In Washington, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has spoken out in favor of RFS reform, according to an article from The Hill. Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Murkowski released an energy road map on Monday, and indicated that she believed the RFS “didn’t work the way we had hoped it would.” […]
In Minnesota, the state legislature is looking at a bill that would see not only isobutanol blended in gasoline but is also looking at a policy that would promote, though not mandate, up to 30% biofuels blending in the state by 2025. To facilitate isobutanol blending, the bill would change existing legislation that included “ethanol” […]
In Washington D.C., the House Science Committee is discussing whether to increase the amount of ethanol used in U.S. vehicles. The committee oversees environmental issues and will hear from various witnesses, including the head of the American Automobile Association, AAA, which is against E15 due to possible engine damage as well as a perceived lack […]
In the UK, a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance says that US blenders can use up to 20% of their blending requirements this year in the form of RINs from previous production rather than buying new production due to a huge RIN bank of 2.5 billion numbers. Blenders must use 13.8 billion gallons of […]
In Canada, Ottawa’s government is formally shutting down the biofuels subsidy program that will have provided more than CAD $1.5B in subsidies to grain-based ethanol and biodiesel producers across the country. The letter announcing the decision cited the lack of production as the reason for the cuts: Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said that the […]
In Washington, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner has introduced legislation to limit the EPA’s ability to mandate that refiners blend more cellulosic biofuel than is actually available. This bill will require the EPA to set the mandate for cellulosic biofuel, in part, based on evidence of how much cellulosic biofuel was available the previous year. “If EPA […]
In Florida, House Bill 4001 that seeks to repeal ethanol blending passed out of the state House’s Energy & Utilities Subcommittee by a single vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Shalimar, tried to push through similar legislation last year but was only able to get ethanol-free gasoline made available for boats, small motors and […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy (GE) issued the following statement based on the European Commission officially imposing a $83.03 per metric ton tariff on U.S. ethanol entering the European Union: “This tariff is outrageous and based on absolutely no facts or evidence of harm. An extensive investigation was conducted and […]
In New Mexico, a senate bill has been introduced that would repeal the existing 5% biodiesel blend that was never implemented. The original legislation called for B5 to be introduced in state vehicles on July 1, 2010 and for the general public by July 1, 2012 but nothing ever happened.
In Washington, the Advanced Biofuel policy organizations have responded to the American Petroleum Institute’s recent letter to the EPA claiming that zeroing out the 2012 cellulosic biofuel obligation of the RFS is “the only proper implementation of the Court’s” ruling. Brent Erickson fired back that the API “want to strangle the infant cellulosic biofuel industry […]
