In Washington, the RFS must be adjusted to reflect commercialization realities, rather than completely thrown out, argues a University of Illinois paper. The paper also argues that the categories of the RFS should be expanded to include all emerging technologies, as well as relaxing the sourcing constraints on biomass. The paper argues in favor of […]
In Washington, ethanol may find an enemy in the hunting lobby as Pheasant hunting groups speak out against the effect ethanol production has on wildlife acres. The groups claim that while Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has lauded the success of conservation efforts despite dwindling conservation lands, the amount of land enrolled in the grassland […]
In Zambia, the country’s biofuels association BAZ is discouraging the government from importing ethanol from Zimbabwe, saying that it is jeopardizing domestic producers who the government should be supporting instead. Domestic producers have been waiting for eight years for the government to implement blending targets.
In Canada, Ontario is one step closer to being the first place in North America to eliminate coal as a source of electricity generation. Over the next year, Thunder Bay Generating Station will stop burning coal and will be converted to use advanced biomass, a fuel for electricity generation. This is the last major step in […]
In Washington, Biodiesel Magazine is hosting a policy webinar on Dec. 5 to talk about the future of the RFS, state mandates, bioheat and other hot topics relevant to the biodiesel industry. Speakers on the webinar will include the National Biodiesel Board, Nazzaro Group, the Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture and Environmental Defense Fund.
In Washington, the Agriculture Committee has still not reached an agreement on a new farm bill after House Chair Frank Lucas, House Ranking Member Collin Peterson, Senate Chair Debbie Stabenow, and Senate Ranking Member Thad Cochran met several times last week without reaching a compromise. Stabenow and Lucas had both stated that it was important […]
In Iowa, Governor Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov Kim Reynolds, Senator Chuck Grassley, Representative Steve King, and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey joined the RFS Coalition urging the Obama Administration and the EPA to restore stronger blending levels for 2014 at the “Defend the RFS” event at Lincolnway Energy. Branstad rallied the crowed, reminding attendees […]
In Indonesia, the Indonesian biofuels producers association plans to appeal the anti-dumping duties imposed on its biodiesel imports into Europe via the European Court of Justice and are exploring at complaint at the WTO as well. Argentina has already said it will challenge Spain at the WTO for discriminating against its imports, and will likely […]
In Washington, veterans are entering the fight for the RFS, saying that renewable fuels have helped reduce America’s dependence on oil—money that goes towards supporting the wars that lead to the deaths of thousands of American veterans. The 360,000-strong VoteVets.org has teamed with Americans United for Change to try to fight against what they claim […]
In Washington, The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is offering to sell its recently acquired sugar inventory for use as a feedstock for bio-energy production using the authority of the Feedstock Flexibility Program (FFP). CCC successfully sold 143,143 short tons under its previous FFP tenders. CCC acquired 296,500 short […]
