Press Releases: 2009 Archive
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Listed below are RFA press releases for 2009.
January
- National Ethanol Conference Takes on Increased Importance in 2009
January 9, 2009
View Link - Corn Crop Report Reaffirms Productivity of American Farmers
January 12, 2009
View Link - Improvements in Life Cycle Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn Ethanol
January 22, 2009
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February
- RFA Analysis: U of MN research on the health impacts of gasoline, ethanol
February 5, 2009
View PDF - Anti-Ethanol PR Campaign Continues...Day 342
February 11, 2009
View Link - 2008 Distillers Grains Exports Shatter Previous Record
February 17, 2009
View PDF - A Joint Statement of the U.S. Renewable Fuels Association and the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association on President Barack Obama's Visit with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
February 18, 2009
View Link - Contribution of the Ethanol Industry to the Economy of the United States
February 23, 2009
View Link - 2009 State of the Ethanol Industry Address
February 24, 2009
View PDF - Land Use Effects of US Ethanol Production
February 24, 2009
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March
- Engaging Young Americans in Renewable Energy Debate
March 2, 2009
View Link - 2008 Ethanol Production Exceeds 9 Billion Gallons
March 3, 2009
View Link - RFA Officer Testifies Before Congress
March 4, 2009
View Link - RFA Endorses Effort to Increase Blends Up to 15%
March 6, 2009
View Link - Virginia Naval Air Station Opens Public/Private E85 Pump
March 13, 2009
View Link - Testimony of Geoff Cooper on Low Carbon Fuels Standard
March 16, 2009
View PDF - Celebrating National Ag Day
March 19, 2009
View PDF - Oped: Attacks on Ethanol Ignore More Efficiency, Ingenuity
March 26, 2009
View PDF - Understanding Higher Level Blends
March 27, 2009
View PDF - Analysis of Distiller's Grains Use in Determing the Low Carbon Fuel Standard for Ethanol
March 30, 2009
View PDF - NRDC, RFA Letter Urging Release of RFS2 Proposed Rule
March 31, 2009
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April
- GRFA Release: IEA Report Confirms Growing Green House Gas Reduction from Ethanol Use
April 1, 2009
View Link - RFA Statement on SCOPE Biofuels Study
April 2, 2009
View PDF - RFA Analysis of recent SCOPE study on biofuels
April 2, 2009
View PDF - January 2009 Ethanol Production and Demand
April 2, 2009
View Link - Oil, Ethanol and Food Prices
April 9, 2009
View Link - OPED: The Bright Future of Ethanol
April 14, 2009
View PDF - Ethanol and Water Do Mix
April 15, 2009
View Link - Cellulosic and Advanced Biofuels Producers to California: Not so Fast!!
April 15, 2009
View Link - California Gets One Bite at the Apple
April 21, 2009
View Link - RFA Comments to CARB Regarding LCFS
April 21, 2009
View PDF - RFA Oral Arguments before California ARB - as prepared for delivery
April 23, 2009
View PDF - California Misses Golden Opportunity to Reduce Carbon Emissions
April 24, 2009
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May
- February 2009 Ethanol Production/Demand
May 1, 2009
View Link - Presidential Memo on Biofuels Interagency Working Group
May 5, 2009
View PDF - RFA Reaction to EPA RFS Rule, Biofuels Working Group
May 5, 2009
View Link - Replay of Teleconference Regarding RFA Reaction to RFS rule
May 5, 2009
View MP3 - Understanding the International Indirect Land Use Penalty on Biofuels
May 6, 2009
View PDF - Understanding Indirect Effects - a Graphic Representation
May 7, 2009
View PDF - Advisory: 2,000th E85 Station in the U.S. to Open in Metro Miami
May 7, 2009
View Link - RFA Letter to TIME Magazine in Response to Diatribe Against Biofuels
May 12, 2009
View HTML - EPA's RFS Land Use Change Analysis
May 14, 2009
View PDF - CAFE standards and ethanol
May 19, 2009
View Link - How To Guide for Adding an E85 Station to Waymarking.com
May 20, 2009
View PDF - Mapping ethanol's progress
