In New York, the oil lobby is fighting hard against two bills that would boost New York City’s use of biofuels—something the mayor is strongly supporting. At a hearing on Monday discussing that bills that would boost biodiesel use in heating oil to 5% by 2016 and 20% by 2030 while requiring school buses run […]
In Zimbabwe, the Provincial Affairs minister for Manicaland has told Green Fuel it will not grant the additional 250 ha of land for sugarcane expansion until the company plows investment back into the community for CSR projects. She said she would grant the company 100 ha for corn but not for cane because people cannot […]
In Oregon, the Renewable Fuels Association, in comments submitted today to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in response to the agency’s September proposed rule for the state’s Clean Fuels Program (CFP), reaffirmed its staunch commitment to “support performance-based low carbon fuel programs that are grounded in the principles of fairness, sound science, and […]
In Washington, 81 major corporations with operations in the U.S.–including Google, Facebook, Apple, Coca Cola and General Motors–have taken a White House pledge “to demonstrate their support for action on climate change and the conclusion of a climate change agreement in Paris that takes a strong step forward toward a low-carbon, sustainable future.” Signing the […]
In Washington, during the Senate Finance Committee’s July markup, Senator Charles Grassley offered an amendment, co-sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell, which would extend the biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credit for two years. However, starting in 2016 it would convert the credit from one for blenders to one for those who produce biodiesel and renewable […]
In Iowa, America’s Renewable Future and DuPont jointly released new poll findings showing that, once informed about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and biofuels, 61 percent of Republicans and 76 percent of Democrats would be more likely to support a candidate who supports progress in these areas. The findings The survey found that 71 percent […]
In Sri Lanka, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled against United Dendro Energy who attempted to set up a gliricidia plantation for biofuel production without getting permissions, located in a protected area known to be home to elephants during dry periods. The Environmental Foundation Limited, Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS) and […]
In Argentina, biodiesel producers expect a favorable result from its WTO complaint against the European Union’s anti-dumping tariffs by the end of this year, although the policy machinations to lift the tariffs including a series of likely appeals means they won’t probably begin trading freely again until the end of 2016. Biodiesel exports for 2015 […]
In China, local governments are looking to reverse the 2006 policy that banned corn-based ethanol in response to overwhelming stocks, with as much as 30 million metric tons of corn potentially too moldy for human consumption. Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning are regions where up to 1 million tons of installed ethanol production capacity could be […]
In Washington, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Environmental Protection Agency posted notice that it intends on investigating the lifecycle impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard. The Renewable Fuels Association commented: “For years RFA has been asking the EPA to update their analysis of the RFS’s impacts on greenhouse gas emissions so we welcome […]
