Articles Tagged with ''energy''

The Agriculture Department will pause grant awards for the Rural Energy for America program until it finishes updating program regulations to meet an executive order calling for less federal wind and solar funding.

Farm and fossil fuel groups respond to EPA biofuel-blending mandates. The renewable volume obligations from the Environmental Protection Agency mark the biggest ever since the Renewable Fuel Standard program became law two decades ago.

EPA finalizes long-awaited 2026-27 biofuel-blending mandates. 

Could 2026 be a bust-to-boom story for U.S. biodiesel producers?

Shipments of U.S. ethanol to Canada, the Netherlands and other countries are expected to give the industry a second consecutive year of record high exports, a bright spot for the corn-based fuel as domestic demand slumps amid tepid gasoline consumption. 

Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind a nearly $10 billion carbon pipeline meant to boost the fortunes of the U.S. Corn Belt, is working to win support after a raft of setbacks. Meanwhile, a CO2 project with ethanol plants in Nebraska has started up operations, giving the No. 3 corn-growing U.S. state a potential edge over No. 1 Iowa.