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EPA sets 2008 U.S. renewable fuels standard

November 28, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - The new 4.66 percent standard is based on a mandate that at least 5.4 billion gallons of biofuel be blended into gasoline next year. Full Story »

Poet takes top spot in ethanol

September 14, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - The South Dakota company opens plant No. 21, bringing its capacity up to 1.1 billion gallons per year. Full Story »

VeraSun acquiring 330M gallons more production

July 23, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - Company aims to reclaim its seat as number two ethanol producer in the U.S. Full Story »

Lobby groups blast corn ethanol

July 18, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - New farm bill would make a few companies richer at the expense of rural Americans and their land, they say. Full Story »

Corn ethanol unprofitable by 2008, says Iowa State

June 8, 2007 - by Dana Childs - University economist forecasts zero or negative returns for corn ethanol in 2008. Full Story »

Mexabolix licenses bioplastic tech from UMass Lowell

June 6, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - Company adding to its renewable plastic toolkit. Full Story »

Ethanol sector slapped on bad VeraSun earnings

May 8, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Shares of ethanol companies are down this morning on an unexpected quarterly loss from VeraSun. Has corn ethanol become unprofitable? Full Story »

Metabolix and ADM bioplastic fantastic

April 23, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Alcoa and Cereplast now have renewable plastic competition from Metabolix and ADM. Full Story »

Biofuel production pushes eastward

March 16, 2007 - by Dana Childs - ADM joins the fray as biofuel begins to boom in Eastern Europe, where feedstocks are mostly oilseeds, and not corn. Full Story »

Dust settles on large Imperium and ADM deals

February 22, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Investors scrounged for loose change, finding $214M for Imperium, not $100M. And ADM raised $1.15B in debt, not $1B. Full Story »
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