The United States and Japan recently announced the launching of a “partnership on trade� to continue to strengthen the alliance of the two nations through regular engagement on trade-related matters.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Dec. 21 announced the establishment of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, a new DOE office that will help deliver on President Biden's bold climate agenda, create new, good-paying jobs and reduce polution.
Growth Energy is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision that vacated a U.S. EPA rule allowing year-round sales of E15 despite the U.S. Department of Justice's recommendation that the court let the ruling stand.
A new USDA program could soon establish the quantification and verification protocols necessary for long-awaited climate-smart farming incentives, which could begin to scale ethanol's role in an increasingly decarbonized transportation sector.
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says the U.S. EPA's recent RFS RVO proposal is a mixed bag for the biofuels sector. She encourages members of the renewable fuels industry to speak out and help ensure the agency sets strong RFS blend requirements.
The EPA on Dec. 20 issued a final rule setting GHG emissions standards for MY 2023-2026 passenger cars and light trucks. Despite calls from the renewable fuels industry and others, the rule does not address biofuels or a high-octane fuels standard.
According to a new analysis of model-year 2022 vehicle owners' manuals and warranty statements by the Renewable Fuels Association, nearly all new automobiles are explicitly approved by the manufacturer to use E15.
The government of New Zealand on Dec. 15 announced plans to implement a sustainable biofuels mandate based on greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions beginning at a 1.2 percent GHG reduction in 2023 that could ramp up to 9 percent in 2035.
The European Commission on Dec. 10 announced it is fining Spain-based Abengoa S.A. and its subsidiary Abengoa Bioenergia S.A. EUR 20 million for participating in a cartel that fixed the benchmarks used to set wholesale ethanol prices in Europe.
Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Dec. 14 introduced a bill that aims to prohibit the U.S. EPA from retroactively reducing RFS RVOs. A companion bill is pending in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Growth Energy on Dec. 13 released a new report showcasing nearly universal compatibility with fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol (E15) among vehicles on the road today. The report was prepared by Air Improvement Resource Inc.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Dec. 7 sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to revise the RFS to allow biomass harvested from federal land as part of wildfire mitigation efforts to be an eligible feedstock.
The Biden administration has signaled its intent to publish a proposed rule setting RFS RVOs for 2023 and beyond next spring. A variety of other rulemakings impacting biofuel producers are also scheduled taken up by federal agencies in the near-term.
Growth Energy, NBB, NATSO and SIGMA on Dec. 9 asked Congressional leaders to exclude fuels made by co-processing biomass with petroleum at oil refineries from proposed sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax incentives.
To facilitate year-round sales of E15 nationwide, six national farm and biofuel organizations have asked the U.S. EPA to enact regulations requiring lower-volatility conventional gasoline blendstock in the summertime.
In November, the U.S. Grains Council conducted an ethanol trade mission to Brussels and London to attend a global biofuels conference and follow-up on E10 deployment in the U.K. The team met with government officials, ethanol traders, and others.
The government on Dec. 8 filed a brief urging the SCOTUS to deny a petition seeking the review of a lower court's decision to vacate an EPA rule allowing year-round E15. The brief points to alternatives to court review, such as a legislative fix.
The USDA on Dec. 7 announced the agency will make up to $800 million available to support biofuel producers and infrastructure, including $700 million in pandemic relief and $100 million in infrastructure funding to support the use of higher blends.
The U.S. EPA on Dec. 7 released a proposed rule to revise 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard RVOs and set long-overdue RVOs for 2021 and 2022. In a separate action, the agency is proposing to deny more than 60 SRE petitions.
Former Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan. will be remembered by the U.S. ethanol industry as a great patriot, war hero, national statesman, friend of farmers, and a founding champion of America's renewable fuels industry, according to the RFA.
Representatives of the U.S. biofuels industry slammed the U.S. EPA's delays in setting Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements and called on the agency to get the RFS back on track during a Dec. 3 hearing.
The USDA on Dec. 3 awarded a combined $3.1 million to eight recipients under the Higher Blends Infrastructure Inventive Program, which aims to increase the sales and use of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel by expanding biofuels infrastructure.
On Dec. 2, the ABFA released a set of principles to inform low carbon fuels policy, approved by the association's diverse membership. The document is the document is the culmination of a year-long effort to find consensus amongst ABFA's members.
Summit Carbon Solutions is pleased to announce it has commenced drilling multiple stratigraphic test wells, a key milestone in its development of the world's largest carbon capture and storage project.
ACE consultant Jonathon Lehman spoke Dec. 2 on behalf of the organization on a panel entitled “Reducing Carbon Intensity in Renewable Fuels with Climate Smart Farming Practices� at a workshop in California.
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor on Dec. 2 applauded the State of Oregon for finalizing its rule to allow the sale of a 15 percent ethanol blend (E15) throughout the state. The rule will take effect in January 2022.
The Renewable Fuels Association has announced that Mark A. Gouthro has been selected to lead the association's Technical Committee, which focuses heavily on fuel specifications and standards. Gouthro is a lab manager at E Energy Adams.
RFA's Robert White explains how biofuel blends, such as E15, can help diversify fuel offerings while lowering fuel prices, and discusses federal efforts to provide funding and incentives for biofuel infrastructure and flex fuel vehicles.
While much political talk currently focuses on electrification and zero-emission vehicles, ACE's Ron Lamberty explains how fuel retailers can offer lower-carbon fuels now using existing equipment by adding E15 to their offerings.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently changed the way its reports biofuel data in its Monthly Energy Review. The agency now breaks down data into four categories, including ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel and other biofuels.
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