LINCOLN, Neb. — On Aug. 9, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced they granted 31 small refinery biofuel waivers for 2018. This follows the 54 waivers the Trump Administration granted in 2016 and 2017, which caused 2.6 billion gallons of demand destruction. These new waivers add another loss of 1.4 billion gallons, for a [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Growth Energy, the nation’s largest association of ethanol producers and supporters, today celebrated final action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowing American drivers to fuel up with E15, a fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol, all year-round. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor said the final rule will benefit drivers and [...]
On Tuesday, Governor Pete Ricketts gave the go ahead for the E-30 pilot program. The pilot program will demonstrate to consumers they're able to use higher blends of ethanol with confidence in non-flex fuel vehicles. Scott McPheeters and his son Kerry have been using higher blends of ethanol in their non-flex fuel vehicles for years. [...]
Letter to the Editor by Don Onken, Founder/President, Lightning Performance Group & Owner of the "American Ethanol" powerboat. I am responding to a September 21 piece that ran on the Lake Expo website taken from a BoatUS survey, Survey: Boaters Have Little Love for Ethanol, 83 Percent Would Choose E0 [...]