In Germany, the VDMA representing Germany’s mechanical industries says the EU Commission is pushing the Euro 7 emissions standard to help achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, which is supported by the mechanical and plant engineering sector. But now tighter regulations are already being considered for 2025, which experts believe would be ecologically and economically misguided, […]
In Nebraska, Attorney General Doug Peterson filed a complaint in the District Court of Saunders County alleging multiple environmental violations by AltEn, LLC. AltEn is an ethanol plant located near Mead, Nebraska. The complaint alleges violations of the Nebraska Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), violations of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act (ISWMA) and multiple violations […]
In Washington, D.C., American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and other airlines met virtually on Friday with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy to discuss economic recovery, climate crisis, COVID-19, and safety protocols, with airlines urging The White House’s help on greener fuels. […]
In the UK, following a public consultation that received 208 responses, the Government has announced that having analyzed the responses, it remains convinced that the preferred approach outlined in the original consultation document remains the best approach to introducing E10 in the UK: it plans to introduce E10 as the standard 95-octane petrol grade available […]
In India, the Newsroom Post reports that Uttar Pradesh’s cabinet has greenlighted the use of sugarcane juice and syrup to produce ethanol, which will help boost ethanol production at sugar mills while also reduce the surplus sugar production weighing on the market. UP is the largest sugar producing state in India as well as largest […]
In Washington, the Des Moines Register newspaper reported that the US Senate confirmed in a 92-7 vote to return former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to the position in the Biden Administration. Bernie Sanders and Republicans Josh Hawley of Missouri, Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas were among those who voted against […]
In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is supporting the Tenth Circuit Court’s January 2020 decision in Renewable Fuels Association et al. v. EPA. After careful review of the decision, EPA’s new leadership agrees with both the court and the biofuel litigants that small refinery exemptions were meant to be temporary and […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association filed comments with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in response to earlier requests from oil refiners and the governors of six oil-producing states seeking a general waiver from 2019 and 2020 renewable volume obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard. “These waiver requests, which were rushed out the door […]
In India, the Financial Express newspaper reports the Indian Sugar Mills Association is calling on the government to implement 15% ethanol blending as soon as possible by rolling out the fuel standards that will allow the shift. Ethanol storage at fuel depots are fuel, forcing oil marketing companies to store supplies at depots far away […]
In Washington, Bloomberg reports that the biofuels industry that was once wary about the Low Carbon Fuel Standard in California that then spread northward all the way to British Columbia is now seen as a key opportunity for keeping the industry in business. The question now becomes how quickly those state-level policies can be rolled […]
