I'll stop here and express my gratitude to friends and the ethanol industry, in general, for giving me 30 years of fruitful work and the ability to not only look back with pride and satisfaction, but to look forward with renewed optimism.
The Renewable Fuels Association is hosting two free ethanol safety seminars later this month in Benton, Illinois. The seminars will be held on Sept. 27 from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. CT or 5:30 p.m.–10 p.m. CT at the Benton Fire Department.
On Sept. 19, former Growth Energy CEO and current co-chairman of the Growth Energy board of directors, Tom Buis, was presented with the America's Fuel award. The award is the highest honor given by Growth Energy.
The American Coalition for Ethanol has kicked-off a two-week ad campaign in Environment & Energy Publishing, a Washington DC-based media outlet with five daily online publications and a daily video webcast for energy and environmental policy leaders.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) data for August, reporting more than 1.76 billion RINs were generated during the month, including nearly 15.63 million cellulosic RINs.
A Sept. 9 leak in the Colonial pipeline has resulted in gasoline shortages and price spikes. As workers act to fix the leak and remediate the environmental consequences, Growth Energy notes higher ethanol blends can help mitigate those issues.
It's time for consumers to feel good about their decisions at the pump. Let's turn a simple transaction into a public statement and be proud of the efforts we are making to improve our world every day. This article appears in the October EPM.
Indiana corn farmers are helping power the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay as sponsors of the E85 fuel keeping the torch burning brightly as it travels through Indiana's 92 counties over 35 days.
California's Big Oil-disrupting climate-change policies have been extended to 2030, and the state now leads the nation in low carbon fuel retail volumes with more than 14 million gallons of E85 Flex Fuel sold in 2015.
Growth Energy joined some of America's top biofuel champions for a celebration marking the expansion of consumer access to E15. Consumer access to E15 was marked with proclamations in Iowa, Minnesota and North Carolina.
The USDA recently announced $7.4 million in grants will be awarded to 76 small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research program. The USDA also indicated the SBIR program is currently accepting Phase I grant applications.
In September, the USDA Commodity Credit Corp. announced it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program during fiscal year 2017. The USDA sold surplus sugar to bioenergy producers under the program in 2013.
Despite the fact that biofuel technologies are demonstrated to be effective at reducing GHGs and are affordable and immediately available, their adoption remains far below current potential. This article appears in the October print issue of EPM.
Japan recently filed an annual biofuels report with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network that highlights the country's ethanol use and production.
The American Petroleum Institute recently spoke out against efforts to move the point of obligation under the renewable fuel standard (RFS). Rather that changes to the point of obligation, the API is calling for repeal or major reform of the RFS.
The ethanol industry is celebrating the ability of fuel retail stations to again offer E15 to customers for use in all 2001 and newer vehicles beginning Sept. 16. Retailers are currently prohibited from selling E15 from June 1 through Sept. 15.
Bliss Baker, president of the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, has reacted to global temperature analyses released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that showed 2016 is on track to overtake 2014 and 2015 as the hottest year.
Consumer choice at the pump will get a shot in the arm on Sept. 15 as the U.S. EPA's arcane restriction on summertime E15 sales expires for the year. The end of EPA's “volatility control season� means many gasoline retailers can again sell E15.
The Surface Transportation Board has announced the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee will meet on Sept. 22 in Washington, D.C. The meeting is open to the public.
The European Commission recently reaccredited RSB's EU Renewable Energy Directive sustainability program. The re-recognition came just weeks after the EU Court of Auditors said the EU certification system for sustainability is not fully reliable.
On Sept. 12, the USDA released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, lowing its corn production forecast to 15.093 billion bushels, down 61 million from the previous month.
On Sept. 13, the governors of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking her to remove the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) limit on E15.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials is pleased to announce its re-recognition by the European Commission. The decision was published by the commission on Aug. 9 in the Official Journal of the European Union and is valid for five years.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wisc., recently sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking her why the agency has failed to produce reports on the environmental impacts of the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
Edeniq Inc. has announced the U.S. EPA has approved a cellulosic fuel pathway for Pacific Ethanol Inc.'s Stockton, California, plant using Edeniq's Pathway Technology, allowing the facility to generate D3 cellulosic renewable identification numbers.
A new tool developed by the American Coalition for Ethanol for gasoline and ethanol retailers is available online starting Sept. 8. The website is an interactive version of ACE's recently released E15 & Flex Fuel Retailer Roadmap.
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., recently met up with the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association to learn more about Minnesota's ethanol industry and show his support for clean, homegrown renewable biofuels.
On Sept. 8, California Gov. Edmond Brown signed legislation strengthening the state's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by requiring the state to cut emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released the September edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting ethanol production will average approximately 990,000 barrels per day in 2016 and 2017.
Officials recently announced the agenda for the technical sessions of the 2016 Energy Conference, taking place Sept. 19-21 in Des Moines, Iowa. Last year's conference attracted energy leaders from 27 states and four countries.
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