Articles Tagged with ''biofuels''

Investment in carbon capture and storage is expected to favor the domestic ethanol industry in coming decades, combined with anticipated production of sustainable aviation fuel, the offset of federal tax liability and the sale of carbon abatement credits.

The Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider the impacts on climate change of biofuel volumes in its  2023 “set rule,” the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.

Biofuel and farm groups are generally hopeful that the Trump administration’s proposal on target for renewable fuels will better support growth across the industry, in addition to propping up domestic feedstocks. 
However, a lack of resolution on how the administration will handle small refinery exemptions and recent proposals on the 45Z tax credit for clean fuel producers could continue uncertainty in the market. 

Farms appear to be protected from worker deportations – at least for now. But Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is making it clear she’s still on board with President Donald Trump’s agenda of deporting illegal aliens from the U.S.

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release the next proposed set of renewable volume obligations for fuels this morning, with briefings scheduled for Hill offices and industry leaders ahead of the official release.

In the first few months of the second Trump administration, there’s been a shift away from sustainability, DEI and climate-related initiatives in terms of federal programming and industry commitments. But agricultural and aviation groups hope Sustainable Aviation Fuel avoids the same fate.

With farmers across the country concerned about losing workers to mass deportations, there are renewed calls for reforming the H-2A visa system. To that end, House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., tells Agri-Pulse he plans to introduce legislation that would put into law recommendations made by a committee task force in the last Congress.

A new analysis from CoBank finds growing domestic consumption will have only modest effects on overall U.S. ethanol demand and says exports will drive industry growth.

Jamieson Greer, Trump’s pick to lead the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, pledged to secure new markets for U.S. ag, examine China’s shortcomings under the phase one deal and lower tariff barriers in the biofuels sector.

Despite a flurry of last-minute action from the Biden administration on biofuel policy, producers are still uncertain on how reliable those moves are under Trump 2.0.