VEETC
US looks ahead after ethanol subsidy expires
Doug Koplow of the policy consulting firm Earth Track said that the mandate is effectively anoth ...
Parsing half-truths on the end of VEETC
Below is an article on the end of VEETC titled "Looking at Life With an Ethanol Subsidy," published in Farm Futures on December 28th. In only a few short paragraphs, it captures so m
...Biofuels roundup: July 11, 2011 - death of VEETC, corn as cellulosic and biodiesel, and caveat emptor on E15
Lots of action on the biofuels front to talk about: VEETC near death? Corn wiggling its way into advanced ethanol and biodiesel mandates. E15 gets a cool new warning label, but au
...New report quantifies subsidies to oil and gas
With pressure building in Congress to strip out at least the most obvious subsidies to oil and gas, Taxyapers for Common Sense has released a new http://taxpayer.net/user_uploads/file/Ener
...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
Crying Wolf on VEETC
In the area of fixed income, one shouldn't be betting against Bill Gross of Pimco. The man is a walking, talking fixed income encyclopedia and routinely makes astute calls on bond trends and
...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
...Biofuels trade press acknowledges excise tax credits duplicate renewable fuel standards
During the early part of 2010, when the volumetric ethanol excise tax exemption (VEETC) looked like it was heading towards elimination, ethanol industry contortionist Bob Dinneen of the Renewable F
...Subsidies to ethanol and nukes move forward due to Congressional spine malfunction
Spineless subsidies part 1: Ethanol
...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
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