In Iowa, legislation awaiting the governor’s signature would extend tax breaks on ethanol to June 30, 2013 from its original expiry on July 1. The bill, which its author describes as a temporary fix, shields ethanol from being charged at the same rate as fossil fuel, which in the end would save 2 cents per […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board submitted written testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures for a hearing on expiring tax provisions in hopes of getting the $1 per gallon tax credit on biodiesel reinstated. The tax credit expired at the end of 2011 and the NBB wants to […]
In Washington, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted motions to allow the Advanced Biofuels Association, the American Coalition for Ethanol, the Advanced Ethanol Council, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, Growth Energy, the National Biodiesel Board and the Renewable Fuels Association to intervene and address the issues that will be raised […]
In Washington, the Senate Agriculture Committee has approved $800 million in mandatory biofuels-related funding for the proposed energy title in the upcoming Farm Bill. Last week, the Committee had been moving forward with a Farm Bill draft that included an energy title but did not have mandatory funding, which would have required the USDA to […]
In Washington, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the Advanced BioFuel Association, the Algal Biomass Organization, Airlines for America, and the National Farm Bureau Federation today wrote leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee asking them to include authorization for the U.S. Department of Energy to transfer funds to the Defense Production Act necessary for an interagency project […]
In California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued an order expediting briefing in the California Air Resources Board’s appeal of a Federal District Court decision invalidating the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). In the meantime, the Court stayed an injunction against enforcing the LCFS. On December 29, 2011, the District […]
In Washington, the House of Representative’s Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing last Thursday about the Domestic Fuels Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 4345) that would protect fuel suppliers and car manufacturers from liability if a driver chooses to use E15 but the Consumers Union opposes the bill saying that all the […]
In Washington, as the RFA advocates for the Domestic Fuels Protection Act, President and CEO Bob Dinneen has submitted written testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Environment and Economy in support. “[T]he current regulatory structure provides no pathway to certify existing equipment for anything other than fossil fuels, even when test […]
In Washington, Minnesota Senator Klobuchar has written a letter to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley to investigate the possibility of using alcohol sourced bio-jet fuel in all USAF aviation assets. Northland’s NewsCenter quotes the Senator as stating, “We’d like to see them have renewable fuels as part of their mix, so that we are less […]
In China, the government has slashed corn ethanol subsidies to 500 yuan from 1,276 yuan per ton last year as it works to reduce production from corn, saving it for animal feed. The USDA says Chinese corn imports may quadruple during 2011/12 as a result of increased demand and reduced corn supply. Between 4 million […]
