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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt visited a Kansas ethanol plant Tuesday, where he sought to defend himself against accusations of undermining the Renewable Fuel Standard from a group that made no secret about being “mad as hell” at him.
A quartet of pro-biofuel groups, frustrated with the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of waivers that exempt small refineries from certain biofuel blending requirements, have sued the agency in an effort to curb the practice.
A House spending bill expected to be approved Wednesday would add $550 million to the $600 million Congress allocated in March for grants and loans to expand rural broadband service.
The latest White House meeting on U.S. biofuel policy resulted in an agreement in principle to sell E15 year-round and impose no caps on the price of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). However, a proposal long thought to be dead was brought back to life on Tuesday.
The House Energy and Commerce environment subcommittee on Friday examined the potential impacts a transition to higher octane fuels could have on refiners, biofuel producers, automakers and consumers.
President Donald Trump delivered welcome news to supporters of the Renewable Fuel Standard on Thursday, confirming that the administration is seriously considering a waiver for year-round E15 sales.
Government officials will convene next week to discuss the administration’s plan of action to resolve the biofuels policy debate, sources tell Agri-Pulse.
If recent reports about the Trump administration considering sending biofuel program reform efforts back to the legislative branch turn out to be true, don’t expect ethanol supporters to be too disappointed.
Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a $1.3 trillion government-wide spending plan and companies that buy commodities from farmers hope it will include a fix to the Section 199A tax deduction that has rattled the industry.