In Washington, Reuters reports decisions on neither the gap-year applications nor the 2021 blending levels have been made by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA Administrator told reports that COVID-19 was the main reason for the delay in deciding on a proposal for the 2021 RVO and hoped a proposal would be finalized soon. He […]
In Delaware, the Biden Presidential Campaign issued a statement blasting the Trump Administration for not supporting farmers and the biofuel industry, saying that like an Obama-Biden Administration, a Biden-Harris Administration would have the industry’s back. “Instead of standing with those who till our land and sow our fields, we have a president who has sold […]
In Iowa, the governor has announced that $100 million of CARES funding will go to agriculture including the following support schemes for biofuels: $15.5 million — State Biofuel Grant Program — Biofuels producers were excluded from receiving aid under other parts of the CARES Act; this program will provide relief to those Iowa ethanol and […]
In Washington, Growth Energy reaffirmed its opposition to so-called ‘gap-year’ exemptions from the nation’s biofuel laws after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed nine new petitions from refiners seeking to skirt obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard – bringing the total to 98, including 67 retroactive exemption requests. “Oil companies are pouring gasoline on the […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association reports that with just two weeks remaining before Brazil is likely to impose a tariff of at least 20 percent on all fuel ethanol imports from the United States, a bipartisan coalition of House members has joined the effort to restore fair and equitable ethanol trade with Brazil. […]
In Ireland, Petrol Plaza reports Fuels for Ireland that represents the country’s energy industry is calling for a switch to E10 from E5 as part of its new strategy that seeks to bring the sector to carbon neutrality by 2050. The company’s CEO says that fossil fuels cannot be the basis of Ireland’s energy matrix […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports the country is looking to increase levies on palm oil exports in order to support biodiesel blending. Oil prices are expected to remain weak next year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weigh on demand, together with oversupply issues globally, which hurts the competitiveness of palm oil biodiesel. In June, the […]
In Iowa, on the occasion of President Trump’s visit to the state, the Iowa renewable fuels association, biodiesel board, soybean association and corn association have jointly written him a letter asking him to make good on his promises to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard. The letter calls out the Trump Administration’s abuse of the RFS […]
In Washington, Politico reports President Trump is expected to wait until after election day before taking any further decisions on the policy fight between oil states and farm states over the Renewable Fuel Standard. With a November due date for next year’s RVO, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to wait until the last minute […]
In Washington, D.C., Reuters reports that a federal appeals court on Friday denied a challenge by leading ethanol maker POET Biorefining, LLC who accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of making it impossible to certify its corn-fiber-derived ethanol under a renewable-fuel program. A split three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. […]
