In Washington, D.C., to provide relief at the pump in response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis while simultaneously reducing carbon emissions from the transportation sector, six farm and biofuel organizations wrote to President Biden urging his administration to use existing authority to allow for the year-round sale of gasoline blended with up to 15 percent […]
In Washington, the Environmental Defense Fund, along with a coalition of health and environmental groups, moved to intervene in lawsuits challenging EPA’s Clean Car Standards for cars and passenger trucks in model years 2023 to 2026. The groups filed their motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Groups that […]
In the UK, Construction Enquirer reports the construction industry is panicking ahead of the nationwide ban on red diesel that comes into effect on April 1, forcing users to switch to regular diesel, biodiesel or HVO in an effort to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Red diesel has traditionally been significantly cheaper than standard diesel, […]
In Washington, Reuters reports the Environmental Protection Agency is running up against push back from an unusual mix of allies including several state corn growers associations, ethanol producers, a Valero Energy subsidiary and even the American Fuel And Petrochemical Manufacturers who believe the agency’s revised emissions rules promote electrical vehicles and push out internal combustion […]
In New Zealand, Newsroom reports that the debate about indirect land use change and the use of food crops as biofuels feedstocks have reared their ugly heads ahead of the country’s plan to implement biofuel blending from April 1, 2023. Spooked by pushback received by the European Commission regarding their handling of feedstock sustainability, New […]
In Washington, D.C., a new study by the International Council for Clean Transportation notes that as proposed revisions to the European Union’s the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) and new proposals that incentivize the use of renewable fuels in the aviation and marine sectors are likely to stimulate even more demand for UCO imports and […]
In France, global methane emissions from the energy sector are about 70% greater than the amount national governments have officially reported, according to new IEA analysis released Wednesday, underlining the urgent need for enhanced monitoring efforts and stronger policy action to drive down emissions of the potent greenhouse gas. Methane is responsible for around 30% […]
In Washington, following settlement discussions with Growth Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will file a notice in the Federal Register Thursday seeking comment on a proposed judicial consent decree that would require EPA to finalize the 2021 and 2022 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs), which are the subject of a pending rulemaking, by no […]
In Louisiana, Reuters reports a senior Environmental Protection Agency official told the National Ethanol Conference in New Orleans that the EPA is focused on transparency in its rulemaking of the Renewable Fuels Standard to ensure it gets “back on track” and that biofuels are included in the toolbox for transport decarbonization. The agency is reviewing […]
In Belgium, Euractiv reports the European Commission is considering taxation of fossil fuels and crop-based biofuels at the same rate as part of the revision of the 2003 Energy Taxation Directive in an effort to transition the biofuel supply more quickly away from agricultural feedstocks. With patchwork fixes of the taxation policy since its implementation, […]
