Articles Tagged with ''biodiesel''

The Democratic-controlled Senate on Sunday passed an historic package of financial incentives for cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including a dramatic increase in farm bill conservation programs aimed at spurring farmers to adopt climate-related farming practices.

One of the nation’s largest producers of renewable fuels is under new ownership.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation Tuesday that biofuels supporters say will expand access to E15 and other options with higher blends of biofuels.

Renewable fuel producers are worried they'll lose their ability to generate Renewable Identification Numbers under the Renewable Fuel Standard, thanks to a forthcoming Environmental Protection Agency rule requiring them to provide the addresses of every restaurant that supplies them with used cooking oil.

Chevron is buying Renewable Energy Group in a $3.15 billion deal that will give the oil refining giant control of the largest U.S. producer of biomass-based diesel.

A familiar voice in farm policy is reflecting changes in its industry as the 30-year-old National Biodiesel Board plans to change its name – and shift its focus – to place more emphasis on a broader effort to use liquid transportation fuels in carbon reduction efforts.

Stakeholders from all sides of the Renewable Fuel Standard cautioned federal regulators Tuesday about moving forward with its proposed multi-year set of blending targets for the nation’s biofuel mandate.

The biofuel tax incentives in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill could insure a growing market for soybean oil and other farm commodities, but the trucking industry worries the subsidies will kick off a war with the airlines over feedstocks.

The Democratic-controlled House passes President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion Build Back Better bill that includes $82 billion in agriculture provisions aimed at accelerating an historic shift toward climate-related farming practices.