In Florida, Thomas Davanzo, of Estero and Robert Fedyna, of Naples were sentenced to 121 months and 135 months in prison, respectively, for their participation in a multi-state scheme to defraud biofuel buyers and U.S. taxpayers by fraudulently selling biofuel credits and fraudulently claiming tax credits. Both defendants were also ordered to forfeit ill-gotten gains […]
In Australia, the Palaszczuk Government will target Australian and international biofutures investment to help boost the industry in regional Queensland. Speaking in Parliament Tuesday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that an Expression of Interest process to attract biofuels proponents to Queensland would start Wednesday. “We know if we want to unlock the jobs of tomorrow, we […]
In Washington, with the Environmental Protection Agency’s deadline to release the final blending volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2017 just over three weeks away, the Renewable Fuels Association is betting the blend for conventional ethanol will be at 15 billion gallons, above the 14.8 billion gallons the agency included in its draft rule. […]
In Morocco, the United Nations climate change negotiations will convene in Marrakech for COP 22. Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group, Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, said “COP22 will be an action and implementation COP. As the world’s poorest countries, the LDC group calls for fair and ambitious action. We must build upon the foundations set […]
In Oregon, the Secretary of State ordered an audit of the companies benefiting from subsidies under the now-defunct Business Energy Tax Credit Program that has found 165 potentially dubious projects that took home $347 million in tax credits. Among the list of questionable projects was Pacific Ethanol’s Boardman facility that benefited from $18.2 million in […]
In Washington, the Washington Examiner is accusing a Pennsylvania candidate for US Senate of serial corruption, securing $500,000 in subsidies for biofuel technology company Thar Technologies while she was the state’s Secretary of Environmental Protection in the late 1990s, and then went on to serve on the board of Thar’s parent company. The article alleges […]
In Illinois, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a public hearing to be held in Chicago on December 6, 2016, for the proposed rule “Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule.” This proposed rule will be published separately in the Federal Register. The pre-publication version of this proposal can be found at https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/proposed-renewables-enhancement-and-growth-support-regs-rule. In the separate notice […]
In Belgium, a Member of European Parliament from Romania says that the European Commission’s about turn on biofuels policy in 2012 is undermining his country’s capacity to develop its rural economy via ethanol production that would support thousands of farming families and create tens of thousands of jobs. Now the policy that the European Commission […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board sent a letter to House and Senate tax committee leaders urging extension of the biodiesel tax incentive before it expires on December 31st. The letter was sent on behalf of U.S. biodiesel producers nationwide. “We strongly urge you to extend the biodiesel tax credit and take this opportunity to […]
In Germany, a group of experts are petitioning European decision makers involved in the revision of the Renewable Package to include six crucial mechanisms in the legislation. The authors argue that Carbon Capture & Utilization (CCU) technologies will play a crucial role in the future renewable energy system and for climate protection. CO2 is not […]
