
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on June 23 announced the USDA is rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule. / SOURCE: USDA
June 24, 2025
BY Erin Voegele
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U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 900,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in January, according to the U.S. EIA’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 990,000 tons during the month.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has awarded more than $267 million to 31 manufacturing projects under the Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania program. Five biogas projects and one biomass CHP are among those to receive funding.
The Ontario government on May 8 announced it is investing $5.5 million to help Greenwater Technology produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from mill byproducts and underused wood.
Japan-based Erex Co. Ltd. in April announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vietnam-based Vinacomin Power Holdings to study the possibility of cofiring biomass at two of Vinacomin’s coal-fired power plants.
Iowa and Missouri are challenging New York’s Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, claiming it unfairly imposes reporting and compliance obligations on ethanol and biodiesel producers located outside the state.