Minnesota Corn Commits $1 Million to Ethanol Infrastructure Grant Program – Advanced BioFuels USA advancedbiofuelsusa.info - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from advancedbiofuelsusa.info Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tuesday, 06 April 2021 U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Thune (R-SD) reintroduced the
Adopt GREET Act, legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its greenhouse gas modeling for ethanol and biodiesel. Specifically, the bill would require EPA to adopt the Argonne National Lab’s Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) Model for both fuels. EPA would then be required to update its modeling every five years or report to Congress to affirm its modeling is current or otherwise explain why no updates were made.
“It is critical that the EPA’s decade-old greenhouse gas modeling for ethanol and biodiesel be updated to fully reflect the newest science and technology,” said Klobuchar. “This legislation will allow us to fully understand how biofuels can help contribute to our emissions reduction goals while expanding and promoting the use of clean energy and rural jobs across the countr
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FAIRMONT Macy Ann Petrowiak and Christopher Ryan Kahler announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.
Parents of the couple are Larry and Dawn Petrowiak of Fairmont, and Ryan and Janet Kahler of Sherburn.
Macy is a 2018 graduate of South Dakota State University and received a bachelors’ degree in consumer affairs science with minors in agriculture business and marketing. She is employed as a District Field Manager for the Minnesota Corn Growers Association.
Chris is a 2019 graduate of Iowa State University with a bachelors’ degree in agriculture business. He co-manages the family-owned farm operation, assists with the family auctioneering business at Land Services Unlimited/Auctioneer Alley and is a Wyffels Hybrids seed representative.
Paula Mohr
PUSHING FOR E15: Minnesota farm organizations are supporting a new bill proposed in the Senate, calling for moving the ethanol blend standard from E10 to E15. Farm organizations rally behind the effort, calling it a priority for 2021.
Feb 25, 2021
Minnesota, the first state in the U.S. to require a minimum E10 fuel blend in 1997, could once again be a national leader in biofuel policy, as legislators in St. Paul consider shifting the state’s fuel standard to E15.
Chris Hanson, general manager of Poet’s biorefinery in Preston, Minn., appeared Feb. 17, on behalf of the Minnesota Ethanol Producers Association, at the state Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Finance and Policy Committee in support of the new standard. Hanson, who recently served on the Governor’s Council on Biofuels, highlighted the positive impacts E15 will have on the state’s economy and environment, including the many long-term benefits for Minnesota consumers an