December 23, 2011
by Sasha Lyutse
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Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York
I turn 30 this weekend. That means that for my whole life, the corn ethanol industry has been receiving federal subsidies. From the Energy Tax Act of 1978, which gave ethanol its first tax exemptio… Continue reading
June 7, 2011
by Sasha Lyutse
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Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York I wrote last week that we could soon expect the corn ethanol industry, faced with growing bipartisan calls to end corn ethanol subsidies, to start playing on consumer fears about rising gas prices and arguing… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 3, 2011
by Sasha Lyutse
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Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York Today, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Tom Coburn have joined forces across the aisle to introduce legislation that will completely eliminate the main corn ethanol tax credit—known as the Volumetric Ethanol Ex… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 11, 2011
by Sasha Lyutse
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Two bills were introduced this week in the U.S. Senate that would stop support for bad biofuels and save taxpayers billions this year alone. Both efforts, one led by Senator Feinstein and the other by Senators Coburn and Cardin, would repeal the main c… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 9, 2011
by Sasha Lyutse
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The environmental community released its annual Green Budget yesterday, laying out our vision for how smart investments in clean energy can drive America’s economic recovery. My colleague Cai Steger posted a great recap of the Department of Energ… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 15, 2011
by Sasha Lyutse
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We here at NRDC have written extensively about the need to move quickly away from first generation biofuels like corn ethanol towards the next generation of cleaner, better performing advanced biofuels—those that not only deliver reductions in gr… Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 1, 2010
by Sasha Lyutse
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As we discussed here and here, a group of 17 Senators led by Democrat Dianne Feinstein and Republican Jon Kyl sent a bipartisan letter yesterday to Senate leadership calling corn ethanol subsidies “fiscally indefensible” and signaling their… Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 30, 2010
by Sasha Lyutse
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It seems like every day the bipartisan consensus on the need to end corn ethanol subsidies grows. A day after a coalition of 58 organizations from across the political spectrum, delivered a jointly signed letter to Congressional leadership signaling th… Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 18, 2010
by Sasha Lyutse
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Yesterday, the groups Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Grocery Manufacturers Association held a briefing on Capitol Hill featuring the Director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University, Bruce Babcock. The t… Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 22, 2010
by Sasha Lyutse
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Despite disappointing statements indicating the administration’s support for a short-term extension of wasteful corn ethanol subsidies, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s speech yesterday at the National Press Club included some not-to-… Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 21, 2010
by Sasha Lyutse
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Today, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack gave a speech outlining the administration’s policies on biofuels, focused on reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting rural economies. Unfortunately, while he embraced a vision for transit… Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 19, 2010
by Sasha Lyutse
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Today, a broad coalition of environmental organizations, including NRDC, sent a letter to President Obama expressing strong opposition to the policy proposals recently released by the corn ethanol lobby groups Growth Energy, the American Coalition for … Continue reading
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