News and Opinion: News Release Archive

06/30/2010
New Fact Book highlights benefits of ethanol program

According to a new report by a broad coalition of industry, government and non-profit groups, producing fuel ethanol in the United States generates jobs and wealth by processing domestic resources into clean burning transportation fuels.  Thousands of jobs, increased farm income, and tax receipts in the hundreds of millions of dollars flow from the ethanol industry while displacing costly and polluting petroleum imports.

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06/03/2010
Ethanol Board and Growth Energy team for FFV awareness

The Nebraska Ethanol Board has announced a new joint effort with biofuels advocacy group Growth Energy as part of the “Fuel on the Fourth” program.

The campaign will raise consumer awareness of ethanol blends such as E85, and encourage Flex Fuel Vehicle (FFV) owners to buy higher ethanol blends. The Nebraska Ethanol Board will highlight the availability of ethanol blends, including several new sites opening this summer that will offer ethanol blender pumps, which allow consumers to decide how much ethanol—from E10 to E85—they want to put in their FFV.

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04/21/2010
FFV awareness campaign comes to Nebraska

The National Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) Awareness Campaign announced a state-wide education effort beginning on Earth Day to alert drivers to new E85 road signs being installed across Nebraska. The program is designed to encourage FFV owners to use higher ethanol blends, such as E85, which have been proven to be easier on the environment than conventional gasoline.

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04/15/2010
Exxon pays no US corporate income tax

How much money did you send to Uncle Sam today? Chances are it was more than Exxon Mobil. According to Forbes Magazine, the oil giant didn’t pay a single dime in corporate income tax to the U.S. government in 2009.

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03/31/2010
Ethanol critical to economic activity

A new economic study prepared by IHS Global Insight finds that maintaining policies that encourage domestic ethanol production and use are essential to the U.S. economy.

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03/02/2010
Ethanol Board respond to Biofuels Study

The Clean Fuels Development Coalition and the Nebraska Ethanol Board submitted joint comments today to the National Research Council’s Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production.  The ongoing study is the result of various requirements established by Congress in the Energy Security and Independence Act of 2007 and the Farm Bill of 2008 and comments were accepted as part of the public comment process.

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02/08/2010
EPA rules show ethanol reduces emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized new rules which show that corn ethanol complies with the 20% reduction in emissions required by the Renewable Fuels Standard.

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01/19/2010
Ethanol vital to Nebraska's Economy

With last week’s announcement of a record-breaking corn harvest, the role of ethanol as a backstop against plummeting corn prices and a cornerstone of Nebraska’s agricultural economy became more evident.

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