In Washington, 31 Senators sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy regarding their concerns over the EPA’s 2014 Renewable Volume Obligations for the RFS. After the proposal was announced with significant cuts, a bipartisan group of Senators wrote to the EPA, urging the RVOs to reflect more accurately the expansion of production capability in […]
In Washington, in response to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ denial of rehearing en banc in the litigation regarding California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy issued the following statement: “Today’s decision by the Court of Appeals to allow a clearly discriminatory LCFS to stand is […]
In Washington, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says that Obama will hand the oil industry a big win if he doesn’t intervene directly to save the RFS. He says that only the White House stepping in on the EPA’s proposed reduction of the ethanol blending mandate will keep the policy from being watered down. Industry support […]
In Thailand, the palm oil producers association wants the government to make the biodiesel blending policy more flexible, allowing prices to rise when supplies fall rather than capping cooking oil prices as is currently being done. The group says that capping cooking oil prices distorts the market, as does exports. Exports rose 39% year-on-year in […]
In Luxembourg, the European Court of Justice has rejected BP’s request to be exempted from anti-circumvention duties levied on biodiesel imports coming from the US. The court said it denied the request because it says the company played a significant role in trying to circumvent EU rules that in part led to the anti- circumvention […]
In Iowa, Monte Shaw, a Republican activist who serves as the executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has announced his candidacy for the Iowa U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Tom Latham, who announced his plans to retire after 20 years. Shaw, who has been a longtime supporter of ethanol trade, will […]
In Minnesota, the Bioeconomy Coalition of Minnesota, who announced their 2014 Minnesota legislative agenda today at the Minnesota Green Chemistry Conference, is proposing the creation of a new production incentive program for renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels. The incentive program has the potential to spur the creation of up to 12,000 new jobs and help […]
In Washington, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson on Wednesday hosted a meeting with members of Congress and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to express their disappointment in EPA’s proposed volume numbers for 2014. The EPA has proposed significant reductions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
In Zimbabwe, rains have reduced ethanol production below estimates, which has in turn forced the government to keep the blending mandate at 10% rather than raising it to 15% as previously planned. The policy move is only a temporary move, however, until sufficient ethanol can be produced and stored to ensure supplies for the E15 […]
In New York state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill requiring 2% biofuel in heating oil because he said it was incompatible with current law that provides a tax credit of 2 cents per gallon. The proposed law would have been a fiscal burden on the state, he said. He did encourage the legislature to […]
