In Washington, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she is putting the pressure on the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to follow through with President Trump’s promises to make up for gallons lost from small refinery hardship waivers, but she is clear that if he doesn’t follow through then she is going to ask for […]
In Washington, coalition of renewable fuel and agricultural trade organizations filed a petition Tuesday afternoon with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the process by which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempted certain unknown small refineries from their respective Renewable Fuel Standard obligations for 2018. The coalition includes the […]
In Washington, Growth Energy, the U.S. Grains Council, and the Renewable Fuels Association expressed disappointment with the news that the Brazilian government amended the recent August 31st rule that raised the quota on U.S. ethanol imports under the tariff rate quote (TRQ) from 600 million liters per year to nearly 750 million liters per year. […]
In Washington, the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, October 29 at 10:30 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Protecting the RFS: The Trump Administration’s Abuse of Secret […]
In Washington, a coalition of renewable fuel and agricultural trade organizations filed a petition Tuesday afternoon with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the process by which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempted certain unknown small refineries from their respective Renewable Fuel Standard obligations for 2018. The coalition includes […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports that Malaysia’s primary industries minister said that her country together with Indonesia will file their official complaint against the European Union’s policy against palm oil in biofuel at the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body before year’s end. An outspoken Member of European Parliament from the Greens recently challenged the countries […]
In India, the petroleum and natural gas minister said during the 2nd Annual India Leadership Summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum that the government is focusing on how to monetize the country’s 600 million metric tons of non-fossilized biomass through bioenergy. The country has significantly increased its imports of petroleum and natural gas from […]
In Missouri, the National Biodiesel Board will open a US west coast office to be led by long-time California Air Resources Board (CARB) Division Chief Floyd Vergara. The expansion will bolster NBB’s presence on the west coast where climate programs are a substantial market driver for low carbon fuels like biodiesel and renewable diesel and […]
In Washington, President Trump revealed that US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will leave his post before the end of the year. In recent weeks, Secretary Perry had been subpoenaed by the US House of Representatives investigating US-Ukrainian ties. Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette, who has been subbing for Secretary Perry at several high-profile events, is […]
In Washington, Newsweek reports that President Trump’s latest move regarding the missing gallons from the Renewable Fuel Standard has caused such a backlash in his major constituencies of farmers and blue collar workers working in oil refineries that pundits say he may never get them back. The president of Elite Octane even went so far […]
