Winter 2000
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...
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