Ethanol at crossroads of economic potential
The Marquis Energy plant in Hennepin Illinois embodies a broader ethanol industry facing high corn costs and tight margins. With corn above six dollars a bushel and ниже profits, refiners see pressure from food inflation, Wall Street losses, and calls to relax mandates. Industry leaders warn profitability must rise to sustain new refineries and a future fuel network.
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Hennepin
Ill
Mark Marquis
Illinois River
Marquis Energy
Congress
Wall Street
Marquis
Great Lakes
Aventine Renewable Energy Inc
VeraSun Energy Corp
Pacific Ethanol Inc
John McCain
United Nations
Fuel
Ron Miller
Pekin
Aventine
Far East
U.S
Central City
Neb
Discovery blasts off to deliver Japanese lab to space station
Space shuttle Discovery launched at 5 02 p m on a two day flight carrying the Kibo lab module to the international space station and a Russian made toilet pump. The seven person crew includes commander Mark Kelly and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata amid a high profile ceremony with political figures including Rep Gabrielle Giffords.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
International Space Station
Space Station
NASA
Mike Leinbach
Mark Kelly
Kibo
Earth
Michael Griffin
Gabrielle Giffords
D-Ariz
Kelly
Arizona
Washington
Giffords
Congress
Phoenix finds ice patch beneath Mars lander legs
New images from the Phoenix mission bolster the view that thrusters uncovered a large ice patch just beneath the surface. Scientists say a detailed photo shows one leg on coarse dirt with a possible three foot diameter ice area beneath, covered earlier by a thin layer of soil.
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Washington University
Ray Arvidson
Safety summit follows NYC crane collapse
City officials held an emergency safety summit after New Yorks second deadly crane collapse in weeks. Lawmakers warned that 250 cranes remain aloft amid a building boom and urged swift action. Council member Jessica Lappin and Borough President Scott Stringer pressed for a public safety focus as investigators continued to probe the causes.
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Jessica Lappin
Manhattan
Upper East Side
Scott Stringer
Stringer
Midtown Manhattan
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