Texas Was Denied a Request to Reduce EPA’s Biofuel Mandate

Governer Perry of Texas was denied the request to half the required ethanol mix the nation must add to fuel mixes over the course of 2008 and 2009. The amount of ethanol fuel the EPA requires equals close to 25 billion gallons of ethanol fuel. Governor Perry’s concern is that since Ethanol is created from corn that the fuel mix that the EPA is demanding is causing food prices to rise too high. There are further studies showing that ethanol could... [Read More...]