May 20, 2009
View Link - Information for the 2,000 E85 station opening in Miami, FL
May 20, 2009
View PDF - Event Flyer: 2000 E85 station opening in Miami
May 20, 2009
View PDF - Low Carbon Fuels in the Spotlight on Capitol Hill
May 21, 2009
View Link - Business as Usual at BusinessWeek
May 27, 2009
View PDF - President Obama Letter to Governors' Biofuel Coalition
May 28, 2009
View PDF - E85 Expansion Underway - courtesy of DTN
May 29, 2009
View PDF - 2000th E85 station to open in metro Miami
May 29, 2009
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June
- Ethanol Industry Seeking More Transparency from EPA
June 1, 2009
View Link - March 2009 Ethanol Production/Demand
June 2, 2009
View Link - American Ethanol Industry Takes Unity Message to Global Conference
June 2, 2009
View Link - Bob Dinneen's speech at the Ethanol Summit 2009: Plenary Session on 'Ethanol: Global vs. Domestic Market'
June 3, 2009
View PDF - UC Berkeley: Biofuels Beneficial to Human Health
June 3, 2009
View Link - 'Funky' Entry Wins Online Ethanol Contest
June 3, 2009
View Link - Sacramento E85 fueling stations
June 5, 2009
View PDF - RFS Teleconference replay
June 9, 2009
View MP3 - Public Hearing on EPA's Proposed RFS Rule
June 9, 2009
View Link - RFA Raises Concerns about Mandating Greenhouse Gas Reporting
June 10, 2009
View Link - Chicken Little is Back
June 10, 2009
View Link - Dakota's Agriculture Training Tour
June 11, 2009
View PDF - 'Snap' to it ' enter the Summer Photo Contest!
June 15, 2009
View Link - What the Music Man and Ethanol Have in Common
June 16, 2009
View Link - The sky is falling! Oh wait'no, it's just the price in the grocery aisle
June 17, 2009
View Link - Drumbeat of Concern About Indirect Land Use Change Continues
June 18, 2009
View Link - RFA's Moore Recognized for Technical Expertise, Contributions
June 23, 2009
View Link - Safety is Top Priority of Ethanol Industry (audio)
June 24, 2009
View MP3 - Ink Dries on Details of Climate Bill Compromise
June 25, 2009
View Link - RFA Supports Peterson Amendment to Climate Change Bill
June 25, 2009
View Link - House passes historic climate bill
June 26, 2009
View Link - Knee High By the 4th of July (and then some)
June 30, 2009
View Link - April 2009 Ethanol Production/Demand
June 30, 2009
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July
- What Do Biofuels Replace and Why Does it Matter?
July 8, 2009
View PDF - Ethanol Emergency Response Training Now Available
July 9, 2009
View Link - Gasoline is Changing, You Need to Know About It
July 9, 2009
View Link - Sturgis and Ethanol: Two Great American Traditions
July 13, 2009
View Link - The days of energy malaise are over
July 13, 2009
View Link - Industry Mourns Loss of Cellulosic Ethanol Visionary
July 14, 2009
View Link - RFA Urges Adoption of E15; Provides Basis for Interim E12 Step
July 21, 2009
View Link - The Case for E12 on the way to E15
July 23, 2009
View Link - Tweethanol? Ok, not quite. But ethanol has come to Twitter
July 24, 2009
View Link - Removing Ethanol Tariff Only 'Beneficial' to Brazilian Sugar Plantations
July 28, 2009
View Link - Letter to CFTC on oil, grain market speculation
July 28, 2009
View PDF - New E85 station opening in Arizona
July 30, 2009
View Link - RFA Pleased by Obama Administration's Clarification of Its Unwavering Support for American-Made Ethanol
July 30, 2009
View Link - Andrew Sullivan Dishes Up a Brazilian Nut
July 31, 2009
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August
- They Said What? A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
August 3, 2009
View Link - May 2009 Ethanol Production 669,000 Barrels per Day
August 3, 2009
View Link - RFA letter to EPA questioning transparency, efficacy of RFS2 modeling
August 4, 2009
View PDF - They Said What? A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words - continued
August 6, 2009
View Link - RFA Statement on Senate Cash for Clunkers Vote
August 6, 2009
View Link - Is EPA Stacking the Deck Against Ethanol?
