Last week's Senate Ag Committee vote didn't advance the Farm Bill, and Senator Klobuchar says a one-year SNAP cost delay isn't enough. She's pushing for two years and says talks with Chairman Boozman are continuing.
Arkansas Senator John Boozman released a revised Farm Bill just before a scheduled Thursday markup, with provisions covering E15 gasoline, SNAP error rates, and support for rural farming communities.
A new study from Growth Energy found nationwide access to E15 could save drivers billions in annual fuel costs, create new jobs, and return billions to the U.S. economy. The study, conducted by ABF Economics, follows months of record-high gas prices across the country and President Biden's emergency waiver to allow the sale of E15 for the 2022 summer driving season.
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President Joe Biden Tuesday announced the EPA is taking steps to allow for summertime E15 sales. To make E15 available in the summer, EPA is planning to issue a national emergency waiver. Without a waiver, E15 cannot be used in most of the country from June 1 to September 15, and the EPA plans to take final action to issue the emergency waiver closer to June 1
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On Monday Growth Energy announced that consumers have surpassed eight billion miles on E15, a fuel blended with 15 percent renewable biofuel that is approved for all cars 2001 and newer. U.S. drivers just surpassed seven billion miles in January, and the six-billion-mile mark in November of last year...
Growth Energy says U.S. drivers have reached 500 million miles on E15 fuels. In a statement released earlier this week, Growth Energy said the figure was based on sales and consumption data reported over the past 12 months by gasoline retailers. Th...