In Washington, the White House released a mid-century strategy (MCS) that envisions economy-wide net GHG emissions reductions of 80 percent or more below 2005 levels by 2050. The United States MCS charts a path that is achievable, consistent with the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, and an acceleration of existing market trends. It will […]
In Washington, BP Fuels and Marathon Petroleum are urging lawmakers to pass the Flores-Welch bill introduced in May that would cap ethanol blending at 9.7%, a bill the COO of BP Fuels North America says has 117 cosponsors in the House. What direction president-elect Donald Trump will take on the Renewable Fuel Standard and biofuels […]
In Washington, as part of a wide ranging policy announcement from the Obama Administration, the Department of Energy launched a Sustainable Biofuels Innovation Challenge to develop ways to produce, at scale, widely affordable, advanced biofuels for transportation and industrial applications, one of seven Innovation Challenges that highlight clean energy areas with the potential to play […]
In India, the transportation minister said the country’s financial institutions are not equipped to structure the more than $880 million in soft loans held by the sugarcane industry, financing that would help many integrate or boost ethanol production. As policy shifts are needed to allow mills to produce ethanol from grade B molasses, he instead […]
In Washington, the US EPA proposed to deny requests from petitioners to initiate a rulemaking to change the point of obligation for compliance under the Renewable Fuel Standard program. Due to the importance, complexity, and broad stakeholder interest in this issue, the agency is taking public comment on the proposed denials to ensure we receive […]
In Washington, after consideration of all relevant information available to EPA on the issue, including information submitted by petitioners, available fuels market data, and information gathered by EPA from multiple market participants and interested parties, EPA is proposing to deny requests to initiate a rulemaking process to reconsider or change the regulations at 40 CFR […]
In Florida, Thomas Davanzo, of Estero and Robert Fedyna, of Naples were sentenced to 121 months and 135 months in prison, respectively, for their participation in a multi-state scheme to defraud biofuel buyers and U.S. taxpayers by fraudulently selling biofuel credits and fraudulently claiming tax credits. Both defendants were also ordered to forfeit ill-gotten gains […]
In Australia, the Palaszczuk Government will target Australian and international biofutures investment to help boost the industry in regional Queensland. Speaking in Parliament Tuesday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that an Expression of Interest process to attract biofuels proponents to Queensland would start Wednesday. “We know if we want to unlock the jobs of tomorrow, we […]
In Washington, with the Environmental Protection Agency’s deadline to release the final blending volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2017 just over three weeks away, the Renewable Fuels Association is betting the blend for conventional ethanol will be at 15 billion gallons, above the 14.8 billion gallons the agency included in its draft rule. […]
In Morocco, the United Nations climate change negotiations will convene in Marrakech for COP 22. Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group, Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, said “COP22 will be an action and implementation COP. As the world’s poorest countries, the LDC group calls for fair and ambitious action. We must build upon the foundations set […]
