Showing posts with label Ethanol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethanol. Show all posts

Friday, June 27, 2008

Texas governor pressures feds to cut ethanol production

From The News Tribune, June 25, 2008...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, supported by livestock producers concerned about rising feed prices, increased his effort Tuesday to pressure the federal government to cut ethanol production requirements in half.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Perry requests waiver from ethanol mandate

From Austin Business Journal, June 25, 2008...

The increasing use of grain-based ethanol for fuel is causing a crisis in the livestock industry, Texas Gov. Rick Perry says.

Gov. Perry on Tuesday joined the livestock industry and business leaders from Texas and across the country to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a 50 percent waiver from its Renewable Fuel Standards mandate for grain-based ethanol. Perry made his initial waiver request in late April, at which time the EPA granted a comment period to consider the appeal. The comment period ended on Monday.

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