In Washington, Fuels America has launched a new campaign highlighting what would happen without the RFS. It’s list of 10 impacts include more oil imports, more profits for big oil execs, dirtier air and sending advanced biofuels overseas to countries like Brazil and China.
In Guatemala, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) program have signed an MOU for a pilot project to form a Technical Unit on Biofuels. The pilot plan establishes the use of biofuels to assess their environmental and mechanical performance using a sample of 20 […]
In Brazil, the House of Representatives has approved the increase of ethanol blending to 27.5% as well raising the biodiesel blend to 7% by Nov. 1. The measure now moves on to the Senate for final approval. The president has also said that the government may consider additional tax incentives for the ethanol industry.
In Iowa, Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rand Paul (Ky.) are touring the state this week ahead of possible campaigns for the US presidency, but their less-than-supportive stances regarding ethanol may hurt both of their chances in the first Republican primary. Cruz has put forward a bill eliminating the RFS while Paul says the policy […]
In Thailand, the government has boosted the price paid to farmers to cut down rubber trees following a 20% cut in global rubber prices and is encouraging them to instead plant oil palm trees to increase biodiesel production. The plan is to cut down 350,000 rubber trees per year, up from 250,000 trees originally, while […]
In Washington, the EPA has extended the deadline for complying with the 2013 RFS to 30 days after the official publication of the 2014 RFS mandate. This is the third time the EPA has extended the compliance deadline. The agency says the extension is because oil companies need to know how many credits they need […]
In Washington, USDA released a report that, for the first time, provides uniform scientific methods for quantifying the changes in greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage from various land management and conservation activities. The report is titled Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity-Scale Inventory, and USDA said that, among other […]
In Canada, Sustainable Development Technology Canada announced that it is accepting Statements of Interest from August 27th to October 15th, 2014. SDTC invests in late-stage development and pre-commercial demonstration of clean technologies by Canadian companies in a range of innovative solutions across all industries. These technologies increase efficiency and productivity while addressing climate change, clean […]
In Washington, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa filed amendments to restore the wind energy and domestic biodiesel tax incentives to the Bring Jobs Home Act before the Senate. The Bring Jobs Home Act has been widely criticized as a political messaging bill from the Senate majority that isn’t expected to pass and won’t accomplish its […]
In Kansas, Kansas Association of Ethanol Processors, the Kansas Corn Growers, Kansas Farm Bureau and the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association along with ICM, Conestoga Energy Partners, Western Plains Energy, Nesika Energy and Kansas Ethanol have all sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp demanding he withdraw his co-sponsorship of a bill that would […]
