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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 20, 2024
Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, an organization closely allied with President-elect Donald Trump, has been selected to serve as agriculture secretary.
Biofuel leaders expressed disappointment Friday in a ruling from a federal appeals court overturning what they said are “most” EPA decisions in 2022 to deny requests for small refinery exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The renewable fuels industry is welcoming a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding EPA’s renewable fuel volume obligations for 2020-2022, including a 250-million-gallon supplemental volume requirement for 2022 that the agency added to comply with a previous decision from the same court.
Ethanol champions are pushing the Biden Administration to place additional pressure on Brazil as they seek to loosen tariffs that have sent U.S. exports of the biofuel to the South American nation into a tailspin.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited action on a looming petition that would authorize the year-round sale of higher ethanol blends came Thursday, but with a caveat that frustrated the biofuels industry.
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a case challenging a November 2023 decision approving six small refinery exemptions from the nation's biofuel mandate.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has filed a motion for summary judgment to compel EPA to finalize action ahead of the 2024 summer driving season to allow Midwest states to sell E15 year-round.