ethanol subsidies
Taxpayer Supports for Corn Ethanol in Federal Legislation April 2013
Since its creation of the domestic market for corn ethanol after the energy crisis of the 1970s, ...
US looks ahead after ethanol subsidy expires
Doug Koplow of the policy consulting firm Earth Track said that the mandate is effectively anoth ...
Pending convergence of subsidies to primary materials and ethanol?
My first stint in the world of subsidies was looking as federal disincentives to recycling in an analysis for the US Environmental Protection Agency. Most often these took the form of subsidi
...Biofuel Subsidies: An Overview
Earth Track presentation at the Biofuels Policy Forum briefing on April 14, 2011 in Washington, DC. The document provides an overview of the historical and projected level of subsidization to
Subsidizing US ethanol exports
Subsidy arbitrage in international trade is not a new issue. It is popping up again in the biofuels sector, this time regarding the collection of ethanol blending credits on fuel that is then
...Desconstructing specious RFA claims
I should have linked to this last month, but better late than never. Robert Rapier has done a nice review of the Renewable Fuel Association's rather exuberant claims on the impacts of killing
...Ethanol "compromise" positions: second verse, same as the first
Faced with expiration of the ethanol blender's credit in only a few months, the ethanol lobby has been working the halls Congress to fashion together a fallback mix of subsidies -- even though mand
...E-15: Pumping up the Democratic volume for mid-term elections?
According to Bloomberg, the Obama administration will momentarily announce that current blend limits of 10 percent on ethanol in gasoline will be increased to 15 percent (E-15). Rese
...Ethanol industry develops enemies list
Thanks to Ron Steenblik for making me aware of a top 10 enemies list, recently developed by Tom Waterman at The Ethanol Monitor. Alas, neither Ron nor I made it. We'll just hav
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