Scientists discover a new way to convert corn waste into low-cost sugar for biofuel

Developing new and sustainable fuels and products from biomass, Professor Bin Yang works with members of his lab at WSU Tri-Cities. Yang led research into new, economically feasible production of sugar for biofuels. / SOURCE: WSU

May 9, 2025

BY Washington State University

USDA to rescind US Forest Service’s 2001 Roadless Rule

By Erin Voegele

June 24, 2025

Feedstocks Policy Pellets

The USDA on June 23 announced plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, a regulation that established prohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction and timber harvesting on approximately 30% of National Forest System lands.

By BBI International

June 23, 2025

Business Feedstocks Sustainable Aviation Fuels Policy

The 2025 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, held in Omaha, Nebraska, concluded with record-breaking participation and industry engagement, reinforcing its role as the largest and most influential gathering in the global ethanol sector.

By Erin Voegele

June 19, 2025

Advanced Biofuels Cellulosic/Advanced Biogas Sustainable Aviation Fuels Operations Policy

The U.S. EPA on June 18 announced 1.75 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in May, down from 2.07 billion that were generated during the same period of last year. Total RIN generation for the first five months of 2025 reached 9.06 billion.

By Blue Biofuels Inc.

June 19, 2025

Cellulosic/Advanced Business Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Blue Biofuels has annoucned the issuance of a new U.S. patent, further strengthening the company’s expanding intellectual property portfolio. This latest patent brings the company’s total number of granted patents to seven.

By TotalEnergies

June 18, 2025

Feedstocks Business

TotalEnergies and Quatra, the European market leader in the collection and recycling of used cooking oil, have signed a 15-year agreement beginning in 2026, for the supply of 60,000 tons a year of European used cooking oil.

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