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Corn Growers: We’re Ready To Help Reduce Tailpipe Emissions

By Agri-Pulse

A Kansas farmer used a House hearing Wednesday to make the case that EPA’s plan to slash tailpipe emissions ignores the part that ethanol should play. “The agricultural and liquid fuels industry stand at the ready to assist in reducing air pollution.

Unfortunately, current and proposed EPA rules prevent us from being a part of the solution and adversely impact low income and rural citizens across the United States,” Josh Roe, CEO of the Kansas Corn Growers Association, told the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. While electric vehicles will play a vital role in achieving carbon neutrality, “complementary alternatives such as biofuels have a role to play but are being pushed aside,” Roe said.

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Big Shelf Cloud Sights & Sounds over Regina, SK - July 2, 2026 | A line of severe thunderstorms developed in southern Saskatchewan on July 2, 2026. A large shelf cloud rolled through the city of Regina in the early evening hours as the storm brought some heavy downpours.

This footage was captured facing west from east of Regina and contains clips of lightning strikes, long rolling thunder rumbles and a timelapse of the shelf cloud as it advanced eastward.