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	<title><![CDATA[EPA's New Biofuel Standard: No Joy in Cornville]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-chameides/epas-new-biofuel-standard_b_202019.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>In its newly <a class="external-link" href="http://www.epa.gov/otaq/renewablefuels/420f09023.htm">proposed rules</a> for <a class="external-link" href="http://www.epa.gov/otaq/renewablefuels">biofuels</a>, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concludes ethanol is a loser when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It's a finding that upset one Congressman so much that he won't "trust anybody anymore."</p>
<h3>Corn Ethanol and Washington: The Backstory<br /></h3>
<p>The relationship between corn ethanol and the U.S. government has been long and checkered. For nearly three decades the government has <a class="external-link" href="http://www.eere.energy.gov/golden/PDFs/ReadingRoom/Herrick.pdf">subsidized [pdf]</a> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.fuel-testers.com/ethanol_fuel_history.html">ethanol</a> production (and by...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Green]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-05-13T17:44:00-04:00</date_published>
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