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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 27, 2024
The renewable diesel boom has fueled a surge in expected soybean crushing capacity and a need for more production of the crop, though the EPA’s proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volumes and declining credit values for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard may dampen the fledgling industry’s ambitions.
Coal mining productivity in the U.S. increased 26 percent over the past five years, while the nation's operating mines have been cut nearly in half during that same time period.
As increases in demand outpace growth in production, the Energy Information Administration predicts crude oil will average $62 per barrel in 2018, raising its earlier forecast by $3 a barrel.
In North Dakota’s Bakken region, the ratio of natural gas production relative to crude oil, known as the gas-oil ratio, has been gradually increasing since 2008 and has increased at a faster rate since 2014.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - India received its first-ever shipment of American petroleum earlier this month, among signs that the Asian nation’s energy needs are increasing at a faster rate than all other regions of the world.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports state taxes on gasoline this year average 27.9 cents per gallon, an increase of 4.5 percent over 2016.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - A report released by the Energy Information Administration shows carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions decreased by 89 million metric tons (MMmt) in 2016 from the previous year.
