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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Automobile manufacturers were complementary of the federal government’s approach to expanding the nation’s biofuel mandate to allow for the inclusion of electric vehicles.
The Agriculture Department left most of its crop production and usage estimates unchanged in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates released Friday, matching trader expectations ahead of the report.
The renewable diesel boom has fueled a surge in expected soybean crushing capacity and a need for more production of the crop, though the EPA’s proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volumes and declining credit values for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard may dampen the fledgling industry’s ambitions.
Biogas from livestock operations and other biomass sources that are used to generate power for electric vehicles could qualify for Renewable Fuel Standard credits for the first time under regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to increase the amount of biofuels that must be blended with gasoline to meet requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard, the agency announced today.
A consent decree between the Environmental Protection Agency and biofuel trade association Growth Energy has been modified to give the Biden administration until the end of November to finalize its proposal for upcoming renewable fuels blending requirements.
In a report that was immediately attacked as “shoddy” by the renewable fuels industry but welcomed by lawmakers representing refineries, the Government Accountability Office said recent denials of small refinery exemption petitions are based on “a potentially flawed assumption."
Regulators need to take a closer look at the impacts of biofuel production on land use and the carbon intensity of anaerobic digesters as they develop lifecycle assessments for transportation fuels, a National Academy of Sciences report says.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan offered renewable fuel advocates a sign of hope Tuesday as he offered comments on what he wants to see from the looming biofuel volumes the agency is expected to propose later this year.
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