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Ethanol credited for $5 billion boost
The Minnesota Agriculture Department says the ethanol industry generated more than $5 billion in economic activity last year and supported at least 12,600 jobs. Minnesotas 21 ethanol plants can make ...
Posted on 10/14/12 at 3:16 PM
Heron Lake BioEnergy to be acquired by Guardian
HERON LAKE - Guardian Energy Heron Lake LLC has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the ethanol production assets from Heron Lake BioEnergy LLC, according to a press release issued Wednesday afternoon.By Daily Globe , January 23, 2013
Drought sparks request to halt ethanol mandate
Livestock, poultry producer groups say high feed costs jeopardizing meat productionWASHINGTON, D.C. — Livestock and poultry groups from across the country have banded together to request the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implement an immediate waiver of the nation’s Renewable Fuels Standard for corn-based ethanol in light of continued drought conditions.
By Julie Buntjer , July 30, 2012
Several hundred remain evacuated in Eagle Lake
EAGLE LAKE (AP) — Several hundred people have been forced from their homes in a small southern Minnesota community because train cars carrying highly-flammable ethanol have derailed and tipped over.August 04, 2011
Breaking new ground: Agri-Energy’s purchase by Gevo leads to innovation
April 08, 2011
5 Minnesota ethanol plants cited for pollution
MINNEAPOLIS — The push to produce more ethanol in Minnesota has come with a cost to the environment.By Associated Press, via the Star Tribune , October 12, 2010
Letter: We need the right to choose ethanol
Do you think you have a choice of fuel for your car or pickup truck? Think again.By James Basiliere, Ashton, Iowa , July 17, 2010
As others see it: The benefits of ethanol
Ethanol boosters are making quite an effort lately to tell Americans about the biofuel’s worth to the nation. What a circuitous route this ag-based industry has traveled in just a few short years.By Daily Republic , April 19, 2010
Ethanol steps up its game
WASHINGTON - Is corn-based ethanol fuel the wave of the future, creating domestic jobs and vital to the nation’s energy supply? Or is it a taxpayer boondoggle responsible for higher food prices?By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press , April 16, 2010
Ethanol TV spots take on big oil
By Don Davis , April 13, 2010
Landfill gas a win-win for city, ethanol producer
CHANCELLOR, S.D. (AP) — The tall flame bursting from the flare at the Sioux Falls landfill used to prompt concerned 911 calls from passing drivers.By DIRK LAMMERS,Associated Press Writer , January 25, 2010
Pawlenty and Brazil talk fuel
ST. PAUL — Brazil is one of Minnesota’s major ethanol competitors, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty came away from a visit there saying the two also could cooperate.
By Don Davis , December 11, 2009
Fergus Falls ethanol plant files for bankruptcy
FERGUS FALLS - Otter Tail Ag Enterprises ethanol plant in Fergus Falls has run into financial difficulties with a recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.By Jason Adkins, DL-Online , December 09, 2009
Money in corn cobs? Research at Scotland seeks to prove there i
SCOTLAND — There’s ethanol, and hopefully money, in corn cobs.By Ross Dolan, The Daily Republic , October 13, 2009
Letter: Minnesota LGA is cut while ethanol awaits subsidy checks
As local units of state government reduce services for citizens truly in need, state lawmakers on Aug. 17 will deliver promised ethanol subsidy checks to Minnesota’s most successful ethanol plants.By Alan Roebke, Alexandria , August 12, 2009
Political notes: Bachmann flexes fiscal muscle
ST. PAUL — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann appears to have appeal well outside her district.By Don Davis , July 25, 2009
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