The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) biofuel program is doing more harm than good by killing endangered species, according to a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration. The lawsuit (pdf), filed in mid-July at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), challenges the EPA’s fuel-volume requirements for corn ethanol and other…
The People React at Tucker Carlson Forum with 2024 Candidates
July 15, 2023
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Midwesterners have a reputation for restraint. But the audience at the July 14 Iowa GOP candidate forum didn’t hold back as journalist Tucker Carlson deftly drew out his conversation partners. While biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy received a standing ovation from the heavily Christian crowd, former Vice President Mike Pence’s evangelical bona fides didn’t carry him…
Iowans React to Tucker Carlson’s Forum With 2024 Candidates
July 15, 2023
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Midwesterners have a reputation for restraint. But the audience at the July 14 Iowa GOP candidate forum didn’t hold back as journalist Tucker Carlson deftly drew out his conversation partners. While biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy received a standing ovation from the heavily Christian crowd, former Vice President Mike Pence’s evangelical bona fides didn’t carry him…
Trump Touts Farm Record in Iowa Rally
July 7, 2023
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With the Iowa caucus slowly drawing nearer, 2024 hopeful Donald J. Trump made the case that he was “the most pro-farmer president that you’ve ever had” at a rally in Council Bluffs, a town across the Missouri River from Nebraska. To support his case, Mr. Trump ran through a long list of actions he’d taken…
EPA Criticized Over ‘Disappointing’ Ethanol Mandates in New Renewable Fuel Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 21 unveiled its Renewable Fuel Standard, increasing the amount of biofuels that American refiners must blend into the nation’s fuel supplies from 2023 to 2025, but keeping in place lower mandates for homegrown corn-based ethanol. Under the new fuel standards, biofuel blending volumes are set at 20.94 billion gallons in 2023,…
Worker Killed, 4 Injured in Nebraska Ethanol Plant Explosion
WOOD RIVER, Neb.—One worker died and four others were injured in an explosion at an ethanol plant in eastern Nebraska. The explosion was reported Monday afternoon at a Green Plains ethanol plant in Wood River, which is about 160 miles west of Omaha. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal Agency said firefighters found a liquid holding…
EXCLUSIVE: Foreign Company With Troubled Past Buys Into Massive Midwest Carbon Capture Project
July 27, 2022
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Midwest landowners fighting the construction of a 2,000-mile web of carbon-capture pipelines are upset to learn that the company seeking easements on their lands is funded by foreign investors, including at least one with a troubling history. Summit Carbon Solutions aims to build a pipeline through hundreds of farms and other private properties in Iowa,…
Foreign Company With Troubled Past Buys Into Massive Midwest Carbon Capture Project
July 27, 2022
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Midwest landowners fighting the construction of a 2,000-mile web of carbon-capture pipelines are upset to learn that the company seeking easements on their lands is funded by foreign investors, including at least one with a troubling history. Summit Carbon Solutions aims to build a pipeline through hundreds of farms and other private properties in Iowa,…
Biden’s Mandates for Increased Production of Ethanol Are Wrong-Headed
Commentary On Friday, June 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will require American refiners to blend a record amount of ethanol and other biofuels into the country’s fuel supply. Reactions were mixed. Corn farmers in Iowa, where more than 40 percent of each year’s corn crop is turned into fuel, were…
Biden to Allow Higher-Ethanol Gas in Summer; Shanghai Locals Can’t Get Medical Care | NTD Business
There’s no sign of consumer prices coming down, with inflation hitting another record high in March. What was the biggest driver? President Joe Biden is allowing more ethanol in gasoline this summer, to fight high prices. What impact will it have at the pump? Some people in Shanghai are dying from the city’s strict lockdown…
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