In Washington, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the initiation of a Section 301 investigation of China’s implementation of the Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People’s Republic of China USTR will examine whether China has fully implemented its commitments under the […]
In Indonesia, Antara reported that Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said the government has begun implementing Presidential Regulation No. 109/2025, which mandates the use of environmentally friendly technology to convert urban waste into renewable energy under the waste-to-energy (WtE) program. “The presidential decree has been issued, and we are ready to move […]
In Washington, Clean Fuels Alliance America wrote U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, asking him to close a loophole in the administration’s Reciprocal Tariff regime. Under President Trump’s Executive Order 14257 Annex II, diesel and renewable diesel are both exempted from reciprocal tariffs because both are classified under the same Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading. In the […]
In Switzerland, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to adjourn the extraordinary session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which was convened last week to consider the adoption of draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, including the IMO Net-Zero Framework. The extraordinary session will be reconvened in 12 months’ time. In the interim, […]
In Thailand, the Nation newspaper reports the government plans to start requiring 1% sustainable aviation fuel blending from next year which will ramp up to 8% over the following decade. By 2037, demand is expected to reach 675 million liters of SAF annually. With the road fleet transition to electric vehicles, domestic ethanol production is […]
In Brazil, CNN Brasil reports president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), defended at an event in the city of São Paulo, on Monday the increase in the mixture of ethanol in gasoline, to 35%. The percentage was recently raised to 30%. The mandatory percentage of anhydrous ethanol mixed with ordinary gasoline in […]
In Bulgaria, Renewables Now reported that the Philippine government plans to hold an auction for waste-to-energy projects that source their waste feedstock from Metro Manila and highly urbanized cities (HUCs). Under the plan, the competitive round will be launched in January 2026 and completed by the closing quarter of 2027. A notice of auction is […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that President Trump is lashing out at China’s used cooking exports by threatening higher tariffs as a way to punish the country for not buying American soybeans. Yet last year the US already imposed tariffs on Chinese UCO while China also cut tax rebates on the biofuel feedstock that led to […]
In the UK, Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) annual conference, Minister Shanks, Minister for Energy in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, delivered a keynote address emphasizing that Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is essential to delivering clean power and industrial decarbonization and that the UK must accelerate deployment if it […]
In Indonesia, Indonesia is exploring pathways to incorporate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) into its national biofuel program, with used cooking oil (UCO) emerging as a promising feedstock. An International Council on Clean Transportation research brief examines how the Indonesian government could establish a Used Cooking Oil Fund (UCOF) to support SAF production through export levy […]
