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Tag Archives: food vs. fuel
Fast Food vs. Fuel
The National Council of Chain Restaurants, a member of the Smarter Fuel Future coalition that includes national petroleum refining and meat producer trade groups, recently launched a new front in the effort to dismantle the Renewable Fuel Standard. The group released a study compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers, an editorial in the Wall Street Journal and followed up with a round of lobbying on Capitol Hill. The claims made in the NCCR-funded report are at best unrealistic. Read More >
Diverting Attention from Rising Food Costs
The EPA on Friday Nov. 16 rejected the petitions by governors of several states to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard for the coming year. The petitions were filed in August 2012 while farmers across numerous states suffered the worst drought in recent history. While everyone recognized the severe economic hardships caused by the drought, the agency found that the evidence did not show that the RFS “would likely or even probably cause harm to the Read More >
Food Before Fuel Is a Fight Between the States
Large swaths of the United States have experienced extreme and exceptional drought conditions this year. And the USDA has predicted lower yields and supply for corn through the remainder of the year. This has touched off a revival of the food before fuel debate, with very few speaking up on behalf of the fuel side. Governors from eight states – Delaware, Maryland, Arkansas, North Carolina, Georgia, New Mexico, Texas and Virginia – have written EPA Read More >
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Tags: Arkansas, corn, corn ethanol, corn prices, Delaware, EPA, Food and Fuel, food before fuel, food vs. fuel, Georgia, maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, renewable fuel standard, RFS, Texas, Texas waiver request, Virginia, waiver request
Tags: Arkansas, corn, corn ethanol, corn prices, Delaware, EPA, Food and Fuel, food before fuel, food vs. fuel, Georgia, maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, renewable fuel standard, RFS, Texas, Texas waiver request, Virginia, waiver request
Poultry, Beef Producers Tell Their Story to House Ag Committee
On Sept. 14, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a public hearing to examine the issue of feed availability and its effect on the livestock, dairy, and poultry industries. Members of the subcommittee heard testimony from animal producers and their industry associations, who as a group called for an end to the Renewable Fuel Standard and other biofuel support policies or at minimum a suspension of the RFS if corn supplies Read More >
It's Food AND Fuel
Last week SustainableBusiness.com posted the story, “Bill To Extend Ethanol Tax Credit Reignites Fuel vs. Food Debate.” They write, A bill introduced in the US House last week would extend ethanol tax credits for another five years, to 2015. This tax credit is set to expire on December 31, 2010. If extended, the tax credits will provide the conventional ethanol industry with $30 billion over five years. They quoted Kate McMahon, Energy Policy Campaigner at Read More >
