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Biofuel: EPA Allegedly Ready to Freeze Small Refinery Waiver Program – DTN
The EPA reportedly is set to freeze its small refinery waiver program in the Renewable Fuel Standard, pending a review. Reuters reported on Wednesday the agency program that granted 48 […]
Biofuels: Election Makes RFS Reform Unlikely – DTN
Any talk of Congressional reform of the Renewable Fuel Standard may have gone up in smoke following the recent election, as a spokesperson for the American Petroleum Institute told reporters […]
EPA Changes Coming – E15 Ethanol Rule, WOTUS, Air Emissions – DTN
Agriculture interests waiting to hear what’s next from EPA on the regulatory front — including a possible rule to allow year-round E15 — need wait no longer. On Wednesday, the […]
Ethanol: EPA Updates RFS Website to Improve Transparency
EPA has updated the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program website to increase transparency surrounding the program. The updated website includes new data and information for both stakeholders and the public. […]
Biofuel: Facing Challenges – Midwest, California, Mississippi – DTN
Just a few blocks from the commotion and crowds at the Global Climate Action Summit, biofuel advocates gathered Thursday to champion more low-carbon fuel standards that could take the country’s […]
Ethanol Demand Destruction and Small Refinery Exemptions
Small refinery exemptions (SREs) represent the latest controversy to engulf the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). When the U.S. Congress first created the RFS in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 it […]
Ag, Ethanol Groups to Trump – We Need Relief Now, Not Later – DTN
Leaders of several agriculture and ethanol groups on Wednesday appealed to President Donald Trump to immediately approve year-round sales of E15 and to reallocate Renewable Fuel Standard small-refinery waivers to […]
Biofuel: Sorghum Gets Heads Up from EPA – Ethanol Extraction
EPA has approved sorghum oil as an eligible feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The EPA’s announcement marks a significant step toward leveling the playing field for ethanol plants extracting […]
Biodiesel: RFS Waivers – Huge Losses for Farmers – DTN
EPA had not planned to address small-refinery waivers in a public hearing on Wednesday, but farmers and biofuels groups had other ideas as they unloaded on the agency. EPA is […]
EPA 2019 RFS Proposed Rulemaking: What You See Is Not What You Get
On June 26, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed rule for establishing the volume obligations under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) (EPA Proposed Rule). If finalized, the […]
