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Other Voices: Why corn farmers can't ignore Epa's latest ethanol edict

2015-06-05 17:51:25| Agriculture - Topix.net

The ethanol combine suffered another setback last month when U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials unveiled proposed rules that cut the amount of the alternative fuel refiners must use. The EPA proposal would reduce the minimum required volume of corn-based ethanol in gasoline to 13.4 billion gallons in 2015 and 14 billion gallons in 2016 across the country - below a congressional target of 15 billion gallons for each year.

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EPA's take on 'blend wall' a horror story for all in biofuel fight

2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Greenwire: U.S. EPA's handling of the ethanol "blend wall" in its proposed renewable fuel targets nods to both the ethanol and oil industries but does little to please either. "It reads a little bit like 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,'" said Geoff Cooper, senior vice president for the Renewable Fuels Association. Just as Henry Jekyll bounces between civilized doctor and monster in the Robert Louis Stevenson classic tale, says Cooper and others in the biofuel fight, EPA's proposal careens from one extreme to...

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Kentucky is already on track to meet EPAs carbon emissions goals, analyses indicate

2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

WFPL: Kentucky is on track to comply with the EPAs upcoming federal regulations on greenhouse gas emissionseven if no further actions are taken. The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report Wednesday outlining Kentuckys progress in complying with the yet-to-be announced federal standard. It estimates that by 2020, the first year the state will have to meet greenhouse gas limits, Kentucky will have already cut its emissions to 113 percent of the goal. In all, 14 states are on track to meet or...

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EDF Statement On EPA's Water Study Of Hydraulic Fracturing For Oil and Gas

2015-06-04 15:17:09| oilandgasonline Home Page

The U.S. EPA today issued findings from its long-awaited national study to better understand impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. The impact of this pervasive and large-scale practice on our water supply is both large and the least understood environmental risk of the nation’s oil and gas boom.

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