by Kim Norvell (Des Moines Register) ... U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and former senators Jim Webb and Rick Santorum were invited by the agricultural network to a taping of its Rural Town Hall, a one-hour TV show where presidential candidates discuss their
2016 US Presidential Campaign
Back TO HOMEBernie Sanders Embraces Corn Power
by Alan Bjerja (Bloomberg) Will the Vermont senator's thumbs-up for ethanol spell problems for Hillary Clinton in the heartland? ... The statement praising Sanders came after a Sunday interview on Iowa TV in which the Vermont senator embraced corn-based ethanol and the
September 16, 2015 Read Full Article
Why Activists Are Pushing a ‘Supply Side’ Strategy for Fighting Climate Change
by Chris Mooney (The Washington Post) Even as President Obama further amplifies his rhetoric about addressing climate change, a coalition of environmental organizations released a letter Monday seeking to push his administration much further still. Not content with recently announced curbs on emissions
September 15, 2015 Read Full Article
Huckabee Calls out D.C. 'Double Standard'
by Maya Kliger (Des Moines Register) ... When asked about supporting the Renewable Fuel Standard, Huckabee said he stands by it because the government has an obligation to fulfill its promise. "It was the government who encouraged people to get into renewable fuels
September 02, 2015 Read Full Article
In Iowa, Clinton Backs Ethanol as Part of Rural Aid Plan
By Anne Gearan (The Washington Post) ... The Democratic front-runner’s rural aid package contains an endorsement for ethanol, the corn-based fuel additive. Iowa is the world’s largest producer of ethanol, which is at the center of an environmental and resources debate
August 27, 2015 Read Full Article
Reign in the EPA Say Republican Candidates
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) The last batch of Republican presidential candidates took the Soapbox stage during the last weekend of the Iowa State Fair. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) took a different approach and only answered questions. ... When asked
August 26, 2015 Read Full Article
Busy Year for America’s Renewable Future
by Cindy Zimmerman (AgWired) It was only eight months ago that America’s Renewable Future (ARF) was launched in Iowa with the goal of educating presidential candidates about agriculture and biofuels in general and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in particular.
August 25, 2015 Read Full Article
Christie Supports Fuel Standard
by Erin Murphy (WCF Courier) Multiple protests made for an eventful 20 minutes during Chris Christie’s turn on The Des Moines Register Political Soapbox stage on Saturday at the Iowa State Fair. Christie, a Republican candidate for president and New
August 24, 2015 Read Full Article
Reps. Keith Ripp and Andy Jorgensen: Weakening Renewable Fuel Standard Would Hurt Rural Wisconsin
by Reps. Keith Ripp and Andy Jorgensen (Wisconsin State Journal) ... We are proud to support the Renewable Fuel Standard despite the fact that the two of us hail from different political parties. And we are not the only example of the bipartisan
August 19, 2015 Read Full Article
New Opinion Research Shows Biodiesel Matters to Voters in Presidential Election
(Iowa Biodiesel Board) Iowa Biodiesel Board releases data showing 76 percent of voters support expanding biodiesel under Renewable Fuel Standard As the parade of presidential hopefuls continues at the Iowa State Fair this week, the Iowa Biodiesel Board reminds them just
August 18, 2015 Read Full Article
Huckabee Defends Biofuels, Digs at Clinton
by Philip Basher (AgriPulse) ... Huckabee also defended the Renewable Fuel Standard, arguing that it wasn't hypocritical to be conservative and also support the biofuel usage mandates on refiners. He suggested the government was morally obligated to keep the mandates in
August 17, 2015 Read Full Article
Bush Attacks Regulations as He Seeks Iowa Breakout
by Philip Brasher (AgriPulse) ... Some of the issues, most notably the Renewable Fuel Standard, also can put candidates on the spot between powerful GOP interests. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad brought up the RFS as he accompanied Bush to the Iowa Pork
August 17, 2015 Read Full Article
Bush Calls out EPA Climate Rules as 'Irresponsible' Overreach
by John Siciliano (Washington Examiner) Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush is calling out President Obama's climate change plan as "irresponsible," while at the same time admitting global warming is man-made and real. ... While Bush scolds EPA for overstepping its authority to
August 10, 2015 Read Full Article
The GOP's All-of-the-Above Energy Policy Is Nothing Like Obama's
