The just-completed legislative session stands apart from others by the availability of new money for the environment. After years of budget cuts and reallocations, state agencies now get a boost in funding, and a mandate to use it effectively.
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2013-05-23 04:02:54
The just-completed legislative session stands apart from others by the availability of new money for the environment. After years of budget cuts and reallocations, state agencies now get a boost in funding, and a mandate to use it effectively.
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2013-05-23 04:02:54
A state law that passed in 2008 requires that all gasoline sold in Florida contain between 9 and 10 percent ethanol. Although there is an exception for fuel sold for use in boats, the law has made finding ethanol-free fuel more difficult, the group said in a ...
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2013-05-21 19:07:08
Florida legislators passed a bill this year to repeal the state law that requires most gasoline sold in the state to include 10 percent ethanol. The bill, awaiting action from Gov. Rick Scott, would be largely symbolic, because federal law still requires that gasoline ...
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2013-05-21 16:46:11
“Diverting a large portion of our nation's corn supply for ethanol use has diminished corn supplies for livestock and food producers, and increased the cost of corn for consumers,” said Olsen. “We need to support HR 1462 for the benefit of our families and ...
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2013-05-21 14:23:24
Corker. According to Corker, to meet the 2013 biofuel standards, 600 million gallons of Brazilian sugar cane ethanol will need to be imported. In February, EPA proposed a new cellulosic biofuel mandate that it said complies with a court ruling that overturned ...
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2013-05-21 11:23:49
The intent was to boost the production of ethanol and other biofuels so the country could reduce its growing dependence on imported oil. At the time, President George W. Bush, a former oilman, complained that the nation was “addicted to oil.” Peak Oil, a ...
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2013-05-20 20:31:28
CALHAN - A strong effort is underway to sway governor John Hickenlooper into either signing or vetoing a new renewable energy bill. Senate Bill 13-252 mandates rural electric cooperatives produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from solar, wind and ...
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2013-05-20 20:17:19
The mandated blending of ethanol in motor fuel -- specifically when produced from corn -- is a highly controversial issue. Is it really corrosive to engines at concentrations of just 10%? What about 15% blends? Does it really cost drivers at the pump? If so, how ...
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2013-05-19 07:16:22
It is important to all of us that Congress takes action this year to modify the "ethanol mandate" which requires Americans to use a specified amount of ethanol in the gasoline for cars and trucks. Several years ago Congress set the mandated amount of ethanol ...
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2013-05-18 22:02:01
Law360, New York (May 17, 2013, 4:14 PM ET) -- A pair of U.S. senators on Thursday became the latest lawmakers to push for reforms to the federal renewable fuels standard program, introducing a bill aimed at allowing more domestic ethanol to be blended ...
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2013-05-17 15:17:25
Canada's ethanol mandate is being met in a large part by a torrent of U.S. corn ethanol flooding across the border. The five percent federal mandate requires 2.2 billion litres of ethanol to be blended into the fuel supply annually. Canadian fuel blenders ...
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2013-05-17 14:55:56
They said their bill would end imports of sugar cane ethanol from Brazil, which EPA allows, to meet an increasing portion of the RFS mandates; more properly align ethanol supplies with demand to mitigate blend wall impacts; and soften RFS's harmful effects ...
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2013-05-17 13:34:31
The initiative seeks to alter renewable portfolio standards approved in 2007 that require large utilities obtain 25 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025. Initiative sponsors want all hydroelectricity to count toward the green energy mandate.
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2013-05-16 20:58:48
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