Iowa Ethanol Lobby Starts Its Own 2016 Campaign
With oil prices depressed, biofuel advocates want to make sure they're not forgotten.
An ear of corn pealed open for examination on a farm near Farley, Iowa appears to be in the early dent stage on Wednesday, Aug 22, 2007.
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Renewable-fuels advocates are promising to spend millions putting ethanol back in the debate for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucus next year as cheap oil and setbacks in biofuels policy make the additive less central to voters.
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, backed by state corn-grower and renewable-fuels associations and the Washington-based biofuels lobby Growth Energy, on Thursday formed America’s Renewable Future, to make the Renewable Fuels Standard an issue in the 2016 race. The Iowa caucus is set for early January.