In Washington, a coalition of mid-sized oil refiners including Valero Energy, Monroe Energy owned by Delta Airlines, and PBF Energy are running a week long ad campaign during Fox & Friends targeted directly as President Trump, slamming him for backing down on proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard. The bluntly-worded ad says, “Donald Trump […]
In Germany, UFOP published a letter expressing its disappointment in the result of the vote in the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment on Monday this week concerning the reform of the biofuel policy for the period from 2020 to 2030 (RED II). UFOP said that as a result of the decision, biofuels made from cultivated […]
In Washington, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and co-sponsors Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Al Franken (D-MN) have introduced the Renewable Chemicals Act of 2017 (S.1980) that would create a targeted, short-term tax credit for production of qualifying renewable chemicals from biomass or investment in production facilities. Applicants for the […]
In Brazil, the long-awaited RenovaBio program meant to be a shot in the arm for the country’s biofuel industry as a major key to achieving environmental goals set during COP21 has been stalled on the president’s desk, three months after the date originally expected. Reuters reports that no date has been set for the bill […]
In Washington, the Department of Commerce found in its initial report that Indonesian and Argentine biodiesel were being sold at prices below market value and as such lobbed anti-dumping duties on the two countries at 50.71% for the former and between 54.36% to 70.05% for the latter. Argentina responded saying the decision didn’t make much […]
In Mexico, the lawsuit that led to an injunction on the increased ethanol blend of 10% from the current 5.8% could take more than a year to resolve. The plaintiffs claim that expert and environmentalist opinions were not taken into account when the policy was developed, a policy they say could worsen air quality in […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a letter to lawmakers that they are abandoning the proposed changes to biofuels policy after Midwestern GOP Senators, the White House, and others in the biofuels industry pushed them to reconsider. The letter from Pruitt states that the “EPA has not taken any formal action […]
In New York state, New York City submitted comments to the U.S. EPA Oct. 19, protesting any rollback of the Renewable Fuel Standard, which calls for minimal use levels for renewable fuels like biodiesel. Biodiesel has proven a reliable and effective fuel for NYC fleet and buildings and has helped reduce air pollution in the […]
In Washington, the White House has told the Environmental Protection Agency to stand down from two proposals it had laid out to amend the Renewable Fuels Standard following strong pressure from Iowan politicians leaning against the president for not holding up his campaign promises to support biofuels. The lower blending mandate as proposed for 2018 […]
In South Africa, just 11.4% of the 80,000 metric ton duty-free ethanol quota to Europe under the new Economic Partnership Agreement with Southern African Development Community countries has been used during the first year of the trade deal. Ethanol is among a long list of other commodities and products granted duty-free access, most of which […]
