Ethanol Retailers - November 7, 2019

USDA biofuel infrastructure initiative to be up and running soon The USDA hopes to have a new program up and running in early 2020 that will support retail sales of higher ethanol blends, including E15, according to statements made by U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Censky during an Oct. 17 hearing. READ MORE SHARE
Ethanol’s benefit to retailers highlighted at NACS show Ethanol took center stage at the National Association of Retail Stores’ show in Atlanta in October. Jake Comer, fuel pricing manager for Casey’s general stores, participated in a panel titled “Successfully retailing Biofuels” during the show. READ MORE SHARE
	Pearson Fuels blends ethanol, renewable naphtha into advanced E85 Pearson Fuels has announced it is now blending its ethanol fuel with World Energy's renewable naphtha to create an advanced 85 flex fuel that is almost entirely renewable and is up to 55 percent cleaner than gasoline. READ MORE SHARE
OPINION: Giving thanks where thanks are due The past 18 months have been brutal to the ethanol industry. So, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, ACE is thanking the many station owners who made the decision to sell E15, E85, and other higher ethanol blends over the past several years. READ MORE SHARE
40 members of congress urge passage of biofuel tax extenders Forty democratic members of Congress sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Richard Neal, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, on Nov. 6 urging action on the extension of several biofuel tax credits. READ MORE SHARE
	OPINION: Growth Energy is first stop for retailers adding E15 Growth Energy has made it a top priority to provide fuel retailers around the country the tools necessary to effectively assess how E15—a fuel often labeled as Unleaded 88 at the pump—can fit into their fuel product line lineup. READ MORE SHARE
ACE shares technical ethanol information with retailers in Mexico American Coalition for Ethanol Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty recently returned to Mexico to speak at the first technical ethanol information forum to be held in Juárez, Mexico, near El Paso, Texas. READ MORE SHARE
OPINION: A growing Mexican market for ethanol The push to broadly adopt E10 in Mexico is facing many of the same myths and scare tactics that we experienced two decades ago in the United States as E10 began its rapid emergence, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. READ MORE SHARE
Governors urge Trump to extend RVP waiver to E30 Representatives of the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition sent a letter to President Trump Oct. 8 urging him to use existing executive authority take four specific actions aimed and helping to restore and grow the U.S. agriculture and biofuel industries. READ MORE SHARE
Nebraska ethanol retailers help ‘Fuel the Cure’ for breast cancer Throughout October, drivers can help Fuel the Cure for breast cancer by choosing American Ethanol at the pump. More than 30 Nebraska gas stations will donate 3 cents for every gallon of higher ethanol blends—E15 to flex fuel E85—sold in October. READ MORE SHARE