Ricketts, Reynolds rally against feds' plan for ethanol cut - Omaha World-Herald
“Agriculture is Nebraska’s No. 1 industry, and ethanol is one of the key agricultural growth industries that have added billions in revenue and thousands of jobs over the past decade to our state,” said Ricketts, speaking at the Blair plant of... Proposed EPA changes to the renewable fuel standard, known as RFS, are now threatening investment in the ethanol industry in Nebraska and Iowa. They’re the two top ethanol-producing states, with 24 plants in the Cornhusker State and 42 across the eastern border. In response, the Nebraska and Iowa state leaders have crafted a combined message on the role of ethanol in their economies, attempting to position it as not only an inexpensive fuel additive, but also as a highly scientific, job-producing economic... Todd Sneller, administrator of the Nebraska Ethanol Board since 1979, said Nebraska and Iowa governors have occasionally teamed to promote ethanol, notably as part of the Governor’s Biofuels Coalition, which dates to 1992. Still, he said, it is... Global chemicals and refining giants such as E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. , Sneller said, are active investors in ethanol and leaders in the scientific quest to produce the fuel from waste products such as that from wood and crops. Source: www.omaha.com
