EPA emissions rules could hinder ethanol | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

Washington, D.C. - Biofuels producers don't like to think of themselves as a cause of global warming, but that's how they could be regulated under the Obama administration's regulations on greenhouse gases.

The regulations, due to take effect in January, would count as greenhouse gases the carbon dioxide that's released when corn is fermented into motor fuel or when corn stalks, straw and other sources of biomass are burned to make electricity.

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About Global Warming, he said, "It's 72 degrees in January in New York City. One guy's end of the world is another guy's, 'It's nice out.'"

3 key issues: Braley says yes, Lange, no | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

“Climate change is real, and it must be addressed,” Braley said. “It also provides more economic opportunity than risks for the economy because it will drive us to increase efficiencies and innovation as well as reduce reliance on energy resources from foreign countries.”

Lange contends there is no convincing scientific evidence that climate change is occurring, though he allows: “I am keeping an open mind on it.”

“I am willing to address the problem if there is one, but there has to be scientific basis behind it before we start enacting a cap-and-trade policy that will have a detrimental effect on people in eastern Iowa,” Lange said.