In India, the Tribune newspaper reports that following its exposé on the proposed $84 million HPCL ethanol plant in Punjab that has been stalled for three years, the national food processing industries minister has called upon the petroleum and natural gas minister to push the Punjab government to expedite approval of the land HPCL requires […]
In Germany, UFOP (Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V.) says the “Green Deal” announced by the European Commission could and should create the necessary “impulse” reliable sales alternatives to stabilize European agricultural revenue. Sustainable biofuels from cultivated biomass need to be a part of the overall strategy toward the decarbonization of the agricultural […]
In Washington, the New York Times reports that the IRS is delaying implementation of some of the only climate-friendly legislation to be pushed through during the Trump administration which in turn is frustrating the ethanol industry. The IRS has held up rules about how companies investing in carbon capture could take advantage of a tax […]
In Minnesota, CenterPoint Energy, the state’s largest natural gas utility serving more than 860,000 residential and business customers, is proposing state legislation promoting innovative clean energy resources and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance Minnesota’s clean energy future. The Natural Gas Innovation Act would establish a state regulatory policy allowing a natural gas […]
In California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency met with federal and state agencies and leaders from the region’s agriculture and food production industries make progress on on-farm composting and to launch an interagency collaboration between 15 federal, state, and regional agencies that is committed to developing a regulatory pathway to address permitting challenges and create […]
In California, the Air Resources Board together with the state’s Environmental Protection Agency have opened up a public comment period for Red Trail Energy’s application seeking approval for two designed-based starch ethanol pathways to take into account CO2 sequestration. The company already has two approved pathways for corn starch ethanol but if CO2 is sequestered […]
In Paraguay, Biofuels International reports that the Paraguayan government has approved a free zone for the proposed Omega Green project, the southern hemisphere’s first renewable diesel and aviation biofuel facility that ECB Group plans to build for $800 million. With the free zone in place, the project that is of “national interest” is guaranteed a […]
In Malaysia, the Edge Markets reports that the country’s primary industries minister is on a charm offensive in Europe this week, visiting United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium in an effort to convince policymakers of the sustainability of Malaysia’s palm oil industry. The country is preparing new limitations on oil palm expansion as well […]
In Iowa, Reuters reports that ahead of the Iowa caucuses, farmers remain angry at how President Trump has handled ethanol policy, especially the issuance of hardship waivers for small oil refineries that led to billions of gallons of demand destruction that wasn’t satisfactorily resolved with the 2020 renewable volume obligation. As such, Democrats may have […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association submitted a response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s request for information on the agency’s new Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program, which was created to expand the availability and use of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel. In its response, RFA recommended that available funding be primarily directed […]
