Friday, June 27, 2008

Corzine asked to seek ethanol waiver

With food prices soaring in the face of a federal mandate to increase production of corn-based ethanol, food producers and retailers today called on Gov. Jon Corzine to seek a waiver from the ethanol requirement.
"Families in Camden now face the choice between filling up their gas tanks or feeding their families," said Kelly D. Johnston, vice president of government affairs for Campbell Soup Company. More...