In Washington, in a hearing Wednesday on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed greenhouse gas emissions standards for 2023-2026 light-duty vehicles, the Renewable Fuels Association is spotlighting the role high-octane, low-carbon fuels like ethanol can and must play in increasing fuel efficiency and reducing GHG emissions. “If our nation is to reach its goal of […]
In Washington, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding reports that the EPA has recommended to lower the minimum renewable fuels volumes that must be supplied to the markets in 2021. “I’m disappointed to hear the EPA is planning to lower the minimum required renewable fuels volumes for this year. If the reports […]
In Washington, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and 16 of his colleagues sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the EPA to mitigate the harm imposed on consumers and refiners by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)’s unachievable mandates. In their letter, the Senators requested that the EPA waive or significantly […]
In Washington, Reuters reports sources say the Environmental Protection Agency, as soon as last Friday, was expected to send its recommendations regarding the 2021 and 2022 biofuel blending mandates to the White House, recommendations which suggest levels below 2020 levels for 2021 but higher for 2022. On news of the lower blending volume proposal, said […]
In California, an organic waste collection law will go into effect on January 1, 2022 requiring residents and businesses to recycle organic waste and all jurisdictions must provide organic waste collection services. The waste will then be sorted and sent to a composting or biofuel production facility. NYC Food Policy reports that jurisdictions are responsible […]
In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports that with the country fairly sure it won’t be subsidizing sugar exports in the season starting in October thanks to high global sugar prices, it is rewarding exporters and sugar mills producing ethanol from sugarcane juice and heavy-B molasses, thereby reducing sugar production, with additional monthly domestic sugar […]
In Brazil, earlier this month Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro approved a new law allowing Brazilian producers to sell ethanol directly to gas stations. Fitch Ratings believes this change will be neutral for Sugar & Ethanol (S&E) companies. The expected impact on prices at the pump and producer margins will be immaterial to the issuers’ credit […]
In Washington, Growth Energy, the National Corn Growers Association, and the Renewable Fuels Association filed a petition for rehearing with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the recent American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, et al. vs. EPA decision, in which the court vacated a 2019 regulation allowing year-round sales of a fifteen percent ethanol […]
In Washington, as policymakers in South Korea and Japan consider new emission reduction initiatives, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) is working to demonstrate the carbon-reduction benefits of blending ethanol into local fuel supplies. South Korea announced a goal last fall of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Since then, the Korean public and private sectors have […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol’s greenhouse gas reduction benefits could help New Zealand lower emissions by 30 percent by 2030, reaching net zero by 2050, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and industry partners told that country’s policymakers. A proposed mandate in New Zealand would go beyond previous efforts by mandating that fuel suppliers reduce GHG emissions […]
