In Oregon, Governor Kate Brown announced and signed a new executive order on climate, setting new science-based greenhouse gas emissions goals and directing state agencies to put new measures into effect to lower the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to meet Oregon’s climate goals. The executive order updates the existing state carbon emissions goals to reflect […]
In Canada, on Friday, Canada’s government approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), making it the third and final party to the agreement to do so. A statement from U.S. Grains Council Chairman Darren Armstrong, a farmer from North Carolina, on this milestone said the list of advantages of USMCA for the grains sector is long. Armstrong […]
In Iowa, Brownfield Ag News reports that Senator Chuck Grassley told reporters he believes the Trump Administration won’t appeal the January ruling of the US Court of Appeals 10th Circuit kicking back small refinery exemption approvals to the Environmental Protection Agency for review. Although the White House sought and received a two week extension to […]
In Iowa, Agri Pulse reports that President Trump’s loyal farm community is beginning to question its loyalty with an Iowa farmer telling reporters clearly that if the administration doesn’t stand up to its promises to support agriculture and specifically ethanol in favor of the oil industry, that they will remember that slight at the polls […]
In Washington, on March 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit approved requests by the U.S. Department of Justice, HollyFrontier, and CVR Energy for an extension of the deadline to file motions asking for a rehearing en banc of Renewable Fuels Association et al. v. EPA, in which the Court found EPA […]
In Estonia, ERR news agency reports that legislation to increase the flexibility in the biofuel blending mandate is making progress in the parliament which is meant to give fuel retailers more freedom in when biofuels are blended to keep prices down at the pump. Domestic biomethane will also potentially be included in the new law […]
In Minnesota, a new state legislative bill was introduced, HF 3699 in the House and SF 3605 in the Senate, that proposes increasing Minnesota’s biofuel standard from 10% to 15% for all gasoline sold in the state. If passed, Minnesota would be the first state to put into a law an increase in the biofuel […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency is looking at capping RIN prices as a potential support to the oil industry who claim they have suffered from high RIN prices and therefore need small refinery waivers, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled in January wasn’t being handled properly. […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency is looking for ways to help oil refiners deal with the cost of RINs while also working to provide stability to RIN prices that have a tendency to react strongly to potential policy shifts or approvals of small refinery exemptions. The administrator of the EPA told […]
In Washington, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued a memo directing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to acquire alternative fueled vehicles (AFV) when replacing conventionally fueled vehicles. USDA owns and operates one of the largest civilian fleets in the Federal Government and this move to a fleet that can use E85 or biodiesel […]
