In Canada, governments meeting at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 40th Assembly in Montreal have supported the prioritisation of work on developing a long-term goal for aviation CO2 emissions, with that work to be completed for presentation at the next ICAO Assembly in 2022. They also re-affirmed support for the development of the CORSIA […]
In Minnesota, all 15 seats of the governor’s Council on Biofuels are open for application, and so far 15 applicants have applied. The Governor’s Council on Biofuels (Council) is created to advise the Governor, and the Commissioners of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce, and the Pollution Control Agency […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily stopped working on ways to help farmers by compensating for missing gallons due to its recent approval of 31 hardship waivers for small oil refineries, apparently waiting for direction from the White House before furthering policy development. But the White House and the President […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and American Soybean Association (ASA) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, requesting he meet with the groups before the U.S. Department of Commerce finalizes its review of countervailing duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina. The letter notes that Ross met with the Government of Argentina […]
In the UK, a policy briefing by the Royal Society set out the potential for synthetic fuels to help transition to more sustainable fuels over the next 20 years, at a time when transport demand is set to rise. Synthetic fuels, made using carbon captured from the air, farm waste or biomass, could help the […]
In Washington, D.C., in a letter sent to the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Renewable Fuels Association noted several misstatements in testimony offered recently to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and provided background information to help the Agency better understand the real impacts of small refinery exemptions (SREs). “In […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that President Trump’s whistleblower scandal over alleged illegal discussions with the president of Ukraine that have raised the clamor over potential impeachment may add further delays to any White House-brokered agreement between the oil and biofuels industries to break the impasse over lost gallons. The president said a “big package” was […]
In Washington, a bipartisan group of 25 members of the U.S. House of Representatives for asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prospectively restore RFS volumes lost to small refinery exemptions. In a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, the House group also asked the Agency to stop the practice of “rubber-stamping” requests for exemptions, […]
In Washington, Reuters reports an Environmental Protection Agency memo shows the agency approved full hardship waivers for small refineries even though the Department of Energy recommended only 50% relief for some of the applicants. The corn and biofuel industry is expected to push back further against the White House who promised a month ago for […]
In Washington, Platts reports that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency told the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology that there has been no demand destruction for ethanol as a result of his agency approving recently 31 hardship waivers for small refineries. Platts analysts expect ethanol demand to fall by 34 million gallons […]
