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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 Energy Department on Wednesday announced it would not be moving forward with a $4.9 billion loan for the Grain Belt Express, a 578-mile electric transmission infrastructure project intended to move wind and solar power across the Midwest.

A 578-mile electric transmission infrastructure project intended to move wind and solar power across the Midwest may lose a $4.9 billion Energy Department loan, a Missouri senator says.

The Senate Finance treatment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel under the 45Z tax credit for clean fuel producers could be detrimental for the domestic market, industry sources say. 

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.

Challenges to the government’s decisions on small refinery exemptions must be heard in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, effectively taking the issue away from other circuit courts.

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. 

The Senate Finance Committee on Monday released its tax and Medicaid provisions for the budget reconciliation bill that Republicans are trying to reach agreement on, and they extend expiring 2017 tax cuts and expand some other provisions of the law. The provisions also extend the 45Z tax credit for clean fuels.

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 has proposed Renewable Volume Obligations for fuels that exceed recent industry requests, along with incentives for domestically produced fuels.