In Washington, more than 200 companies and trade associations today wrote House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders, urging them “to reauthorize and maintain stable mandatory funding for energy title programs in the next farm bill reauthorization.” The letter, organized by the Agriculture Energy Coalition, states, “For more than 15 years, the farm bill energy title […]
In Iowa, any action to artificially cap Renewable Identification Number (RIN) prices in exchange for an RVP waiver allowing year-round sale of E15 would be a bad deal for rural America and the nation’s consumers, according to a new economic analysis released Tuesday. Such a tradeoff would result in reduced ethanol consumption, a drop in […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports that the country’s minister for plantation industries and commodities told a conference it would react “with might and tact” should the European Union move forward with a policy to ban the use of palm oil for biofuel from 2021. He said the country would halt all trade negotiations with the European […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that after what seemed to be three failed meetings hosted by the White House last week to break the impasse over the Renewable Fuel Standard between oil and corn states, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley took to President Trump’s favorite medium—Twitter—to announce a potential way forward could be found through year-round approval […]
In Washington, DC, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen issued a statement after meeting with President Trump, several members of his cabinet, a handful of senators, a number of ethanol and oil industry stakeholders, including RFA members, to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard. The RFA statement said, “We appreciate that President Trump took […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Italian support scheme for the production and distribution of advanced biofuels, including advanced biomethane. The measure will contribute to reaching EU energy and climate change goals while limiting distortions of competition. The Italian scheme supports the production and distribution of advanced biofuels […]
In Switzerland, the International Air transport Association (IATA) set out an aim for one billion passengers to fly on flights powered by a mix of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025. This aspiration was identified on the tenth anniversary of the first flight to blend sustainable aviation fuel and ordinary jet fuel. The […]
In Washington, no agreement was reached during President Trump’s biofuels summit held with oil and corn state senators along with the agriculture secretary and administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency at the White House on Tuesday, a meeting aimed at ending the impasse over reforms of the Renewable Fuel Standard. Senator Ted Cruz from Texas […]
In Belgium, Euractive reports that European farmers are urging the European Commission to keep conventional biofuels in mind as part of the upcoming “protein strategy.” A third of the EU’s animal feed 45 million metric tons consumed annually is from soybeans, of which only 5% is produced within Europe. The rest is imported, and poses […]
In Washington, D.C., President Trump is calling a meeting this Tuesday to talk about potential changes to biofuels policy after Pennsylvania-based refiner, Philadelphia Energy Solutions, blamed RFS and regulations for its bankruptcy last month. The meeting will include Republican Senators like Ted Cruz of Texas, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa, as well as […]
