In Washington, the Federal Register by the Regulatory Information Service Center has released a notice that says the Environmental Protection Agency will release its proposed rulemaking for the blending mandate for the 2017 by June 2016 with the final figures set for release in December 2017. At that time, the 2018 renewable volume obligations for […]
In Argentina, the national government increased retentions on biodiesel by mistake from 3.3 to 32 percent. Production authorities have assured producers that in the coming days there will be a rectifying measure. The withholding scheme is reducing this tax in the case of soybeans. Wheat, sunflower and maize, for example, were at zero percent. Latches […]
In the UK, almost a third of London’s bus fleet will soon be running on a greener blend of diesel, resulting in a huge reduction in CO2 emissions of 21,000 tonnes each year which comes on top of the 48,000 tonne CO2 reduction from 2013 levels as a result of the introduction of lower emitting […]
In India, the government called a meeting of biodiesel producers for Monday to look at how the 2009 biofuel law could be amended, especially in the case of biodiesel. A potential mandatory blend for biodiesel was to be part of the discussion. The country has installed demand of 1.2 million metric tons of production annually […]
In Iowa, America’s Renewable Future kicked-off an anti-Cruz effort with statewide radio, digital ads, and direct mail two weeks ago, the organization is building on this initial effort by releasing a new radio and online ads today. “We want Iowans to know that, unlike what Ted Cruz would like to have them believe, he is […]
In Washington, members of the House of Representatives has released the $1.1 trillion, 2009-page spending bill that includes extending several bioenergy tax credits for two years including the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance program, and Rural Energy for America Program. The extension of the biodiesel credit was […]
In India, the transportation minister has ordered his ministry to put together a policy allowing manufacturers to produce cars that run on any level of ethanol blend up to 100% by Jan. 26. Currently the country is having difficulty supplying the new E10 mandate but the announcement made at a sugar industry event is meant […]
In Washington, the Federal Trade Commission’s annual report on ethanol market concentration showed low level of concentration and large number of market participants in the U.S. ethanol production industry continue to suggest that the exercise of market power to set prices, or coordination on price or output levels, is unlikely. That result is contrary to […]
In Iowa, Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says he wouldn’t just scrap the RFS but would eliminate all subsidies for all fuels so that they compete on an even playing field. He doesn’t want the government choosing winners and losers, saying that putting artificial barriers isn’t the role of government, alluding to […]
In France, Climate Bonds and UNEP Inquiry have launched Scaling Green Bond Markets – Guide for the Public Sector during a COP21 Side Event at Shearman & Sterling Paris office. The Guide is the result of a partnership between the Climate Bonds Initiative and the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System […]
