Articles Tagged with ''sustainable aviation fuel''

The House Agriculture Committee puts a focus this week on China and the potential threat it poses to U.S. agriculture, while Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack heads back to Capitol Hill to defend his spending priorities and policy implementation. 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday the Biden administration would need several more weeks to finalize its carbon assessment of feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel, but he continued to express confidence that most of the product would ultimately come from agricultural sources.

Lawmakers have until Friday to pass the first of their fiscal 2024 spending bills, including the measure needed to fund USDA, or they’ll have to pass another stopgap spending measure to avert a partial shutdown of the government.  The Biden administration also is scheduled to announce a critical update of the GREET model that’s used to measure the carbon intensity of biofuels.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack told ethanol industry advocates he is confident that E15 (gasoline blended with 15% ethanol) will be available in all 50 states by 2025 and will be able to qualify for sustainable aviation fuel and clean fuel tax incentives. 

The Treasury Department on Friday released guidance on a new tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel that will allow agricultural commodities to qualify as SAF feedstocks under an updated version of the Energy Department’s relatively ag-friendly model for calculating the carbon intensity of biofuels, administration officials say.

Kailee Tkacz Buller has been named the first female to serve as president and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association, filling the vacancy left by the departure of longtime leader Tom Hammer.

Navigator CO2 canceled its plans for a multi-state carbon pipeline on Friday, citing challenges securing permits in Iowa and South Dakota, two major states on its route.