On March 18 the Oregon Senate Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources held a public hearing on S.B. 488, which aims to repeal the sunset date of the state's low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) program, known as the Oregon Clean Fuels Program.
The U.S. ethanol industry is responding to the American Petroleum Institute's latest attack on the renewable fuel standard (RFS). On March 20, API released the results of a new study that claims the RFS will result in severe economic consequences.
The Renewable Fuels Association is calling for a multi-agency investigation after a recent incident involving Zarco 66 Inc., the convenience store company that opened the first E15 pump in the nation in July.
A Century of Subsidies cake served up a dose of clever reality on Capitol Hill.
President Barack Obama spoke at Argonne National Laboratory on March 15, highlighting the importance of an all-of-the-above energy strategy and calling on Congress to establish a $2 billion Energy Security Trust.
Renewable fuels are a powerful component in President Obama's plan for a cleaner, more secure energy future, according to Novozymes. The President discussed his plans during a March 15 speech.
The American Coalition for Ethanol and more than 50 of its grassroots members are on Capitol Hill March 13-14 for the group's "Biofuels Beltway March" annual fly-in. The ethanol advocates will have more than 120 meetings with lawmakers.
The 2013 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry's largest and longest-running conference, released its highly anticipated agenda featuring more than 140 speakers and four content-packed tracks.
In early March, Bloomberg New Energy Finance published a report outlining its Bioenergy Leadership Forum, which was held in October. The report includes information on the first- and second-generation biofuels, biochemicals, biopower and pellets.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has published a white paper outlining eight issues it has identified as being central to the biofuels industry in 2013, including fuel mandates, cellulosic biofuel production, blending economics and politics.
Stoel Rives LLP has published a white paper that provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. EPA's proposed rules for a voluntary renewable identification number (RIN) integrity program.
Legislation is working its way through the Minnesota state House of Representatives and Senate that would open the door for E15, biobutanol and other biofuels. The underlining objective is to displace 30 percent petroleum by 2025.
The RFA has packed 40 facts about ethanol into a video that ought to be shared with your Congressional delegation.
President Obama has nominated Ernie Moniz as Secretary of Energy. Moniz is a physics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A nuclear physicist, Moniz has served as director of MIT's Energy Initiative.
President Barack Obama nominated a new administrator of the U.S. EPA March 4. Gina McCarthy, current assistant administrator for the EPA's office of air and radiation, is on deck.
Rob Vierhout, secretary general of ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association, spoke to Ethanol Producer Magazine about the recent European Union decision to impose an $83.03 per metric ton tariff on imported U.S. ethanol.
For the next five years, U.S. ethanol, and only U.S. ethanol, exported to European Union countries will be subject to an $83.03 per metric ton tariff or duty. It's a disappointing blow for U.S. ethanol producers.
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives seeks to repeal the E15 waiver and require additional testing of the fuel, despite extensive testing by the U.S. DOE. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., introduced H.R. 875.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has released an online version of an industry scrapbook that illustrates how far the renewable fuels industry has come and how profound its impact on Iowa has been over the past decade.
The U.S. EPA has published a new final rule, qualifying additional fuel pathways under the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The rulemaking covers two new feedstocks, camelina and energy cane. It also qualifies new renewable gasoline pathways.
A Feb. 26 hearing featured testimony of three E15 critics, including a representative of the Coordinating Research Council, which has authored research reports concluding E15 could damage engine valves and fuel system components.
Several companies combined produced about 20,000 gallons of cellulosic biofuels at commercial-scale facilities in late 2012. This output could grow to more than 5 million gallons in 2013, as operations ramp up at several plants.
U.S. EPA has issued long-awaited approval for new feedstocks and biofuel processes under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), including those for camelina and energy cane. The rule was first proposed in January 2012.
Fuels America is redoubling its efforts to point the finger at the real beneficiaries should the RFS be weakened and E15 smeared and it's not consumers or the environment.
The Renewable Fuels Association has released a state-by-state update to the "Contribution of the Ethanol Industry to the Economy of the United States," an economic impact analysis performed by Cardno ENTRIX.
The EU Council published today a regulation imposing an anti-dumping duty on US bioethanol exports to the EU. As of tomorrow, a 62.9 euro per metric ton duty will be applied to all imports of ethanol from the US for the next five years.
The American Petroleum Institute and other organizations have filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging the D.C. Circuit Court's decision to reject its challenge U.S. EPA's decision to grant partial waiver for the use of E15.
Researchers with the Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence at South Dakota State University in Brookings used USDA satellite land cover data to put some numbers behind those observations and map the conversion of grass-dominated land.
The European Commission is officially imposing an $83.03 per metric ton tariff on U.S. ethanol entering the European Union. The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy intend to challenge the policy in every manner possible.
Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project has released a report highlighting the potential to combine bioenergy production with carbon capture and storage techniques to enable carbon-negative energy production.
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