GAO to EPA: You’re going to have to release these Renewable Fuel Standard...
Big Ethanol was appalled when the Environmental Protection Agency announced late last year that they might actually acknowledge reality by reducing the required volume of certain biofuels that refiners...
View ArticleEPA likely to reconsider ethanol’s role in RFS
Based on feedback from a variety of sources and meetings with officials of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Terry Branstad is optimistic the federal agency’s plan to scale back renewable fuel...
View ArticleEPA may change its mind on RFS reduction, petroleum group exec says
Petroleum group says EPA may flip-flop on ethanol mandate A top petroleum group is worried the Environmental Protection Agency will flip on the proposed levels it released late last year for the...
View ArticleEPA sets low 2013 cellulosic ethanol requirements
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday set the 2014 requirements for cellulosic ethanol for use by the nation’s cars and trucks at 810,000 gallons — the amount the industry produced and a...
View ArticleEPA will change its mind about RFS proposal, industry execs say
Panelists predict EPA will revise proposed RFS targets higher in final rule The proposed blending targets in the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard will likely be revised higher, advocates for multiple...
View ArticleEPA slashes biofuel goals because of ethanol shortage
Just a few years ago, it looked as though ethanol and its politically potent lobby would reshape the U.S. energy landscape, but now even the federal government has been forced to acknowledge that its...
View ArticleBiofuels Mandate Is Cut Drastically
EPA decision to sharply reduce the amount of cellulosic biofuel in the U.S. fuel supply strangely pleases oil companies and environmental groups U.S. EPA has revised the number of cellulosic biofuel...
View ArticleCourt upholds EPA on 2013 RFS
A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a petition by Delta Air Line’s jet fuel subsidiary challenging EPA’s 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard. EPA reduced the cellulosic biofuel volume for 2013...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court rejects challenge to 2013 renewable fuel standard
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday threw out an oil industry challenge to the Obama administration’s 2013 biofuel mandate, ruling that the government has “wide latitude” to decide whether to modify...
View ArticleLocal and national biofuel production threatened by EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Renewable Fuels Standard, which the administration expects to finalize in June, could severely impact biodiesel production locally and nationally, says...
View ArticleSupreme Court rebukes EPA, but mainly leaves intact program to deal with...
The Supreme Court largely left intact Monday the Obama administration’s only existing program to limit power plant and factory emissions of the gases blamed for global warming. But a divided court...
View ArticleIndiana wind power could get boost from new EPA rules
Credit the ice ages for making Indiana a good place to turn wind into electricity. All that glacial action scoured flat the northern half of the state and sculpted the perfect terrain for wind...
View ArticleNevada retailer takes ethanol story to the Hill
Nevada businessmen, Charlie Good, and cattleman Bill Couser, were among thsoe who attended the American Coalition for Ethanol Fly-in in Washington, D.C., last month as part of the effort by fuel...
View ArticleEthanol Industry Pushing State Lawmakers for Change
Tuesday afternoon, Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds toured the Quad County Corn Processors’ Cellulosic Ethanol facility. They were excited to see the technology and what...
View ArticleDon’t roll back biofuel quotas
Nebraskans are used to watching developments in Washington, D.C., closely. Changes in agriculture policy coming out of the nation’s capital have the potential to affect many of our livelihoods. And,...
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