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The Biofuel Mandate and EPA’s Costly Tall Tale Biofuel

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The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set mandatory levels of cellulosic biofuel for refiners to blend into transportation fuels.  In order to restrain EPA, the law requires that the mandate be based on an estimate from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) as to how much cellulosic biofuel would be produced in the given year.

In 2010 and 2011, EPA mandated refiners to blend …

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BREAKING NEWS: Top Lawmakers Tout New IER Study Press Releases Oil

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WASHINGTON D.C. — The Institute for Energy Research study, entitled “Beyond the Congressional Budget Office”, received more recognition today from influential Congressional leaders. The study, conducted by Dr. Joseph Mason, a professor at the Louisiana State University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, is an assessment of the economic impact associated with policies to immediately open federal lands and waters.

U.S. Senator John Barrasso (WY)
Chairman, Senate Republican …

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DISMUKES: The Case for Ending the Wind PTC Analysis Wind

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Over the past few months, wind advocates have argued for the eighth extension of the federal wind Production Tax Credit (PTC), scheduled to expire at the end of the year.  Contrary to popular rhetoric, the wind industry is no longer the infant industry it was when the federal wind PTC was first enacted in 1992, but one comprised of 50,000 megawatts (MWs) of nameplate capacity, representing close to a five-fold …

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