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ND ag secretary defends ethanol, promotes tech (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says a backlash against ethanol production may be easing as consumers realize the alternative fuel's value and begin doubting arguments that it is to blame for soaring food prices.

Ethanol plant for Hopewell expected to win approval from regulators (The Virginian-Pilot)

RICHMOND A proposed ethanol plant for Hopewell is poised to win approval from Virginia regulators. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday will grant Osage Bio Energy LLC an air permit the suburban Richmond company needs to begin construction of the plant, estimated to ...

Hopewell Ethanol Plant Moving Forward (WRIC 8 News Richmond)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A proposed ethanol plant for Hopewell is poised to win approval from Virginia regulators. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday will grant Osage Bio

Ethanol plant wins DEQ approval (WRIC 8 News Richmond)

Associated Press - August 28, 2008 7:45 AM ET RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A proposed ethanol plant for Hopewell is poised to win approval from Virginia regulators.

DEQ clears way for ethanol plant in Hopewell (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality today will grant Osage Bio Energy LLC an air permit the company needed to begin construction of an ethanol plant in Hopewell.

Ethanol production company lands U.S. approval to build Colorado plant (Business in Vancouver)

Vancouver's Lignol Energy Corp. (TSX-V:LEC), which develops ethanol production technology, has been given the green line to build a...

Ethanol plant likely to win DEQ approval (WTOP Radio Network)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A proposed ethanol plant for Hopewell is poised to win approval from Virginia regulators. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday will grant Osage Bio Energy LLC an air permit the suburban Richmond company needs to begin construction of the plant, estimated...

Sweet Potato Out-Yields Corn In Ethanol Production Study (Science Daily)

In experiments, sweet potatoes grown in Maryland and Alabama yielded two to three times as much carbohydrate for fuel ethanol production as field corn grown in those states, scientists report. The same was true of tropical cassava in Alabama.

Alsons in $2.4-b ethanol bid (Manila Standard Today)

Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc., a member of the Alcantara group of companies, will invest in a $2.4-billion ethanol business in northern Mindanao.

SDSU gets ethanol grant (The Bismarck Tribune)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - U.S. Sen. John Thune says the Department of Energy has awarded $3.9 million to South Dakota State University for research into cellulosic ethanol.