AAA Blunder on Ethanol Sets Off Firestorm of Criticism
Fox Business News Worsens the AAA Blunder with a Barrage of
Stupidity
Editors Note: This article was originally published on January 8, 2013. Today, June 24, 2013, in an AP story titled Boost For Cars Or Bust? - Ethanol Debate Heats Up which concerns Big Oil s continuing anti-E15 propaganda, the AAA which has a mandate from its members to protect America s motorists was again quoted as
supporting additional testing of E15 (cheaper, domestic and cleaner) to halt its sale, even though it has been thoroughly tested and found not harmful.
The AP story also quoted Scott Zaremba the owner of a chain of gas stations in Kansas that
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January On January 20, 2020 a patient in Washington state was the first person in the U.S. to be diagnosed with this virus.
February National Farm Machinery Show and Commodity Classic were among the last national industry events to be held in person before stay-at-home orders began. Photo credit: Natalina Sents
March New working and learning-from-home practices spiked in March, prompting a disruption across the economy. As needs shifted from large commercial packages of food products to consumer portions, the supply chain struggled.
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President-elect Joe Biden has announced he will nominate Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture. Vilsack is a former two-term governor of Iowa who served as secretary of agriculture during all eight years of the Obama-Biden administration.
Representatives of the American Coalition for Ethanol, Growth Energy, Renewable Fuels Association, Iowa Renewable Fuels Association and Iowa Biodiesel Board have spoken out in support of Vilsack’s nomination.
“We congratulate Tom Vilsack on his nomination to once again lead USDA and know that he will hit the ground running,” said Brian Jennings, CEO of ACE. “Secretary Vilsack was the most effective advocate the biofuels industry had in the Obama administration and we are excited about working with him again, particularly with helping get the RFS back on track, continued infrastructure support for higher ethanol blends, and making sure farmers and biofuel producers are part of the solution to future policies designed