Congressional News New Congress Expected to Pick Up MTBE Battle Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Bob Smith... Congressional Leadership for the 107th Congress The Senate Committee Chairmen and House Committee Chairmen... News From Federal Agencies Commodity Credit Corporation Announces Bioenergy Program Sign Up September The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced details... New Virtual Bioenergy Center Announced The Commodity Credit Corporation recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking... Report Shows Granting California Waiver Will Result in Increased Aromatics In A report demonstrates that in the absence of oxygenates... States' Ethanol News Legislation Funds Conversion of Rice Straw to Ethanol in California The State of California has passed legislation that provides up to $2 million... Tosco Switches From MTBE to Ethanol in Californa The Recent news accounts have reported that Tosco Corporation, the largest... Oil Companies Increase MTBE Use in Northern California The California Energy Commission's second quarter report of MTBE... Minnesota Celebrates Opening of 50th E85 Station The Cannon Valley Cooperative (Cenex) recently began operation of the... Nebraska Undertakes Ethanol Promotion Campaign The State of Nebraska, led by Coalition Chairman and Governor Mike Johanns... Blends of Ethanol/Diesel Tested in Nebraska Bus Demonstration The Lincoln, Nebraska Mayor Don Wesley recently announced the start of a demonstration... No MTBE to be Transported in Longhorn Pipeline Nebraska As part of an agreement to reopen it's pipeline, Longhorn Partners Pipeline has agreed... States That Have Restricted or Banned the Use of MTBE  These states have taken action to ban or restrict the use of MTBE... Cities Act to Limit MTBE Use Chicago recently became the first city to ban the use of MTBE, following a unanimous... National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition and E85            New E85 Pumps to Open in Ohio and New Mexico Ohio -- The first publica access E85 stations in Ohio are to open this spring... General Motors to Build Flex-Fuel E85 Sport Utility Vehicles in 2002  Beginning in Model Year 2002, General Motors will build full-size sport utility vehicles...

Administration Bush Administration Promises Ethanol Support President George W. Bush, a former member of the Governors' Ethanol Coalition expressed... Clinton Administration Decides Not to Grant California Waiver; Decision Rests with Bush The Clinton Administration came to an end without acting on California's request for a waiver Ethanol Studies Poll Finds Majority of Voters Choose Candidates That Support Ethanol A Nationwide public opinion poll found that eight out of 10 Americans said they were... Report Challenges Environmental Community to Rethink Ethanol Position The institute for Local Self-Reliance has released a report advocating the swift transition... U.S. Government Accounting Office Report Shows Oil Industry Tax Breaks Dwarf Ethanol Incentive The According to a new General Accounting Office report released by U.S. Seantor Tom Harkin... International News  Thailand to Begin Ethanol Use in 2002 The Thai government's National Ethanol Committee announced plans... Canada Ethanol Production to Triple in Three Years Canada's ethanol industry is in a major expansion to meet growing demand... New Plants and Technology Ethanol Industry Achieves New Production Record The U.S. ethanol industry produced a record 1.63 billion gallons of ethanol... Novozymes Recieves U.S. Department of Energy Funding for Enzyme Development The Novozymes Biotech, Inc., a U.S.-based subsidiary of Novozymes A/S, has been awarded... Federal Funds Released for Ethanol Research Plant  Federal Funds in the amount of $13.86 million have been released from the U.S. Department... Corn Fiber Research Project Announced The A two-year research collaberatoin between the National Corn Growers Association and... Coalition News  Minnesota Recieves Governors' Ethanol Coalition Award The state of Minnesota was awarded the Coalition's annual Leadership Award for its... Washington Governor Locke Joins Coalition The addition of Washington Governor Gary Locke to the Governors' Ethanol Coalition... Governor Vilsack Reflects on Term as Coalition Chairman Immediate Past Coalition Chairman, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack made the following... Coalition's 2001 Leadership Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns takes over from Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as Chairman... State Representatives Lead Committees The committee chairs for the Coalition were selected for 2001... Next Coalition Meeting Immediate The next meeting of the Governors' Ethanol Coaltion will be held in conjunction...