Having led the charge to ban leaded gasoline 30 years ago, Marilyn Katz is leading a campaign to require E15 in the Windy City.
An analysis of real-world land use data recently released by Iowa State University raises serious doubts about the accuracy of economic models used by regulatory agencies to penalize ethanol for purported "indirect land use changes."
The Fuels Institute recently published a study that predicts a substantial increase in E85 sales over the next several years. At minimum, the report predicts E85 sales will double by 2023. Under certain circumstances, the growth rate could be higher.
Class I railroads have filed their fourth weekly status reports with the Surface Transportation Board. The reports provide an overview of operational performance for the week ending Nov. 8.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published the November issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting that ethanol production will average 934,000 barrels per day next year.
Biofuels now account for 1 percent of global energy use, a new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development finds. The document provides a sweeping global overview of the development of liquid biofuels.
The recent drop in gasoline prices raises the question whether ethanol's competitiveness in blends is being threatened. University of Illinois economists Scott Irwin and Darrel Good examined the prices relationship in a recent FarmDocDaily post.
U.S. rail traffic, including carloadings of all commodity types, has increased 4.5 percent through October compared to the same period in 2013. Increased movement of grain represents the biggest commodity increase in rail traffic so far this year.
The International Energy Agency has released its annual World Energy Outlook, revealing that fossil fuel consumption subsidies reached $550 billion in 2013. According to the EIA, those subsidies discourage investment in renewables.
A group of agriculture organizations recently issued a letter to President Obama asking him to intervene in the U.S. EPA's proposed cuts to the 2014 renewable fuel standard volume obligations. The final 2014 rule is expected to be released soon.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will serve as the 2015 vice chairman of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition, while Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will serve as chairman. In 2016, Nixon will transition to the role of chairman.
Growth Energy participated in a market development mission with the U.S. Grains Council and the Renewable Fuels Association to explore export opportunities for U.S. ethanol in Panama and Peru. Missions are also planned to countries in Southeast Asia.
The Renewable Fuels Association has submitted comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality detailing a number of requested changes to the proposed rule for Phase 2 of the Oregon Clean Fuels Program.
USDA is still projecting a record corn crop, but just not quite as big, reducing its forecast by 68 million bushels in the Nov. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. Corn production is now forecast at a record 14.407 billion bushels.
Class I railroads have filed their third weekly status reports with the Surface Transportation Board. The reports provide an overview of operational performance for the week beginning Oct. 26.
The Renewable Fuels Association's Director of Regulatory Affairs, Kelly Davis, was formally appointed to the Department of Commerce's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee.
A public comment period on the Oregon Clean Fuels Program is set to end Nov. 7. The program, which is similar to California's Low Carbon Fuels Standard, requires a 10 percent reduction of greenhouse gases from transportation fuels by 2025.
A Renewable Fuels Association analysis of model year (MY) 2015 warranty statements and owner's manuals reveals that auto manufacturers explicitly approve the use of E15 in approximately two-thirds of new vehicles.
In the months of September and October, three well-known leaders in the global renewable fuels and agricultural scene stepped down, making way for new faces in the top positions.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published updated ethanol plant production capacity data. As of Jan. 1, 2014, the EIA reports the U.S. was home to 187 operating fuel ethanol plants with a combined 13.68 billion gallons of capacity.
The growing movement to call out the U.S. EPA for its ethanol emissions testing procedures picked up support today as a new study from the Society of Automotive Engineers called the agency's approach flawed.
On Oct. 29, Class I railroads filed their second weekly status reports with the Surface Transportation Board. According to the STB, the reports will promote industry-wide transparency, accountability and improvements in rail service.
As the first African Sustainable Transport Forum gets under way in Nairobi, Kenya, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance called on forum attendees to adopt biofuels friendly policies and regulations.
An ethanol association is working hard to grow the ethanol industry in South Africa and nearby countries. Right now, an association staff member said, the industry feels very small and far behind the U.S. and other ethanol-producing areas.
The U.S. EPA has published renewable identification number (RIN) data for September, reporting that both D3 cellulosic biofuel and D7 cellulosic diesel RINs were generated during the month.
On Oct. 8, the Surface Transportation Board published a decision announcing new weekly data reporting requirements for Class I railroads in order to help mitigate issues with poor service and delays. The first reports were filed Oct. 22.
On Oct. 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied a petition of review filed by the American Petroleum Institute and other groups challenging the E15 misfueling mitigation rule published by the U.S. EPA in June 2011.
Two weeks from Election Day, Bob Dinneen told grain and animal feed buyers gathered in Seattle that whichever party controls Congress next year will "have the gavel" on energy and agriculture but lack the power to advance or upset biofuels policy.
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced plans to award up to $14 million to support the development of landscape design approaches for cellulosic feedstocks that enhance environmental and socio-economic sustainability.
A computer model that states use to assess mobile source emissions is seriously flawed, according to an analysis by Urban Air Initiative and could effectively block access to the market for higher ethanol blends.
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