California Waiver EPA Denies California's Waiver Request The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ended the longstanding battle... Environmental Activists Praise Decision for Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gases The Renewable Action Project, a national coalition of environmental groups... Congressional News Lawmakers Seek Expanded Role for Ethanol in National Energy Policy As the Congress debates the Administration's energy policy... Congressional Legislation View bills addressing fuel issues, including ethanol and MTBE... News From Federal Agencies USDA Announces Sugar Sale to Ethanol Producers With a large surplus of sugar in the U.S.... U.S. EPA Proposes Final Rule to Recognize Ethanol's Carbon Monoxide Benefits The U.S. EPA is finalizing a rule... States' Ethanol News New Hampshire Seeks Waiver from Reformulated Gasoline Oxygenate Standard Seeking to address statewide water contamination... Williams Announces Ethanol Storage Agreement in California Williams Bioenergy announced ethanol storage agreement... State Legislative News Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and Washington... National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition and E85 General Motors Encourages Ethanol Use Among Employees In an effort to encourage ethanol use... First E85 Station to Open in Maryland  The Maryland Grain Producers Association... Vehicle Competitions Future Truck Competition Showcases Environmental Benefits of Ethanol University Students participating in the 2001...

Administration Administration Releases Energy Policy Plan, Calling for Increased Ethanol Use With a strong emphasis on increased production of oil, natural gas and nuclear power... Ethanol Studies California Report Documents Benefits of In-state Ethanol Industry A report completed earlier this year by the California Energy Commission... The Courts  Court Rules Against Oxygenated Fuels Association in New York Law Suit The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York... New Plants and Technology National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Broin Collaborate to Improve Dry Mill Production Efficiencies The National Renewable Energy Laboratory announced a one-year... U.S. Ethanol Industry Continues to Set Monthly Productions Records Over the past 20 months... USDA Bioenergy Program Participants Announced  A total of 34 ethanol production facility expansions are anticipated... U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Looks to Improve Ethanol Production Efficiencies Research at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Albany, California... New Plant Opens in Missouri The opening of Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative represents... Increasing Ethanol Use Could Save U.S. Consumers $57 Billion As the Congress and Administration work to formulate... National Expansion Underway According to national ethanol industry sources... Coalition News Coalition Committee Assignment Updates Several changes have been made in the membership of some... Coalition Correspondence Over the last several months a number of letters have been sent... Next Coalition Meeting The next meeting of the Governors' Ethanol Coalition will be held in... New Members South Carolina Becomes 26th Coalition Member In March, South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges...