Americans back range of energy policies, with partisan splits
A majority of Americans support a range of energy and environmental policies from more oil drilling to federal funding for renewables to regulations that curb pollution, albeit with significant partisan differences, according to a new Gallup poll. More »
U.S., Brazil zero in on drilling, biofuels in bilateral meeting
President Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged Monday to further boost cooperation between their nations on energy matters ranging from oil and gas development to renewable power. More »
EPA moves closer to OK of 15 percent ethanol gasoline
Most ethanol fuel sold for passenger cars and pickups today is 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gas. More »
Industry group challenges cellulosic biofuel quota
The American Petroleum Institute filed a legal challenge to a U.S. cellulosic biofuel mandate on Monday, alleging a “complete commercial supply” doesn’t exist for fuel makers to meet the program’s minimum quota for 2012. More »
Lawmakers want coal- and gas-based ethanol in fuel mandate
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including three Texans, has introduced legislation that would allow natural gas- and coal-based ethanol to compete alongside the corn-based variety for a U.S. renewable-fuels mandate. More »
U.S. became world’s top ethanol exporter in 2011
The United States more than doubled its volume of ethanol exports between 2010 and 2011, as previous world leader Brazil struggled from a sugarcane shortage. More »
Sundrop Fuels seeks “biofuel” status for synthetic gasoline
Colorado-based Sundrop Fuels has announced it will locate its first plant in Louisiana. Gaining “biofuel” status from the Environmental Protection Agency will make its synthetic gasoline more marketable. More »
Bomb threat shuts down East Texas biomass facility
A biomass plant in East Texas has shut down while law enforcement officials investigate a bomb threat scrawled inside a portable toilet. More »
Livestock farmers say ethanol eats too much corn
Livestock farmers are demanding a change in the nation’s ethanol policy, claiming current rules could lead to spikes in meat prices and even shortages at supermarkets if corn growers have a bad year. More »
Report: U.S. energy use grew in 2010, led by natural gas
Energy from both fossil fuels and renewables grew by about 4 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to the report. More »
IEA: Fossil fuels got six times more aid than clean energy
Fossil-fuel consumers worldwide received about six times more state subsidies last year than were given to the renewable-energy industry, according to the chief adviser to oil-importing nations. More »
Kansas Republican to put forth bill axing energy tax credits
Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., told lawmakers in a letter last week that his bill to repeal all tax credits for energy production and investment would save the U.S. government up to $90 billion over 10 years in what he says is spending that distorts the market. More »
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