In New York state, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced an agreement with Buffalo Biodiesel, a company that collects cooking oil waste and converts it into biodiesel, over claims that the company filed lawsuits against hundreds of small businesses across Western New York and several surrounding states. The over 600 lawsuits, most of which […]
In Washington, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told the House Committee on Agriculture at a hearing on Feb. 11 her agency has been working hard to approve new feedstock pathways including LCAs on new feedstocks to help farmers benefit from the Renewable Fuel Standard. She recognized that renewable volume obligations for 2014 through 2016 were below […]
In Argentina, the government has reversed its recent trend of supporting biofuel producers and providing them some respite from a weakened international market and has instead imposed raised biodiesel export taxes to 3.89% from a record low of 1.62% while boosting domestic biodiesel prices by 5%, both of which are retroactive to Feb. 1. To […]
In Washington, Valero has followed suit by filing suit against the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. Court of Appeals saying the RFS unfairly favors some oil refiners while punishing others. In a separate filing, the company also sought the blending mandates for 2007 and 2010 be reopened and revisited. With the EPA using a […]
In Switzerland, Governments, industry and environmental groups meeting at the United Nations specialized agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization finalized the design of the first global certification standard for CO2 emissions from new aircraft. The agreement on a rigorous and challenging ICAO “CO2 Standard”, is the result of six years’ work by a task force […]
In India, the oil minister says the country will at last, and without a doubt, achieve its E5 blending mandate in the year through September for the first time ever. At least 1.2 billion liters will be sourced from sugarcane mills this year, and potentially more, compared to just 670 million liters last year. The […]
In Washington, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rulemaking for 2014-2016. AFPM President Chet Thompson said, “Despite the agency’s best efforts, certain aspects of the final RFS rule still […]
In the UK, 115 civil society organizations and networks from across the globe have published a declaration calling for bioenergy to be excluded from the next EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED). The declaration is being submitted to a consultation into the renewal of the directive for 2020 onwards. The EU intends industrial bioenergy, i.e. biofuels […]
In Argentina, the country has approved a shift to 12% ethanol blending from the current 10%, with the additional 20% in demand—about 160,000 cubic meters—to be serviced entirely by sugarcane-based ethanol in an effort to help the industry recover from low sugar prices. Currently sugarcane ethanol represents about 41% of the country’s total ethanol production, […]
In Iowa, the America’s Renewable Future advocacy group said that 83% of voters supported candidates who recognized that the RFS is crucial to over 852,000 American jobs, our lowered dependence on foreign oil, and consumers’ choice at the pump for a clean, less expensive fuel. “83 percent of Iowans supported pro-RFS candidates in 2016. In […]
