A Call for Global Cooperation in Spain

Last week, I had the unique opportunity to participate in the World Biofuels Conference in Seville, Spain. The conference was held at the beautiful Hospital de los Venerables, an over

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John Stossel’s a Coward But Why Is the Mainstream Media Afraid of the Facts?

Recently I was invited to participate in a segment of John Stossel’s Fox Business show. He was dedicating his show to energy “myths” and intended to do a segment on

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What ILUC? Amazon Deforestation Rates Hit Lowest Point Since at Least 1988

Five years have passed since Timothy Searchinger famously wrote in Science magazine, “Higher [crop] prices triggered by biofuels will accelerate forest and grassland conversion [in Latin America] even if surplus

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Expanding Trade Opportunities in South Korea and Japan

As part of the RFA’s commitment to increasing ethanol export markets, I recently had the unique opportunity to join the U.S. Grains Council on a trade mission to South Korea

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Phillips 66 May Find the Renewable Fuel Standard Unstoppable Despite Herculean Effort to Stop It

Phillips 66 CEO Greg Garland took some shots at the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) at a recent ConocoPhillips shareholder meeting. He said the RFS was “unworkable”. That’s just silly talk.

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Ethanol, Corn Prices, Government Payments, and the REAL Reason Meat Groups Oppose the RFS

As part of its ongoing review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the House Energy & Commerce Committee recently asked stakeholders to comment on the impact of the RFS on

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March Exports/Imports: “Ethanol Shuffle” with Brazil Alive and Well

The U.S. remained a net exporter in March by a very slim margin, as imports from Brazil jumped to their highest level of the year and the “ethanol shuffle” proved

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“40 Facts About Ethanol” is a quick and entertaining overview of the American ethanol industry. Learn more about the growth of the ethanol industry over time, ethanol’s success in lowering

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In a new post on the Institute for Energy Research (IER) blog, Robert Murphy suggests that I mislead Politico readers in a recent op-ed about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS),

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U.S. Continues as Net Exporter of Ethanol Despite Sizable Plunge in February Exports

U.S. ethanol exports in February dropped significantly from January levels, scaling back by a third as shipments of denatured and undenatured (non-beverage) ethanol totaled 42.5 million gallons (mg), according to

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