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Monday, February 16, 2009

Senator: Ailing Ethanol Industry Needs Help

The New York Times
February 12, 2009, 7:30 am — Updated: 12:37 pm
By Clifford Krauss

When Congress passed the 2007 energy bill a little more than a year ago, it was supposed to herald a new golden age for ethanol production.

But like all alternative energy, the ethanol industry finds itself in a rough patch, as I report in Thursday’s New York Times.

Senator Jeff Bingaman, the powerful chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a New Mexico Democrat, says Congress may need to help more.

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