Ethanol industry improves product and PR efforts

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Ethanol producers work to improve the way they brew and defend the alternative fuel
August 13, 2008: 07:13 PM EST

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Ethanol producers on Wednesday railed against what they described as a smear campaign by opponents who have branded the industry responsible for rising food prices.

"Today, we face strong opposition, and their weapon primarily is the press," Bob Scott, president of the American Coalition for Ethanol, told hundreds of producers gathered in Omaha for the group's trade show.

It comes less than a week after the Environmental Protection Agency gave the industry some good news by refusing to cut the federal ethanol mandate.

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