by Rebecca Leber (New Republic) ... Walker and Bush intend to end subsidies for clean energy, largely continue the same century-old tax breaks that remain for fossil fuels, and encourage expanded federal permits for coal and oil extraction. Consider Walker's full quote
August 10, 2015 Read Full Article
Lindsey Graham: I Wouldn't Disagree With Hillary Clinton on Science of Climate Change
by Rebecca Leber (New Republic) Only two candidates, Senator Lindsey Graham and George Pataki, in the second-tier Republican presidential debate on Thursday have accepted that climate change is real and man-made. That doesn't neecssarily mean they support policies to mitigate
August 07, 2015 Read Full Article
Young Conservatives Press Republican Presidential Debaters on Energy Policy
by Andrew Revkin (The New York Times) Young conservatives press the case for energy-policy sanity as Republican presidential candidates take the stage in Cleveland. READ MORE
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Jeb Comes out against Ethanol Mandate, Iowa Be Damned
By Nathanael Johnson (Grist) In an interview conducted in an Iowa Dairy Queen Sunday, Jeb Bush talked about the paleo diet (he’s lost 40 pounds, but was also drinking an Orange Julius), his father (“the greatest man alive”), and, most
August 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Voters Want Pro Clean Energy Prez Candidates
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) NextGen Climate has released the results of a survey that finds voters in key presidential swing states support transitioning to at least 50 percent clean energy by 2030. Hart Research conducted the poll in eight battleground
August 04, 2015 Read Full Article
Poultry Industry Critical of O'Malley's Stance on Biofuel
by John Fritze (Baltimore Sun) ... Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, is winning praise from corn farmers in Iowa for his support of a federal mandate to blend biofuels into gasoline. But the
July 28, 2015 Read Full Article
Bush in Sioux City: Phase out Renewable Fuel Standard
by Bret Hayworth (The Globe Gazette) Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Monday again asserted a position that could give him trouble with some Iowa voters, as he supports an end to a federal rule that helps the ethanol industry. Asked
July 14, 2015 Read Full Article
Rand Paul: Farmers Need Less EPA, Lower Taxes
by William Petroski (Des Moines Register) ... (Rand) Paul said the federal government is needed to provide national defense, build some roads, and do some other things. But many other matters can be handled at the state and local government level, the
July 06, 2015 Read Full Article
O'Malley: EPA Should Back Off Lowering Ethanol Requirement
by Grant Rodgers (Des Moines Register) Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley strongly backed renewable fuel producers on Thursday, calling on the Obama administration to rethink its controversial proposal to lower standards for the amount of ethanol that will be mixed
July 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Martin O'Malley: Zero out Fossil Fuels by 2050
Martin O'Malley (USA Today) ... New technologies now put an independent clean energy future decidedly within our reach as a nation. ... I would keep domestically produced oil and gas in the U.S. READ MORE
June 22, 2015 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuels a Potential Election-Year Issue for Iowa Voters
by Christopher Doering (Des Moines Register) Renewable fuels could be an issue in the race for the White House as indecisive voters in Iowa look for a way to whittle down a crowded field of Republican candidates, trade groups and polling
June 19, 2015 Read Full Article
Renew America’s Renewable Future Releases Coalition List
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Iowa, America’s Renewable Future (ARF) has publicly released a diverse coalition of partners that includes Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Iowa Corn Growers, Growth Energy, and POET among many others. ARF released the following statement: “We
June 15, 2015 Read Full Article
Clinton Outlines Commitment to Renewable Energy at First Major Campaign Rally
by Jennifer Yachnin (E&E/Governor's Wind Energy Coalition) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday pitched an aggressive commitment to promoting renewable energy, vowing to make the United States a “clean energy superpower” if she wins election to the White House
June 15, 2015 Read Full Article
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Risk Iowans’ Ire on Ethanol
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March 09, 2015 Read Full Article
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