Category: Policy

Sens. Grassley and Ernst want ethanol industry included in next round of COVID recovery funds

Sens. Grassley and Ernst want ethanol industry included in next round of COVID recovery funds

July 20, 2020 |

In Washington, the Hagstrom Report says that as Congress begins to look at further economic stimulus to help the post-COVID-19 recovery, Iowa’s Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are looking for ways to ensure the ethanol industry is included. With corn prices low, the Senators want to find a way to help get ethanol producers […]

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USDA Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program deadline less than a month away

USDA Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program deadline less than a month away

July 19, 2020 |

In Washington, D.C., with the USDA’s Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) deadline just one month away, the Renewable Fuels Association reminds retailers and other interested parties that any further delays may threaten their ability to complete the registration and application process by the deadline of August 13. Among the important tools available to interested […]

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Zimbabwean MP takes on Green Fuel ethanol monopoly head on

Zimbabwean MP takes on Green Fuel ethanol monopoly head on

July 16, 2020 |

In Zimbabwe, Bulawayo 24 reports that a member of Parliament is going to court to fight the national 20% ethanol blending mandate that still supports a supply monopoly for the controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach’s Green Fuel. The complaint claims that Green Fuel is paid $1.30 per liter of ethanol whereas the global average is around […]

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Sierra Club Invites National Debate on Renewable Natural Gas

Sierra Club Invites National Debate on Renewable Natural Gas

July 15, 2020 |

In Washington, as part of Sierra Club’s and Earthjustice’s campaign to “electrify everything” this week, the groups released a report that takes aim at gas utilities who embrace renewable natural gas as a method of deflecting pushes toward building electrification. Specifically, the report argues that RNG is not a viable alternative to electrification in efforts […]

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Green Energy testifies at virtual public hearing on EPA test protocols for fuels

Green Energy testifies at virtual public hearing on EPA test protocols for fuels

July 14, 2020 |

In Washington, Growth Energy Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley offered testimony during a virtual public hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) test protocols for U.S. fuels. The agency is currently updating Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards to reflect the modern transition to higher blends of low-carbon ethanol. […]

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UAI coalition pressures EPA to correct anti-backsliding study

UAI coalition pressures EPA to correct anti-backsliding study

July 13, 2020 |

In Washington, joining forces to challenge flawed science, a coalition including the Urban Air Initiative (UAI), 10 state corn grower organizations and the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) are pressuring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to correct its recent “Anti-Backsliding’ study. The coalition says the study is based on faulty modeling data that fails to […]

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Bustos secures agriculture wins for rural America in $152B appropriations bill

Bustos secures agriculture wins for rural America in $152B appropriations bill

July 12, 2020 |

In Illinois, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) helped pass a comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development funding bill out of the powerful House Appropriations Committee that would deliver more than $152 billion in agriculture and rural support, including bolstering biofuels. Congresswoman Bustos successfully secured a number of provisions for Illinois and rural America including: Bolstering the use […]

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Morocco looks at energy transition with opportunities for biomass but not crop-based biofuels

Morocco looks at energy transition with opportunities for biomass but not crop-based biofuels

July 9, 2020 |

In Morocco, Eco Actu reports the Economic, Social and Environmental Council is calling for an energy transition nationally based on environmental, social and economic sustainability. Part of the wider policy that is focused on significantly increasing investment in renewable energy sees the greening of transport through waste-based biodiesel and green hydrogen pilot projects. A push […]

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RFA tells EPA its air quality modeling and analysis is flawed

RFA tells EPA its air quality modeling and analysis is flawed

July 8, 2020 |

In Washington, in comments submitted Tuesday to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Renewable Fuels Association expressed support for the Agency’s proposal to determine that no additional measures are necessary to mitigate “potential adverse air quality impacts” associated with the Renewable Fuel Standard. However, RFA’s comments also challenged the flawed air quality modeling and analysis conducted […]

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National Wildlife Federation pushing for general RFS waiver

National Wildlife Federation pushing for general RFS waiver

July 7, 2020 |

In Washington, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) became the most recent EPA petitioner seeking a general waiver to reduce 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance obligations, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers announced. NWF President and CEO Collin O’Mara wrote to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler stressing the need for smaller biofuel mandates: “The RFS currently requires about 19 billion […]

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