Ag Groups Suing Over Biden Emissions Rules
Reuters reported Tuesday that "the top U.S. oil and corn…
Community Benefits Agreement Reached for Nebraska Pipeline Project
The Iowa Capital Dispatch's Paul Hammel reported last week that…
Ag Disappointed in Tailpipe Emissions Rule
Progressive Farmer's Todd Neeley reported Wednesday that "the Biden administration finalized…
Biden Administration Preparing Policy Shift on Rule to Boost Ethanol
Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported yesterday that, "The Biden administration is expected on Wednesday to recommend for approval a rule that would allow expanded sales of gasoline…
EPA Proposes Cuts to the Renewable Fuel Standard
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported this week that, "The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed scaling back the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to…
EPA Proposes Biofuel Blending Compliance Extension
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported this week that, "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed giving oil refiners more time to prove compliance with the nation's…
Democratic Lawmakers Call On Biden Administration to Halt Plan to Cut Biofuel Blending Volumes
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported this week that, "A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to halt a plan to slash the amount…
Biden Administration Considers Biofuel Blending Cuts, According to Reports
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported this week that, "The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is considering big cuts to the nation's biofuel blending requirements, according to…
EPA to Propose Biofuel Blending Mandates for 2021 to Below 2020 Levels, Sources Say
Late last week, Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported that, "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to recommend to the White House reducing federal biofuel blending mandates…
Expansion of Summertime Ethanol Sales Struck Down in Court Ruling
Late last week, Wall Street Journal writer Timothy Puko reported that, "A federal appeals court Friday struck down a 2019 rule-change to expand summertime ethanol sales, saying the Trump administration…
Supreme Court Setback for Biofuel Producers
Late last week, Reuters writers Andrew Chung and Stephanie Kelly reported that, "The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made it easier for small oil refineries to win exemptions from a…
U.S. Refiners Accumulate $1.6 Billion Shortfall in Biofuel Credits, as Biden Administration Weighs RFS Volume Cuts
Late last week, Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported that, "U.S. merchant refiners have amassed up to a $1.6 billion shortfall in the credits they will need to…
Biden Administration Reportedly Considering RFS Relief for Oil Refiners
Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported late last week that, "President Joe Biden’s administration, under pressure from labor unions and U.S. senators including from his home state of…
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Case on Biofuel-Blending Waivers
Bloomberg writer Jennifer A Dlouhy reported earlier this week that, "A long-running clash between gasoline and ethanol producers will be before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a case…
Gasoline Sales Provide Lift for Ethanol- Corn; While Higher Prices are Impacting Farmland Values
Reuters writer Stephanie Kelly reported this week that, "U.S. gasoline sales for 2021 have exceeded prior-year levels for the first time since last March, when officials first started to widely…
EPA Supports Tenth Circuit’s Renewable Fuels Association Decision- Action Viewed As a “Win” for Farmers
Reuters writer Stephanie Kelly reported on Monday that, "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it agrees with an appeals court's decision last year that cast doubt on…
EPA Nominee Michael Regan Draws Bipartisan Support, Says RFS is a Priority
Wall Street Journal writer Timothy Puko reported this week that, "Michael Regan, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, drew bipartisan support at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, including…
In Last-Minute Move, Trump Administration Grants Three Refinery RFS Exemptions, But Court Stays EPA Action
Bloomberg writers Kim Chipman and Jennifer A Dlouhy reported on Tuesday that, "The Trump administration granted three oil refineries exemptions from biofuel-blending requirements in a last-minute move, prompting quick rebuke…
EPA Seeks Input on E15 Labels and RFS General Waiver
Bloomberg writers Jennifer A Dlouhy and Kim Chipman reported late last week that, "The Trump administration advanced a flurry of biofuel policy proposals Friday, including plans that could help ethanol…
Administration Could Grant Last-Minute Biofuel Waivers
Earlier this week, Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported that, "The Trump administration is expected to grant waivers to some oil refiners that would exempt them from requirements…