11 News & Press Releases found
National Farmers Union (NFU) News
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CBO Study on RFS Deeply Flawed
National Farmers Union (NFU) Senior Vice President of Programs Chandler Goule issued the following statement in response to a study by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): “CBO’s ...
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NFU Statement on EPA’s Clean Power Plan Proposal
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan proposal to cut carbon pollution 30 percent by 2030: “The changing climate has ...
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NFU Applauds RFS Support from Congress
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement in praise of the two letters 61 members of Congress signed and sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today in support of EPA changing its proposed 2014 ...
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Renewable Fuel Standard, corn and the farm economy
The recent proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lower the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets for biofuels will damage farmers and the rural economy. The RFS calls for increasing amounts of biofuels to be produced each ...
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Biofuels Wrongfully Accused
The media is at it once again: accusing biofuels of harming our nation’s natural resources. it surprises me that a clean burning, renewable product is such a target. After all, if the alternative is increased amounts of oil imported from the ...
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EPA Holds Hearing on RFS, NFU Disappointed with Proposal
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public hearing Thursday on the 2014 Standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS): ...
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AP article overlooks positives in agriculture, unfairly criticizes biofuels
A recent article by the Associated Press attacks American agriculture by blaming biofuels for harming our natural resources. Unfortunately, the story recycles the same tired arguments, and overlooks several facts that deserve to be highlighted. The ...
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NFU Disappointed in EPA’s 2014 RFS Standards
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requirements: “We are deeply disappointed in EPA’s ...
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What the AP Got Wrong on Ethanol
The Associated Press just released a one-sided story on renewable fuel’s impact on the environment, and it’s full of the same misinformation and falsehoods that ethanol detractors have been repeating for years. Here’s what they got ...
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AP Renewable Fuel Story One-Sided, Misguided
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement in response to a recent story by the Associated Press that blames biofuels for causing environmental harm: “The story blames biofuels for the reduced acres in ...
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NFU Releases Free Renewable Energy Education Curriculum
National Farmers Union (NFU) released today curriculum that will help students separate fact from fiction when it comes to renewable energy. This curriculum, developed by NFU, is available free to organizations, schools, institutions and businesses ...