EPA ethanol rules good news for farmers

The Witchita Eagle
Posted on Sun, Feb. 07, 2010
BY DAN VOORHIS

The EPA’s conclusion that growing, harvesting, making and transporting corn-based ethanol generates less greenhouse gas than producing gasoline is good news for ethanol producers.
Ethanol producers are claiming a significant victory after the federal government last week bolstered their long-standing claim that ethanol is friendlier to the environment than gasoline.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules and targets for biofuels called the National Renewable Fuel Standard.

The EPA concluded that growing, harvesting, making and transporting corn-based ethanol generates 20 percent less greenhouse gas than producing gasoline.

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