Big Oil’s Choice: Complain About 70-Cent RINs, or Invest 6 Cents in Modern Infrastructure?

Later today, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charlie Drevna will hold a conference call with reporters in which he will outrageously claim the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is

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Hear the truth about what’s behind Big Oil’s attacks on ethanol from a financial analyst.

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Stop the RINsanity: Fact-checking Big Oil’s Claims on RIN Price Effects

Oil companies have suggested that increased prices for conventional ethanol RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers) are leading to higher gasoline prices at the pump. Some have even deceptively claimed RINs are

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Ethanol and Distillers Grains Exports Snap Back in January

U.S. ethanol exports increased 16 percent over December, as shipments of denatured and undenatured (non-beverage) ethanol totaled 63.6 million gallons (mg), according to government data released yesterday. Ethanol exports have

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Big Oil’s Self-Inflicted Blend Wall and its Impact on RIN Pricing

Prices for conventional renewable fuel RINs (Renewable Identification Number)[1] have increased significantly in recent weeks. Oil companies and various media outlets have suggested the increase in RIN prices is due

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As Prices at the Pump Go Up, Up, Up American Ethanol is the Motorist’s Friend

If you’ve been paying more at the pump for gasoline, you aren’t alone. And, if it weren’t for U.S. ethanol, you’d be paying even more. All across America, as of

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A recently published study by C.K. Wright & M.C. Wimberly in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science suggests that native grasslands in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South

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2012 Ethanol Exports Total 739 Million Gallons; Canada is Top Destination

The U.S. exported 55.0 million gallons (mg) of ethanol in December 2012, the highest monthly total since July, according to newly released government data. December’s shipments brought the 2012 annual

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2012 Food Price Increases Were Second-Lowest in 20 Years

Food prices rose just 1.8% in 2012, the second-lowest annual rate in the last 20 years, according to recently released consumer price index (CPI) data. The new data demonstrates the

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Who Are You Going to Believe: Big Oil — Or 10,000 Miles of Truth?

The comedian Richard Pryor used to ask, “Who are you going to believe — me or your lying eyes?” That question comes to mind whenever I think about the American

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