | Jul 25, 2017 | The Ugly Truth
There Are Smart Biofuels, and There Are Dumb Ones, Too To meet mandates set out by a 2007 law, American refineries are blending in progressively larger amounts of ethanol distilled from food crops, specifically corn. On paper, that may sound great—we’re boosting...
by rethinkethanol | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured Writing
OPED: Ethanol mandate must be reformed by David A. Imgrund, National Wildlife Federation The road to hell, they say, is paved with good intentions. The road to a slowly unfolding environmental disaster was similarly paved, it seems. The Renewable Fuel Standard was a...
by rethinkethanol | Jun 20, 2017 | Featured Writing
Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source. Renewable biofuels can come with hidden economic and environmental issues, and the question of whether corn is better utilized as food...
