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Texas vs. Ethanol: Special Interests or National Interest?

Posted on July 03, 2008

Gov. Perry and Pilgrim's Pride chairman Bo Pilgrim (AP) When Texas governor Rick Perry called for an end to ethanol in April, he was met with skepticism. He does, after all, represent the heart of the oil patch. Now, his proposal looks even more self-serving. The Houston Chronicle reported that the governor's call to roll-back U.S. ethanol mandates came on the heels of a $100,000 political donation to Mr. Perry from a company that uses a lot of chickenfeed, and which is worried about surging corn prices.Gov. Perry asked the U.S. government to partially exempt Texas from the nationwide et...

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