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3/29/2019
Growth Energy Backs E15 Year-Round Proposal at EPA Hearing

YPSILANTI, MI – Today, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor testified at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) hearing on the proposed rule to implement year-round sales of E15, a fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol. Skor spoke alongside farmers, retailers, and ethanol producers in support of this proposal, pressing EPA to finalize the rule before […]
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4/2/2019
New USDA Study Underscores Ethanol’s Critical Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an independent analysis that shows how ethanol is projected to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) by up to 70 percent in 2022. Growth Energy welcomed the report findings, and CEO Emily Skor issued the following statement: “This new USDA study further supports that ethanol is a win-win for all Americans,” said Skor. “Higher […]
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3/14/2019
New Small Refinery Exemptions “A Slap in the Face to Rural Communities”

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it granted five new small refinery exemptions for 2017, bringing the total gallons of lost demand to 2.6 billion in 2016-2017:
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9/16/2019
Growth Energy CEO Outlines Industry Accomplishments and Challenges at Biofuels Summit
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9/10/2019
Spotlight on Trade: Willis Addresses Biofuels Summit Attendees on Global Ethanol Outlook
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9/10/2019
Bringing E15 to all 50 States in the Nation at Biofuels Summit
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9/10/2019
Biofuels Champions Speak at Growth Energy Biofuels Summit
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9/10/2019
Addressing Small Refinery Exemptions During Growth Energy’s Biofuels Summit
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9/3/2019
Growth Energy, USGC, and RFA Comment on New Brazil Tariff Rate Quota

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brazil announced it has raised the quota on U.S. ethanol imports under the tariff rate quote (TRQ) up from 600 million liters per year to nearly 750 million liters per year. The TRQ regulates the threshold of ethanol that can be imported into Brazil without triggering a 20 percent tariff. Following this announcement, Growth […]
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8/30/2019
Growth Energy Demands Immediate Action to Restore Biofuel Demand

WASHINGTON, DC –Growth Energy, the nation’s largest ethanol association, today called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restore biofuel demand lost to oil industry handouts in comments on the agency’s final 2020 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO). Due by November 30, the RVOs will determine next year’s biofuel targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “The […]
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8/29/2019
Don Onken’s American Ethanol Team Wins Top Gun Honors Again

American ethanol industry advocate Don Onken was inducted into the Lake of the Ozarks Bob Morgan Memorial Shootout Hall of Fame last week, and he and his team proved exactly why the honor was so well deserved at last weekend’s Lake of the Ozarks (LOTO) Shootout. The LOTO Shootout is the largest unsanctioned boat race […]
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8/26/2019
Growth Energy and Biofuels Producers Call for Action at the White House

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, called on the Trump Administration to move swiftly to restore biofuel demand lost due to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) continued abuse of small refinery exemptions. Growth Energy members, representing plants across the heartland, also sent a letter to the White House urging immediate action. […]
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8/21/2019
Growth Energy Responds to Finkenauer Call for Investigation into EPA Abuse of SREs

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MN's @SenTinaSmith says ethanol is a vital part of Minnesota's economy and that the Trump administration's record issuance of secret waivers to oil refineries continue to cause economic harm to rural communities. https://t.co/1APNbaYoHG https://t.co/OKrU7xOQoN

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