After President Donald Trump promised Iowa voters he would unleash high-ethanol gasoline, his administration fast-tracked a plan to lift summertime restrictions on the fuel, forgoing studies of its potential price tag and hastily ending a review of the measure.
March 28, 2019ethanol
Government, Business, Fuel
Sergio Flores/Bloomberg News
EPA Rushed Ethanol Plan so Trump Could Keep Pledge, Documents Show
Sergio Flores/Bloomberg News
Government, Business, Fuel
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
Trump Advances Changes to Unleash Sales of Ethanol-Blend Gasoline
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
The Trump administration on March 12 advanced a plan meant to expand the U.S. market for corn-based ethanol and place trading restrictions on credits that refiners use to prove they are using biofuel.
March 12, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
A worker walks next to distilling tanks at a sugar cane processing facility near Sertaozinho, Brazil. (Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg News)
Trump Agencies Bicker Over Ethanol as Higher Fuel Use Looms
A worker walks next to distilling tanks at a sugar cane processing facility near Sertaozinho, Brazil. (Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg News)
President Donald Trump’s pledge to his rural agricultural base to allow year-round sales of higher blends of ethanol spurred differing opinions between key federal agencies Feb. 27.
February 28, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Mark Hirsch/Bloomberg News
George Soros Cuts Stake in Agriculture Giant ADM
Mark Hirsch/Bloomberg News
Billionaire George Soros has cut his holdings in agriculture giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. by more than half as the company contends with sluggish commodity markets amid the U.S.-China trade war.
February 15, 2019
Business, Fuel
Russ MacNeil
Sunoco Announces Fuel-Distribution Acquisition, Divestiture of Ethanol Facility
Russ MacNeil
Sunoco has acquired the wholesale fuel-distribution business from Schmitt Sales as well as certain convenience store locations from Speedway to turn into wholesale distribution sites.
January 24, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
United Soybean Board
House Panel Examines Draft Legislation for Ethanol Mandates
United Soybean Board
WASHINGTON — With the current session of Congress quickly coming to a close, the top policymaker on environmental issues in the U.S. House made sure new draft legislation on ethanol mandates he co-authored would see the light of day.
December 12, 2018
Business, Fuel
Michael Conroy/Associated Press
Marathon Considers Selling High-Ethanol Gas in Minnesota
Michael Conroy/Associated Press
Marathon Petroleum Corp., the largest U.S. oil refiner after its $23.3 billion acquisition of rival Andeavor this month, is weighing a plan to start sales of high-ethanol gasoline at its stations in Minnesota, according to people familiar with the matter.
October 22, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel
President Donald Trump in Iowa Oct. 9. (Nati Harnik/Associated Press)
Trump Lifts Sales Restrictions on Gasoline With High Ethanol Blend
President Donald Trump in Iowa Oct. 9. (Nati Harnik/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving to allow year-round sales of gasoline with higher blends of ethanol, a boon for Iowa and other farm states that have pushed for greater sales of the corn-based fuel.
October 10, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel
A research associate takes a sample of algae being cultivated for biofuel research in California. (David Maung/Bloomberg News)
Proposal to Boost to Biofuel Quotas Spurs Scorn From Ethanol Producers
A research associate takes a sample of algae being cultivated for biofuel research in California. (David Maung/Bloomberg News)
Ethanol producers and farm-state leaders blasted a Trump administration proposal that would force refiners to blend more biofuel into petroleum next year, arguing the modest planned increase is undercut by EPA waivers exempting refineries from the mandate
June 26, 2018
Business, Fuel
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
EPA Proposal Geared to Boost Ethanol Use, Official Says
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to put more ethanol in gasoline even as it reduced the consumption target established in a 2007 energy law, an EPA official said.
June 30, 2015Pages
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