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8/5/2019
In the News: “Growth Energy launches ad campaign supporting corn farmers”

This story was originally published on AgDaily’s website: “Growth Energy, the nation’s largest ethanol association, launched a new ad campaign featuring a fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer who is asking President Donald Trump to ensure that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers the devastating impact some of the agency’s policies are having on family farms. […]
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8/2/2019
Skor in Wisconsin’s Capital Times: Protect Wisconsin Farmers and Biofuel Producers

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor recently wrote an op-ed for Wisconsin’s Capital Times on the damaging effects the rapid rise of small refinery exemptions have had on the rural economy and biofuels industry in Wisconsin. In the op-ed, Skor wrote: “In Wisconsin, the nation’s seventh-largest biofuel producer, access to higher ethanol blends also means that […]
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7/23/2019
Farmer Urges President to Listen to Rural America in New Growth Energy Ad Campaign
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7/5/2019
Growth Energy Condemns 2020 Biofuel Targets

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor slammed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed biofuel targets for 2020. The agency’s proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) includes no mechanism to offset refinery exemptions that consistently undercut federal blending goals, disrespects the court’s decision on the 2016 RVO, and […]
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6/20/2019
Skor in Ethanol Producer Magazine: Hardship or Handout? The Facts are Clear

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor recently penned a column for the July issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine on the damaging effects the rapid rise of small refinery exemptions have had on the rural economy and biofuels industry. In the column, Skor wrote: “So with costs down and profits up, it’s hard to imagine how multibillion-dollar […]
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6/14/2019
Bipartisan Senate Bill Provides Transparency, Accountability in Small Refinery Exemption Process

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation that would bring much-needed transparency to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) secretive small refinery exemption (SRE) process and ensure refiners meet their biofuel blending requirements. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor thanked the senators for introducing this legislation at a time […]
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6/12/2019
Growth Energy Steps Up Against E15 Challenge

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Growth Energy filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to intervene in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule allowing year-round access to gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol, or E15. The final rule is being challenged by the […]
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6/11/2019
Growth Energy Joins President Trump in Council Bluffs to Celebrate Year-Round E15

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor joined President Trump at Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Following the event, Skor issued a statement:  “We are grateful to President Trump for delivering on his promise to unleash the power of E15 all year-long,” said Skor. “The approval of year-round E15 is […]
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5/31/2019
In the News: “Ethanol Groups Welcome Year-Round E15”

Following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement it has lifted the restrictions on year-round sales of E15, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor spoke with Brownfield Ag News celebrating this milestone for the ethanol industry: “Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor calls year-round E15 a game changer for the ethanol industry, corn farmers, and rural America. “Over […]
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5/31/2019
America’s Biofuel Leaders Celebrate Final Approval for Year-Round E15

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Growth Energy, the nation’s largest association of ethanol producers and supporters, today celebrated final action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowing American drivers to fuel up with E15, a fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol, all year-round. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor said the final rule will benefit drivers and […]

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CCC funding should go to the farmers and producers who need it, not to oil refineries. Glad to see this made clear with bipartisan support in the CR. agri-pulse.com/articles/14528…

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