The Trump administration is set to order refiners to use 15 billion gallons of conventional renewable fuels such as corn-based ethanol next year, resisting oil industry pressure to lower the mandate, according to three people familiar with the plans.
November 27, 2018biofuel
Government, Business, Fuel
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
EPA Said to Hold Biofuel Quotas for Gasoline Steady for 2019
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
Government, Business, Fuel
A research associate takes a sample of algae being cultivated for biofuel research in California. (David Maung/Bloomberg News)
Proposal to Boost to Biofuel Quotas Spurs Scorn From Ethanol Producers
A research associate takes a sample of algae being cultivated for biofuel research in California. (David Maung/Bloomberg News)
Ethanol producers and farm-state leaders blasted a Trump administration proposal that would force refiners to blend more biofuel into petroleum next year, arguing the modest planned increase is undercut by EPA waivers exempting refineries from the mandate
June 26, 2018
Government, Fuel
House Environment Subcommittee/YouTube
Biofuel Trade Groups Express Concerns About Future of Renewable Fuel Standard Program
House Environment Subcommittee/YouTube
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed increasing the mandated volume of biomass-based diesel by 330 million gallons for 2020, from a static volume of 2.1 billion gallons in 2018 and 2019, to 2.43 billion gallons in 2020.
June 22, 2018
Government, Fuel
United Soybean Board
Ted Cruz Says Imperiled Biofuel Overhaul Plan Not Dead
United Soybean Board
A day after a tentative agreement to overhaul U.S. biofuel policy appeared to collapse amid farm-state concerns, EPA chief Scott Pruitt met to discuss the issue with the lead senator pushing for the changes: Ted Cruz.
June 7, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel
A research associate takes a sample of algae being cultivated for biofuel research in California, U.S. Photographer (David Maung/Bloomberg News)
Parties to White House Biofuel Deal Disagree What’s Agreed
A research associate takes a sample of algae being cultivated for biofuel research in California, U.S. Photographer (David Maung/Bloomberg News)
A tentative deal on U.S. biofuel policy struck at the White House would allow year-round sales of higher-ethanol gasoline in exchange for possible policy changes to rein in compliance costs for refiners.
May 11, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel, TCA
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
Corn Belt Senators Ask EPA to Stop Issuing Waivers Exempting Refineries From Biofuel Laws
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
Thirteen Corn Belt senators, led by Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley, have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop issuing waivers that exempt certain oil refineries from federal biofuel laws.
April 18, 2018
Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel
A truck is loaded with ethanol at the Poet Biorefining facility in Jewell, Iowa. (Sergio Flores/Bloomberg News)
Trump’s Biofuel Summit With Senators Ends Without Agreement
A truck is loaded with ethanol at the Poet Biorefining facility in Jewell, Iowa. (Sergio Flores/Bloomberg News)
Donald Trump’s meeting with senators warring over the future of a program designed to boost biofuels ended without a breakthrough Feb. 27, prolonging a clash that could undermine the president’s political appeal in Pennsylvania and Iowa.
February 27, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters driver Todd Jones pumps biodiesel. (Alden Pellett/Associated Press)
EPA Rebuffs Biodiesel Makers, Won’t Increase Minimum Production Level for 2019
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters driver Todd Jones pumps biodiesel. (Alden Pellett/Associated Press)
Despite pressure from biodiesel producers to require greater minimum production levels of biomass-based diesel, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has stuck to its proposed plan to maintain the 2018 level of 2.1 billion gallons for 2019.
December 7, 2017
Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel
Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
Trump to Discuss Renewable Fuel With Ethanol Critic Ted Cruz
Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
President Donald Trump will confront the conflict between farm-state and oil-state Republicans over renewable fuel standards as he meets Dec. 7 with Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a leading critic of requirements for ethanol use, and other Republican lawmakers.
December 7, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, TCA
United Soybean Board
Minnesota Biodiesel Standards to Double in 2018, Displeasing Trucking Industry
United Soybean Board
The state’s standard for the biodiesel blend will double to 20% at gas pumps next May, a decision that displeased trucking industry advocates.
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