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Court vacates, remands EPA small refinery exemption denials

07/26/24 6:00 PM By Steve Davies

Biofuel leaders expressed disappointment Friday in a ruling from a federal appeals court overturning what they said are “most” EPA decisions in 2022 to deny requests for small refinery exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard.

EPA regs on biogas producers upheld by D.C. Circuit

Court also rejects request for stay of power plant rule

07/19/24 1:37 PM By Steve Davies

A federal appeals court has upheld EPA regulations covering biogas producers who want to benefit from the Renewable Fuel Standard, saying that under the law, the agency “must be able to verify that the biogas-derived fuel it is being asked to count as renewable was made with the correct biogas.”

EPA delays 2026 biofuel usage mandates to end of next year

07/10/24 6:08 AM By Philip Brasher

The Environmental Protection Agency says it likely won’t finalize the biofuel usage mandates for 2026 until the end of next year, which is discouraging news for a sector that blames the existing renewable volume obligations for the collapse in credit prices that has hammered many producers.

Oilseed industry concerned that increase in imported feedstock will undermine US producers

07/10/24 6:06 AM By Rebekah Alvey

The rising demand for renewable fuel and subsequent tax credits to incentivize production has led to a significant spike in imported feedstocks like used cooking oil and tallow, which some say could undermine the domestic oilseed industry and potentially allows some fraudulent materials to enter the market.

Daybreak June 25: DOJ commits to ag antitrust enforcement

06/25/24 4:03 PM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, and Jake Zajkowski

The Justice Department is expanding efforts to combat anticompetitive practices in the ag industry.

Renewable fuels industry cheers D.C. Circuit opinion upholding 2020-2022 volume obligations

05/15/24 1:14 PM By Steve Davies

The renewable fuels industry is welcoming a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding EPA’s renewable fuel volume obligations for 2020-2022, including a 250-million-gallon supplemental volume requirement for 2022 that the agency added to comply with a previous decision from the same court.

GREET’s just the start. Some in biofuel industry look to EPA action on jet fuel, too

03/27/24 6:25 AM By Philip Brasher

The biofuel industry is eagerly awaiting the Biden administration’s update of a model that will be used to measure the carbon intensity of sustainable aviation feedstocks and determine their eligibility for a valuable new tax incentives. But industry officials caution that the update is only one in several policy actions that will be needed to get SAF production off the ground.

As renewable diesel boom slows, industry eyes IRA, Canada for relief

02/28/24 6:30 AM By Philip Brasher

A policy-driven boom in U.S. renewable diesel demand that’s been underpinning much of the farm economy is showing signs of slowing as production exceeds the government’s usage mandates, but industry officials hope a new tax credit and a big new potential market in Canada will help put some sizzle back in the market.

Clean Fuels CEO looks to new domestic markets, exports to offset 'dreadfully wrong' blending targets

02/06/24 2:43 PM By Philip Brasher

Producers of renewable diesel and biodiesel are facing a “serious headwind” after the Environmental Protection Agency set usage mandates so low that they’re restraining demand for the biofuels, according to Donnell Rehagen, CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America.

Biofuel groups ask court to rehear RFS refinery exemption case

01/10/24 6:05 AM By Jacqui Fatka

Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a case challenging a November 2023 decision approving six small refinery exemptions from the nation's biofuel mandate.

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