The Trump administration on Dec. 19 set relatively flat quotas for plant-based fuels in 2020, rebuffing ethanol and biodiesel allies who said the targets don’t do enough to support the industry.
December 19, 2019biofuel
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel
Corn stands in a field in Walnut, Ill. The Environmental Protection Agency will require refiners to use 20.09 billion gallons of renewable fuel in 2020, a 0.85% increase over the 2019 requirement for 19.92 billion gallons. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Trump Rebuffs Corn Farmers With Status Quo on Biofuels
Corn stands in a field in Walnut, Ill. The Environmental Protection Agency will require refiners to use 20.09 billion gallons of renewable fuel in 2020, a 0.85% increase over the 2019 requirement for 19.92 billion gallons. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Government, Business, Fuel
Corn plants grow in Churdan, Iowa. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Larry Kudlow Hatches New Plan to Boost Biofuel Mandates
Corn plants grow in Churdan, Iowa. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is developing a new plan to bolster biofuel-blending requirements after ethanol allies in politically important farm states complained the current proposal doesn’t do enough to compensate for waivers exempting some small refineries from the mandates.
December 4, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
Monte Shaw of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (from left), Grant Kimberley of the Iowa Biodiesel Board, and Craig Floss of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, hold a press conference in Johnston, Iowa, on Oct. 16. (David Plitt/AP)
Farmers Blame Trump for Biofuels Rule They View as Betrayal
Monte Shaw of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (from left), Grant Kimberley of the Iowa Biodiesel Board, and Craig Floss of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, hold a press conference in Johnston, Iowa, on Oct. 16. (David Plitt/AP)
DES MOINES, Iowa — Agriculture commodity groups and some farmers expressed frustration and anger Oct. 16 with a rule released by the Environmental Protection Agency that they said fails to uphold a promise President Donald Trump made 12 days ago to fulfill the intent of an ethanol law passed by Congress.
October 17, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
A truck dumps corn inside Poet Biorefining in Jewell, Iowa. (Sergio Flores/Bloomberg)
EPA Proposes Biofuel Quota Plan to Offset Refinery Waivers
A truck dumps corn inside Poet Biorefining in Jewell, Iowa. (Sergio Flores/Bloomberg)
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed changes in the way it sets annual percentages spelling out how much renewable fuel refiners must blend into gasoline and diesel.
October 15, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
A grain truck sits parked as corn is delivered at a Michlig Grain storage facility in Sheffield, Ill. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
White House Plans Biofuel Quota Boost to Offset Refinery Waivers
A grain truck sits parked as corn is delivered at a Michlig Grain storage facility in Sheffield, Ill. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
President Donald Trump has tentatively agreed to a plan for bolstering ethanol and biodiesel, amid pressure from Midwest U.S. senators who warned the president that without action, he risks votes in next year’s election.
September 13, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
Grain rail cars sit on tracks in the POET Biorefining ethanol facility in Gowrie, Iowa. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)
White House to Meet With Oil, Biofuel Makers in Bid for Deal
Grain rail cars sit on tracks in the POET Biorefining ethanol facility in Gowrie, Iowa. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)
Trump administration officials are set to consult with oil refiners and renewable fuel producers at the White House on Sept. 11, as they struggle to develop a final plan for bolstering corn-based ethanol and soy-based biodiesel.
September 11, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
White House Weighs Biofuel Quota Boost Amid Appeals From Iowa
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
Top administration officials have developed plans to give a 5% boost to U.S. renewable fuel-blending quotas in 2020, as President Donald Trump seeks to temper farm-state criticism he has undermined U.S. mandates compelling the use of corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel.
September 6, 2019
Business, Fuel
Sanjit Das/Bloomberg News
Indonesian Road Test Finds Palm Oil Biofuel ‘Safe’ for Cars
Sanjit Das/Bloomberg News
Indonesia said it conducted the world’s longest road test using diesel blended with 30% palm oil, and the results showed that the biofuel is safe for cars.
September 6, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
Bloomberg News
Trump Orders Biofuel Boost in Bid to Temper Farm State Anger
Bloomberg News
President Donald Trump, seeking to tamp down political fallout in U.S. farm states essential to his re-election, has ordered federal agencies to shift course on relieving some oil refineries of requirements to use biofuel such as corn-based ethanol.
August 23, 2019
Business, Fuel, Logistics
Eco-Energy Launches Logistics Service for Ethanol Market
Eco-Energy, a biofuel supply chain company, launched its Ethanol Logistics Service on July 11 to reach a broader mix of ethanol buyers and shippers, and create the largest asset-backed logistics management service exclusively focused on ethanol.
July 12, 2019Pages
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