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Biofuels threatened as push builds for electric vehicles

09/18/19 6:24 AM By Ben Nuelle

Biofuel advocates may be fuming about the Environmental Protection Agency's recent actions granting small refinery exemptions to oil refineries, but they'd better check their rearview mirror. Electric vehicles may soon have policy in place to put them in the energy passing lane as climate talks in Congress move ahead.

White House summons industry leaders in bid for biofuel deal

09/11/19 1:35 PM By Ben Nuelle

Leaders of several biofuel companies tell Trump administration officials at a White House meeting that they need to make up for ethanol usage that is exempted by future refinery waivers, sources say.

EPA awards 31 small refinery waivers

08/09/19 6:03 PM By Spencer Chase

The Environmental Protection Agency has granted 31 small refinery exemptions from the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standard compliance year, a move that immediately angered the biofuel industry.

House tax bill extends credits for biodiesel, blender pumps and wind

06/20/19 9:01 PM By Ben Nuelle

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a tax bill that would extend the biodiesel tax credit and other items related to blending infrastructure and wind, but the legislation will face objections in the Republican-controlled Senate.

USDA: Ethanol much lower in carbon emissions than gasoline

04/03/19 6:05 AM By Ben Nuelle

A new USDA study finds that corn-based ethanol is 39 percent lower in greenhouse gas emissions on average than conventional gasoline.

Beetle research helps understand potential bioproducts

03/13/19 12:00 AM By Sara Wyant

The guts of this forest-dwelling insect are adapted to take tough plant materials, like lignin and cellulose, and transform them into hydrogen, ethanol, methane and other energy-rich biofuels.

House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing

Industry stakeholders react to draft fuel bill

12/11/18 2:32 PM By Ben Nuelle

Provisions in a House subcommittee draft bill addressing high-octane fuel and restructuring the Renewable Fuel Standard drew criticism, and some praise, from industry stakeholders Tuesday.

U.S. Dairy Export Council President and CEO Tom Vilsack

This week’s guest on Open Mic is the President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. While dairy policy improvements in the 2018 farm bill have helped the financial plight of many milk producers, Vilsack says it’s the global trade front that presents the best opportunity for improvement to the bottom line. Vilsack hopes for a positive conclusion to a trade deal with Japan and says the Chinese market holds tremendous opportunity for U.S. dairy. Vilsack highlights global paradigms that could lead to greater demand for U.S. dairy products from both health conscious consumers and for feed for growing livestock herds.

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09.19.2019

Washington Week in Review: Sept. 19, 2019: CR, CCC, Appropriations

Congress is working to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month, and farm policy is playing a key role in the discussions. Agri-Pulse's Phil Brasher and Spencer Chase have more on a funding debate that involved accusations of everything from partisanship to racism.