May 19, 2021 Grease Thieves, Corn Oil and Fraud: How Biofuel Scam Artists Bilked U.S. Taxpayers of Billions Previously published @EWG In June 2016, Dave Larson sat in his boss’ office at Triton Energy LLC, in Waterloo, Indiana, filling out a worker’s…
February 8, 2016 Cruz Storms “King” Corn’s Castle Because of the outsized role they play in American politics, there will always be debate over the farm lobby’s power. The first in the…
November 13, 2015 The Wrong Way Republican Matt Bevin’s recent triumph for the governorship in Kentucky underscores the long downward slide for Democrats in rural America. Due to Tea Party…
April 23, 2015 Can Cheaper Corn Change the Way We Farm? America has too much corn. Year after year of farmers responding to incentives to grow more of America’s largest crop has resulted in a glut of…
March 15, 2015 The GOP’s king corn problem Republican politics — especially the presidential primary — have become a contest of appealing to the far right voter by demonstrating conservative street cred. That’s why it…
March 9, 2015 The GOP’s king corn problem Perviously at Grist. Republicans contort themselves in order to champion big-government ethanol support. Republican politics — especially the presidential primary — have become a contest of appealing…
November 5, 2014 How Did Agriculture Policy Fare in the 2014 Midterms? Republicans took total control Congress last night. And a handful of races focused specific agriculture issues and legislation or have implications on future food…
October 10, 2014 Any Port in a Storm for Ethanol and Oil The recent campaign against Environmental Protection Agency clean water rule proposals has descended into farce, courtesy of the American Petroleum Institute and the federal…
October 26, 2011 “Freedom” is Corn Ethanol Propaganda Previously at EWG. The new film “Freedom” is an industry bought-and-paid-for infomercial for environmentally destructive corn ethanol, masquerading as a pseudo-documentary on the nation’s…
October 30, 2010 The only thing ‘green’ about NASCAR’s switch to corn ethanol is the cash Previously at Grist. Using an energy-hogging fuel to gas up cars circling a track is absurd. NASCAR might want to ask its fans whether…
