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 […]
In Lithuania, the national parliament has voted to eliminate excise duty exemptions on E85 and B100 as well as all over levels of biofuel blends, which is expect to add EUR66 million per year to state coffers. Of the 104 legislators who voted or abstained, 90 voted in favor of scrapping the tax breaks. Excise […]
In Washington, in a letter submitted Dec. 8 to the U.S. EPA, the Renewable Fuels Association urged the agency to take immediate administrative action to eliminate an arcane regulatory barrier that is impeding growth in the use of E15 and other higher-level ethanol blends. “Many gasoline retailers have rejected E15 because EPA’s current gasoline volatility […]
In Canada, British Columbia’s Energy and Mines Minister has challenged Alberta and other provinces to follow its lead on low carbon fuels in response to other COP 21 pledges that focus on GHG emissions reductions that don’t tackle fuel. The province introduced a Low Carbon Fuel Standard in 2008 mandating a minimum of 5% renewable […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has opened an investigation into potential ethanol price fixing among Abengoa, Alcogroup and Lantmännen following information gathered from raids during the past two and a half years. The Commission has concerns that these companies may have colluded to manipulate ethanol benchmarks published by the price reporting agency Platts, for example […]
