In Switzerland, the World Trade Organization ruled that the European Union’s anti-dumping tariffs against Argentine biodiesel imports weren’t inherently illegal but ruled in favor of Argentina on several counts where the EU inconsistently applied the WTO’s antidumping rules, including how it calculated the tariffs. Both sides have 60 days to appeal the decision which the […]
In Washington, the Brookings Institute says that a small tweak to language in the Energy Independence and Security Act’s definition of renewable biomass for woody debris to include that from federal lands would produce a vast amount of new RINs to help achieve GHG emission reductions goals. Currently the definition excludes woody debris from federal […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board is seeking the transition of the blending credit to a producers credit and that the credit be extended beyond the end of the year when the blending credit expires. It believes that despite being an election year the association has a good shot at moving its proposals forward to […]
In Washington, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) along with 17 other senators sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging them to follow the congressional intent of the Renewable Fuel Standard by increasing blending targets under the RFS for 2017. POET, Growth Energy, BIO, ADM, the Advanced Biofuesl Business Council, the […]
In Brazil, the president has signed into law a proposal passed by both legislative houses to boost the biodiesel blend to 7%, to 8% in 2017 and 10% in 2019. Simultaneously, the government will undergo B15 trials over the next three years to ensure that the national fleet can operate with higher blends. The national […]
In India, the government is sorting out its new transport department that will focus on clean public transport with buses running on ethanol, biodiesel, biogas and even electric vehicles all in an effort to reduce the government’s fuel costs. The new structure will work closely with green funds in order to facilitate the investments on […]
In France, the national parliament has approved an additional tax on palm oil imports in an attempt to stem demand that leads to environmental damage such as the draining of peat bogs but imports for biodiesel production and those with sustainability labels will be exempt from the new policy. MPs voiced concern that currently sustainability […]
In Washington, Growth Energy blasted the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Interior and the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules for an oversight hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)that “without any biofuels stakeholders is unacceptable and defeats the very purpose of what this congressional committee […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency is analyzing the possibility of putting the burden of RFS compliance on blenders rather than refiners, at the request of several independent refiners who claim compliance is an unfair burden on those who don’t blend, but such a policy shift wouldn’t come into effect until the 2017 obligation period […]
In Washington, on Wednesday, the House Oversight Subcommittees on Interior and Healthcare, Benefits and Administrative Rules held a joint hearing to ostensibly examine the Renewable Fuel Standard. However, once again, no one from the U.S. biofuels industry was invited to testify, silencing a powerful voice that could speak to the provision’s implementation and effect. If […]
