In Washington, the Farm Bill is unlikely to come to the floor by the conference leaders’ deadline at the end of November according to commends from Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA). The Congressman stated that “I don’t know if we will get it before thanksgiving but I think we will get one.” The nutrition title remains […]
In Indonesia, the country’s state-owned oil company Pertamina has changed its pricing formula for buying biodiesel during its most recent tender where it bought 6.6 billion liters of biodiesel during the next two years. For the past three years, the national biodiesel producers association as been working with the government to get the benchmark price […]
In Florida, Rep. Matt Gaetz has filed HM 243 urging the US Congress to repeal the RFS. The legislation is set for hearing during the 2014 regular session but hasn’t yet been assigned to a committee. Such types of legislation have no actual bearing on Congress or federal law but if passed is meant to send a […]
In Malaysia, RHB Research says that the national biodiesel mandates implemented by Malaysia and Indonesia should go a long way towards stabilizing palm oil prices. Malaysia will boost its biodiesel blend to 7% in December from 5% currently while Indonesian state-owned oil company just finished a tender to purchase 6 million metric tons of biodiesel. […]
In Canada, Saskatchewan Government Insurance says it has no experience in on-farm biodiesel production and therefore won’t insure any farms that produce biodiesel, even—or especially—for their own use. Those who have been red-flagged by the government-owned insurer for potentially or actually producing biodiesel could find it harder to get better quotes for insurance elsewhere. SGI […]
In Iowa, a new report on the RIN market asserts that the system is working effectively and as intended in tracking compliance with the RFS. The research, performed at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University, discovered that a $325 million investment in E85 infrastructure would reduce compliance costs by $1.75 […]
In Spain, the government has published the biodiesel supply quotas for the next two years, quotas that don’t included non-European producers despite the expectation that they must import according to WTO rules. Of the 42 installations that received quotas, 27 are Spanish, five are Italian, five are German, two are British, and one each from […]
In Iowa, governor Terry Branstad has been lobbying the White House and other top level officials including the Secretary of Agriculture and the EPA Administrator hard in an effort to protect the RFS for 2014. He believes that the federal government needs to stand up against the oil lobby and protect the industry that is […]
In Washington, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Growth Energy, and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to intervene in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) 2013 final rule, which is currently being challenged by Monroe Energy, […]
In California, the state’s Air Resources Board has filed a response to petitions filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit in early October seeking a hearing regarding a September ruling that said the state’s Low Carbon Fuels Standard does not violate interstate commerce laws. CARB says that the LCFS does not […]
