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Source: ThinkstockAs expected, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed rules on Friday to reduce the amount of ethanol required to be blended with gasoline in 2014. After a...
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Source: ThinkstockBattered by a host of complaints from refiners and blenders, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reported to be considering a reduction to the amount of ethanol...
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Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued a final rule for the amount of renewable fuels to be added to the nation’s transportation fuel supply in 2013. Oil...
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Source: ThinkstockThree tanker cars filled with ethanol are leaking the fuel from a CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) train that derailed at the Port of Tampa. Fifteen cars are off the track and firefighters are...
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Source: ThinkstockBy now, anyone paying any attention to gasoline prices has run into the term “blend wall,” which is the point at which mandated ethanol production matches or exceeds ethanol...
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Source: ThinkstockWe have been on the price of ethanol credits since they rocketed to $1.00 earlier this year. Today, the price soared to $1.25, an increase of more than 2,000% since the beginning of...
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Source: ThinkstockThe impact of biofuel production on food prices has been disputed not so much on the basis of whether there is such an impact, but rather about the dimension of that impact. Many...
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Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its annual report on U.S. ethanol production capacity for 2013. The 193 U.S. ethanol plants have a total capacity of...
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Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has sent a proposal to President Obama spelling out the details of a sale of as much as 400,000 tons of surplus sugar to U.S. ethanol makers....
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Source: ThinkstockU.S. drivers are using less gasoline than they were five years ago, due primarily to improved mileage ratings on new cars and fewer miles driven. Contributing to the lower demand...
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Source: ThinkstockBrazil is the world’s largest producer of ethanol, which the country’s producers make from sugar cane stalks. The bad news is that lower petroleum prices have cut demand for...
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Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday proposed new rules and percentage standards for 2013 biofuel consumption. The agency wants U.S. drivers to use 16.55 billion...
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Source: ThinkstockFalling U.S. demand for gasoline has combined with high corn prices to force the closure of several U.S. ethanol plants. Ethanol makers are actually losing money on every gallon of...
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In something of a surprise today, corn prices gave back nearly all the gains they made in August, closing at the Chicago Board of Trade at $8.13/bushel. That’s a 12% drop in the last week and a 7%...
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Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.50 on $34.66 billion in revenue this morning. EPS was up sharply from $1.31 in the same period a year ago, and...
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