Governmentwide, 23 agencies and their 130 sub-agencies reviewed by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) implemented nearly 700 renewable energy initiatives in fiscal year 2010. The Departments of Defense (DOD), Agriculture (USDA), Energy (DOE), and the Interior were collectively responsible for almost 60% of all initiatives. The initiatives supported a range of renewable energy sources, [...]
Pols Ask GAO To Study E15 Impact
Two U.S. congressmen have asked the Government Accountability Office to study the impact of boosting the amount of ethanol that is blended into U.S. gasoline supplies following a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency statement that it may approve next summer an industry proposal to increase the volume of ethanol in gasoline by 50%—by going from 10% [...]