August 7, 2009
View Link - They Said What? A Picture Says a 1,000 Words - Part 3
August 10, 2009
View Link - National BYOEthanol Campaign Coming to a Gas Station Near You
August 11, 2009
View Link - Corn Crop on Pace for 2nd Largest, Stockpiles at Record Levels
August 12, 2009
View Link - They Said What? A Picture Says a 1,000 Words - Part 4
August 13, 2009
View Link - They Said What? A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words- Part 5
August 18, 2009
View Link - They Said What? A Picture Says a 1,000 Words - Part 6
August 20, 2009
View Link - They Said What? A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words- Part 7
August 26, 2009
View Link - RFA Wins Favorable IRS Decision
August 26, 2009
View Link - They Said What? A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words-Part 8
August 31, 2009
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September
- New MN Ethanol Plant Highlights Importance of Domestic Renewable Energy Sources
September 10, 2009
View Link - America's Farmers Provide Another Bin-Buster
September 11, 2009
View Link - American Land Grant Universities Weigh in on Climate Change, ILUC - Source: APLU
September 14, 2009
View Link - Seeing Is Believing - The Indirect Impacts of Petroleum
September 15, 2009
View Link - Omaha Native Wins Free Fuel Giveaway
September 15, 2009
View Link - Ethanol in the Classroom: Educating the next generation of biofuel visionaries
September 15, 2009
View Link - Ethanol Industry to EPA: RFS About More than Greenhouse Gases
September 25, 2009
View Link - New Look, Same Great Service
September 28, 2009
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October
- July 2009 Ethanol Production: 728,000 Barrels per Day
October 2, 2009
View Link - RFA Responds to GAO Biofuel Report
October 2, 2009
View Link - 'Sturgis Bikes' Takes Home the Photo Contest Grand Prize
October 16, 2009
View Link - Science Article on GHG Accounting Misses the Mark on Biofuels
October 22, 2009
View Link - Letter to US Dept. of Energy on Biofuel Loan Guarantee Program
October 26, 2009
View PDF - August 2009 Daily Ethanol Production/Demand
October 30, 2009
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November
- "Working Together" Remarks by RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen to World Ethanol 2009
November 2, 2009
View PDF - VP Gore, Jon Stewart Exchange Highlights-Disturbing Trend in Ethanol Misinformation
November 5, 2009
View Link - New Tactics, Same Tired Playbook: Ethanol Critics Repackage Same Misinformation in New Pro-Oil Campaign
November 6, 2009
View PDF - Virtual Acres: U.S. Ethanol Industry's New Demand for Corn in 2009/10 Met Solely Through Yield Growth
November 10, 2009
View PDF - Encouraging Truths About American Ethanol Production
November 17, 2009
View PDF - RFA Address to Infocast's Cellulosic Biofuel Summit
November 17, 2009
View PDF - New Garmin App: Finding E85 Just Got Easier
November 23, 2009
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December
- EPA Delay Threatens Continued Evolution of American Biofuels Industry
December 1, 2009
View Link - Cute Kid Photos Could Win You Free Fuel
December 1, 2009
View Link - The E12 Pathway
December 1, 2009
View PDF - New TomTom GPS App Navigates Toward E85 Too!
December 3, 2009
View Link - RFA Letter to EPA on E15, Model Year 2001 and Newer Vehicles
December 3, 2009
View PDF - South Bend Native Recognized for Excellence in Ethanol Industry
December 8, 2009
View Link - Study: Global biofuels reduce GHGs by 123.5 million tonnes
December 9, 2009
View Link - Letter: RFA Seeks Fairer Test of Ethanol by UL
December 9, 2009
View PDF - Issue Brief: GAO REPORT: 'ENERGY-WATER NEXUS' LEAVES OUT IMPORTANT WATER STATISTICS
December 11, 2009
View PDF - RFA Letter to CARB on LCFS Compliance Issues
December 14, 2009
View PDF - RFA Letter to ARB and OAL
December 15, 2009
View PDF - RFA Applauds House Restoration of Biofuel Loan Guarantee Funds
December 17, 2009
View Link - Increased Ethanol Blending Still Required for 2010, Even in Absence of EPA Renewable Volume Obligations for 2010
December 22, 2009
View Link - Ethanol Groups Challenge Constitutionality of California LCFS
December 24, 2009
View Link - Ethanol Groups Respond to Questions Over LCFS Lawsuit
December 29, 2009
View Link - At Decade's End, Ethanol Has Arrived
December 31, 2009
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