SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 2 (TNSgov) -- The American Coalition for Ethanol issued the following news: The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) reacted to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rule today, which implements the bipartisan group of Midwest governors' request to remove the 1-psi volatility waiver for gasoline-ethanol blends in their states. EPA's rule would ensure retailers in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin can   more

LYONS, Nebraska, Feb. 28 (TNSrpt) -- The Center for Rural Affairs issued the following news release: On Monday, the Center for Rural Affairs joined more than 600 organizations, businesses, and farms to urge U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders to protect historic investments in conservation and climate-smart agriculture. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 allocated almost $20 billion over five years to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for conservation programs with clim  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNStalk) -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Biden v. Nebraska, the first of two cases in which the Court is considering challenges to the Biden administration student debt relief plan, Constitutional Accountability Center Appellate Counsel Smita Ghosh issued the following reaction: The states challenging the Biden administration student debt relief   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 4 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Rural Affairs posted the following news release: Supporters wanting to ensure Medicaid recipients have equitable access to health care and that families continue to receive the assistance they need to put food on the table appeared before the Nebraska Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee this week, seeking the advancement of two bills. Center for Rural Affairs staff were among the supporters offering testimony on Legislative Bi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 2 (TNStalk) -- Nebraska Farm Bureau issued the following statement on March 1, 2023, by President Mark McHargue: * * * "Today's announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowing for the summertime sale of E-15 beginning in the summer of 2024 for eight states, including Nebraska, only strengthens the case to address this issue in Congress. Fortunately, the bipartisan and broadly supported legislative fix to this long-standing issue has already be  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 1 (TNSrpt) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Yesterday, Sierra Club released a new report, "Out of Control: The Deadly Impact of Coal Pollution." This report explores the extent and effect of particulate pollution from the country's remaining coal-fired power plants to understand where that pollution is felt and which plants and parent companies are most responsible. According to the report, soot pollution from coal-burning power plan  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 1 (TNStalk) -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy in the states, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * David C. Tryon, director of litigation at The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown that challenge the Biden Administration's stu  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (TNSpp) -- The Volcker Alliance issued the following news release: On February 4, the Volcker Alliance's Next Generation Service Corps network joined Arizona State University's On Leadership Seminar, a day of professional development and cohort-building for NextGen Service students. The seminar, first launched by Arizona State University's NextGen program in 2015, was held in person for ASU students. NextGen Service students from Georgia State University, Indiana University, M  more