Senate passage sets the stage for House vote, reshaping renewable incentives along partisan and regional lines In Washington DC, the US Senate’s hard-fought budget bill delivered an emphatic victory this week for America’s biofuels industry—while exposing a growing fault line in U.S. clean energy policy. On Tuesday morning, after more than 24 hours of amendments, […]
George, George, George of the Jungle, Strong as he can be. (Yell) Watch out for that tree! (“Oooh!”) Lately, it feels like we—investors, journalists, grantmakers, the yearning public, idealists, politicos—are all a little like George of the Jungle. We mean well. We want to rescue the world from climate disaster, energy insecurity and collapse. But […]
This is Part 2 of our two-part series — part one is here. The Strait Is Still Open. But the Signal Is Clear. The Strait of Hormuz remains navigable—for now. But the headlines are unmistakable: armed exchanges between Israel and Iran, U.S. warnings of retaliation, and a cease-fire that could dissolve overnight. This time, oil […]
This is Part 1 of our two-part series, Part 2 is here. It’s High Noon at the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s parliament has voted to close it, and while the final decision now rests with its national security council, the message is already echoing through global oil markets. One-fifth of the world’s oil moves through […]
I’ve seen Main Streets where the hardware store is closed and now there’s a payday lender, where the once-bustling main intersection is home to perhaps a Wal-Mart, maybe a Dollar Store, maybe just boarded up buildings, the bank’s gone, the gas station’s battered, the feed store’s probably in the next county. You’d think that was […]
They say pulp was a dirty business. Maybe it was. Maybe it still is. I’ve seen boilers run red, steam choke a skyline, and accountants draw their margins like guns. For a long time, the whole thing was headed for a final scene — old mills, old margins, and the same old ending. But then […]
In Washington, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed rule to establish required Renewable Fuel Standard volumes and percentage standards for 2026 and 2027, as well as to partially waive the 2025 cellulosic biofuel volume requirement and revise the associated percentage standard due to a shortfall in cellulosic biofuel production. The proposed volume requirements […]
What goes on at ethanol’s dazzling annual get-together? Behind the pomp and away from the klaxons and kleig lights, there’s serious thought leadership underway, and the Digest’s intrepid Jim Kendrick was on the scene in Omaha this week at the Fuel Ethanol Workshops. He filed this report on the major stories not otherwise covered in […]
We are reporting this week in the Digest that USA BioEnergy has signed a letter of intent with Louisiana-Pacific for a long-term supply agreement for sustainably sourced wood fiber to support operations at USAB’s planned Texas Renewable Fuels biorefinery in Bon Wier, Texas. Once finalized, the agreement would provide for up to 2.2 million tons […]
The House of Novonesis has unveiled its latest silhouette — Innova Eclipse-L — a long-form fermentation strain designed to handle heat, high solids, and rising acid levels without breaking form. It’s the opening salvo in what may be the biggest design year yet on the bioeconomy catwalks. It’s haute couture for mass production. It’s so […]
