In California, Jeremiah Young, 38, of El Dorado, pleaded guilty to unlawful discharge of industrial wastewater, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Young was an assistant operator for Community Fuels from 2014 to 2016. Community Fuels is registered in San Joaquin County by American Biodiesel Inc. and manufactured biodiesel fuel on property leased from the […]
In Germany, INEOS and UPM Biofuels have announced a long-term agreement to supply a renewable raw material for new and innovative bio-attributed polymers to be produced at INEOS Köln, Germany. INEOS will use UPM BioVerno, a sustainable raw material from a renewable residue of wood pulp processing, to produce bio-attributed polyolefins. These new sustainable materials will be […]
In Illinois, Reuters reports that Green Plains has decided to drastically reorganize its business model so that ethanol becomes a low margin byproduct following a three-year, $400 million investment plan meant to change its focus to high-protein animal feed. With the company’s ethanol revenue last year down nearly 20% on the year, the lowest since […]
In Texas, Brownfield Ag News reports that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency told the Cattle Industry Convention last week that the recent Tenth Circuit District court ruling pushing decision to approve small refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard back to the agency for review could completely change the SRE program. Although he […]
In the Channel Islands, Rubis is launching renewable diesel as an immediate solution towards Jersey’s objective to reduce carbon emissions. After Scandinavian and Baltic countries, the Channel Islands will become only the 11th jurisdiction in the world to offer the new fuel, which is branded locally RD100. RD100 has been on trial in Jersey with […]
In Minnesota, the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) is building a future of better transportation fuels for all Minnesotans by launching the Better Fuel Initiative. The initiative will promote the adoption of state policies, raise awareness, drive research and increase infrastructure with the aim to meet environmental goals through the use of biofuels. The Better […]
In New York state, Reuters reports that 2019 D6 RIN prices have more than doubled in value to 19 cents since an US appeals court told the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider the issuance of three hardship waivers a few weeks ago, with Phillips 66 and Valero actively in the market buying credits. At the […]
In Canada, Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. announced that it has closed another tranche of its private placement offering of unsecured convertible debenture units, raising gross proceeds of C$690,000 in this tranche, for combined total gross proceeds of C$2,532,000 to date pursuant to the Offering. It also announced that for approximately the last 5 weeks, the […]
In Washington state, local press reports that county and other local officials aren’t taking Phillips 66 and Renewable Energy Group’s cancelation of their proposed renewable diesel plant lying down and are scrambling to find ways to bring the partners back to the table. The joint venture partners had said that they backed out of the […]
In India, the Daily Pioneer newspaper reports that Chhattisgarh’s chief minister has written to the prime minister pushing for approval of a rice-based ethanol plant as well as requested a price for rice-based ethanol be set in line with ethanol produced for sugar and molasses. The state has prioritized rice feedstock for ethanol due to […]
