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 Stories About: biofuels AND economy AND energy AND ethanol AND politics
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Big Ethanol ...
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David Roberts |
15 May 2006 |
Gristmill |
| ... wins again. House Majority Leader John Boehner's attempt to lower the ethanol tariff (and thus allow ethanol-hungry oil refineries to purchase ethanol from overseas) has gone down in flames: Boehner, who is from Ohio, said last week that the United States was not producing enough ethanol to meet demand and that a temporary reduction in the 54-cent-a-gallon tariff could help boost available supplies and lower gasoline prices. ... Farm state ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, economy, energy, ethanol, politics (all these topics) |
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