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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
In a potential blow to the U.S. biofuel industry, the California Air Resources Board is proposing its most ambitious regulation yet with a ban on new gas-powered cars by 2035.
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized blending requirements under the nation’s biofuel mandate and is calling for higher usage of renewable fuels this year as consumers face skyrocketing gas prices at the pump.
The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to a timeline for the publishing of future biofuel mandate blending targets and is expected to soon seek public comment on the proposed schedule.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation Tuesday that biofuels supporters say will expand access to E15 and other options with higher blends of biofuels.
As stakeholders await the finalization of biofuel blending targets for 2021 and 2022 – as well as potential retroactive cuts to the 2020 RVO that enraged the biofuels industry – attention is shifting to how the agency might handle future announcements.
President Joe Biden’s move to use emergency authority and grant summertime sales of E15 has been welcomed by a wide swath of lawmakers across the political spectrum.
Brazil’s Ministry of Economy announced Tuesday that beginning Wednesday, Brazil will suspend its 18% tariff on ethanol imports for the rest of 2022 in an inflation-cutting effort to reduce fuel prices domestically.
The Environmental Protection Agency and biofuel trade association Growth Energy have finalized a proposed consent decree that would set an early summer publishing deadline for the biofuel mandate targets of the current and prior year.