


PHOTO: KURT STEPNITZ, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
June 26, 2013
BY Susanne Retka Schill
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U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on March 9 announced the selection of new members to the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee. The newly appointed CASAC will consist of a chair and six new members.
The USDA reduced its forecast for 2025-’26 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released March 10. The expected price for soybean oil was revised up.
Fuel retailers are calling on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to reinstate the Biodiesel Blenders’ Tax Credit, noting that the transition to the 45Z clean fuel production credit has stifled the biodiesel market.
The Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance on March 9 launched as a global industry platform uniting organizations to expand the use of woody biomass as a versatile, renewable carbon solution sourced from working forests.
A newly released independent economic impact study finds that biomanufacturing projects located in Biofuel Development Opportunity (BDO) Zones generate substantial and repeatable economic benefits.