In Washington, Warren Buffett is going head-to-head with Carl Icahn over the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard. The two billionaires are on opposite ends of the policy, with Buffett’s BNSF railroad heavily invested in transport of ethanol while Icahn has been calling for changes to the RFS due to compliance costs for its independent […]
In China, the “number one document,” a key rural policy document, was released late on Sunday indicating the government still aims to cut down around 20 million metric tons of poor quality corn stocks for use in ethanol and bioplastic, a move that saw corn futures prices on the Dalian Commodity Exchange soar to 18-month […]
In Switzerland, India has filed a complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization complaining of tens of billions of dollars in illegal subsidies for the renewable energy industries in in Washington, California, Montana, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Delaware and Minnesota. Included in the list is Montana’s policy promoting the use of ethanol. The […]
In Germany, a research team led by Professor Almut Arneth at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology concluded that “CO2 emissions caused by changes of land use may possibly be higher than assumed so far.” The work presented in Nature Geoscience for the first time considers processes, such as slash-and–burn agriculture or different ways of managing […]
In Illinois, in light of President Donald Trump’s continuingly poor relationship with Mexico from threatening import taxes on Mexican goods and seeking to renegotiate NAFTA, DDGs producers and others are looking to ramp up exports to Mexico in a hurry before the trade situation deteriorates further. Potential alternative markets for DDGs should Mexico, the US’s […]
In Washington, the head of the Renewable Fuels Association sees a Trump presidency as positive for ethanol, saying that putting America First rather than seeking trade agreements with would-be export markets that hindered extensive trade or streamlining complicated policies from the Environmental Protection Agency that kept E15 from becoming more widespread will help the industry. […]
In Ireland, the parliament has voted 90-53 to fully divest from fossil fuels, the first country to do so. The EUR8 billion Ireland Strategic Investment Fund must sell all of its investments in coal, gas and oil during the next five years. A member for County Claire has called on the government to focus on […]
In Indonesia, the government is taking a cue from the election of US President Donald Trump to try to curb imports of fossil fuel among other products because it expects the global economy to shift in response to his policies. As the US reduces its oil imports and tries boost exports of gas, demand patterns […]
In Washington, the states of Kansas and Nebraska joined the Urban Air Initiative (UAI) and the Energy Future Coalition as they petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to correct the agency’s flawed models that limit the use of higher blends of ethanol. According to UAI representatives, for years, the EPA has published inaccurate data claiming […]
In the UK, the national government has published a Green Paper on ‘Building Our Industrial Strategy’ and the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association said it will be setting out over the next few months how AD can play a central role in helping UK industry to flourish. The Association said that “In return for long-term […]
