In Washington, D.C., the House of Representatives passed another COVID economic relief package, the HEROES Act II, which provides for $2.2 trillion in coronavirus relief and includes an important provision for the renewable fuels industry. If it were to become law, the Renewable Fuel Reimbursement Program provision would provide a 45-cent-per-gallon payment for qualified fuel […]
In India, the Ahmedabad Mirror newspaper reports that several government agencies have raided more than 60 biodiesel producers in Gujarat. More than 360 officials split into teams are looking into what is allegedly poor-quality biodiesel that is undercutting oil companies with cheaper prices. Oil companies made the complaints that have led to the investigations and […]
In Washington, U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (IL-17) introduced the Next Generation Fuels Act, legislation that leverages greater fuel octane to reduce carbon emissions from transportation, improve air quality by reducing the use of harmful aromatics and increase demand for biofuels. Fuels with greater levels of octane are more stable and have the potential to make engines […]
In Washington, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on biodiesel from Indonesia for the period of review (POR) April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review. On April 1, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity […]
In Washington, Growth Energy applauded the inclusion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Integrity Act in clean energy legislation (H.R. 4447) that passed the U.S. House on Friday. The RFS Integrity Act, authored by Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Collin Peterson (D-MN), along with Reps. Dusty Johnson (SD-At Large), Dave Loebsack (IA-04), […]
In Brazil, Argus Media reports that Brazil’s hydrocarbons regulator ANP will reduce individual carbon credit targets for fuel distribution companies for 2020, after it halved the industry’s overall pre-pandemic target as a result of the economic slowdown. “Brazil’s energy policy council CNPE slashed the overall 2020 target for the sale of Cbios – financial instruments […]
In Iowa, with less than six weeks until the presidential election, Reuters reports President Trump is in a hurry to make good on his promises to the ethanol industry in order to secure the Midwest. The wish list by the ethanol industry presented by Iowa senators at a meeting with the president in September 2019 […]
In Canada, Grain Farmers of Ontario has deep concerns about the current Clean Fuels Standard (CFS) proposed by the Canadian government and is opposed to the criteria for land use, asking for transparency around carbon numbers and any certification processes. The CFS currently contains restrictions on land use, which will discourage farmers from planting and […]
In Washington, Reuters reports the White House is backtracking from President Trump’s plans to use $300 million of USDA Commodity Credit Corporation funds to bail out the small refiners who weren’t granted gap-year SREs. There was significant backlash from the Midwest who said CCC funds are intended for farmers and not oil refiners. Even the […]
In Canada, the Canadian Press reports the Saskatchewan government is concerned the proposed Clean Fuel Standard will just be another carbon tax on the same emissions. The provinces’ energy and resources minister wrote to the federal minister of natural resources expressing concerns that the rules that would come into effect in 2022 with the aim […]
