Nebraska Bird Partnership

Keystone XL is not the only pipeline in the news these days.  A proposed pipeline to send ethanol from the Midwest to markets in the East may receive a boost when the U.S. Department of Energy on Monday releases the findings of a feasibility study.  The study found that a dedicated ethanol pipeline would be feasible under certain conditions, particularly if U.S. markets were opened to fuel blends containing more than 10 percent ethanol or if use of E85 — a motor fuel with up to 85 percent ethanol — were expanded.

Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., said the report is good news for the project. Terry and Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, recently introduced a bill that would provide federal loan guarantees for the $3.5 billion, 1,800-mile pipeline.

Read more about the proposed ethanol pipeline from the Omaha World-Herald.