Fall 2000

Congressional News Senate Committee Approves Legislation to Phase out MTBE, Promote Ethanol On September 7, the Senate Environment and Public Works... Midwest, Northeast Governors Agree on Legislative Principles to Remove MTBE The amendment introduced at the start of the mark-up by Chairman Smith... Legislation to Correct Small Producer Tax Credit Introduced Senator Rod Grams of Minnesota has introduced legislation that would amend... Ethanol to Benefit from Farm Aid Law Farm aid legislation signed into law earlier this summer includes... News From Federal Agencies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Receives Comments on Proposed Volatile Organic Compounds Adjustments to Reformulated Gasoline Program September 11 was the deadline for comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection... Incentive Program for Increased Ethanol Production Proposed by US Department of Agriculture The Commodity Credit Corporation recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking... Initial Federal Trade Commission Report Says Reformulated Gasoline Rules Unlikely Culprit of Gas Price Increase In a status report provided to Congress on July 28, the Federal Trade Commission... States' Ethanol News Ethanol/Diesel Blend to Be Tested in Nebraska Buses The municipal bus system in Lincoln, Nebraska, was selected as one of the first... $315,000 to Boost Nebraska Ethanol Sales Nebraska corn and ethanol producers, with the help of Nebraska Governor... New Plants and Technology Scientists Discover Value-Added Use for Ethanol Co-Product The Agricultural Research Service has discovered a process that converts ethanol... Cargill Dow Awarded $2 Million to Expand Development of Biobased Chemicals The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Cargill Dow, a joint venture between Cargill Inc... Vehicle Competitions Maryland E85 FutureTruck Entry Ties for First Surging to the finish line, the team from the University of Maryland in their E85-powered...

Editorials, Quotes & News Congress Needs to Act on MTBE "Superman is faster than a speeding bullet. Congress is more like a turtle slogging... A Time to Choose "Many in the environmental community embrace the idea of a performance... Ethanol Offers Solution for High Fuel Price, Dependence "Considering the current plight of corn producers, and given the recent high... Points Worth Remembering "The most recent studies by the U.S. Department of Energy... A Senator Touts ETBE, not MTBE "As we attempt to deal with the water contamination problems resulting from leaking... Ethanol Studies Air Quality in California Expected to Decline in Absence of Oxygenates, Analysis Shows If the state of California moves to non-oxygenated fuels, the air quality benefits... Ethanol Demand Projected to Grow by 10 Percent a Year According to a study by the Freedonia Group, the demand for ethanol's use as a fuel... International News  U.S to Ship Ethano to Brazil Archer Daniels Midland has announced hat it will send 20 million... Thailand and Ford to Explore Use of Ethanol to Replace Improted Oil The Thai government and Ford Motor Company will jointly work to use farm... Sugar Growers See Ethanol as Solution for Surplus, Low Prices Speakers at a world sugar conference told growers a surge in oil prices was... National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition and E-85            American Lung Association of Minnesota to Award E85 Purchasers As part of a new Clean Air Choice fuel awareness program, the American Lung Association...   14+ New E85 Pumps to Open in Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Baltimore and S.E. Wisconsin Four different federal Clean City grants totaling $400,000 will finance expansion... 40 E85 Stations in Minneapolis/St. Paul by End of Summer Last year, Ford Motor Company spent $1 million developing retail alternative fuel stations... Ethanol Coalition News Coalition Bylaw Revision Underway The policy commitee members of the Coalition, Minnesota Representative... Coalition to Meet in Des Moines in November The final meeting of Coalition members for 2000 will be...

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