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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, August 16, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency and biofuel trade association Growth Energy have finalized a proposed consent decree that would set an early summer publishing deadline for the biofuel mandate targets of the current and prior year.
Supporters and critics of the Renewable Fuel Standard sparred Wednesday over whether RFS ethanol blending requirements contribute to higher gasoline prices and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, at a Senate hearing examining the law.
A Senate committee will be debating biofuel policy today amid concerns about the Biden administration’s implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard and a new study that has raised fresh criticism of ethanol mandates.
EPA is extending the 2019 Renewable Fuel Standard compliance deadline for small refineries as well as the 2020, 2021 and 2022 deadlines for all companies subject to biofuel usage mandates.
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.
In this opinion piece, several food industry associations argue that EPA’s proposed RVOs for advanced biodiesel would drive up food prices and negatively impact food supply.
A top biofuels proponent on Capitol Hill spoke with the leader of the Biden administration’s governance of the industry Monday and says he received a commitment to grow the industry.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a retroactive cut to previously established volumetric targets under the nation’s biofuel mandate while leaving room for increases going forward.
The House ventures into the debate over livestock pricing this week, taking up a bill that would require USDA to compile data on cattle contracts, while congressional Democratic leaders try to find a way to raise the debt ceiling and finalize a Senate deal on their Build Back Better plan.