by Jake Spring, Ambrosia Wojahn and Brady Dennis (Washington Post) Nearly 17 years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten the public’s health and welfare, the agency on Thursday rescinded the landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of federal policies aimed at climate change.
The agency issued its “endangerment finding” in 2009, concluding that the government had a sound legal basis to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. In scrapping the policy this week, the EPA will seek to erase limits on emissions from cars, power plants and other industries that release the vast majority of the nation’s planet-warming pollution.
At an event at the White House on Thursday afternoon, alongside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump called the decision “the single largest deregulatory action in American history.” He added, “And I think we can add the words, ‘by far.’”
The announcement represents more than just the latest in a litany of President Donald Trump’s rollback of climate and environmental safeguards. Rather, it marks the culmination of years of effort by conservative and industry groups to undermine the cornerstone of federal rules that limit greenhouse gases — and to hamper future administrations from putting them back in place after Trump.
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The agency (EPA) later asserted that the science supporting the endangerment finding was “robust, voluminous, and compelling.”
As recently as late 2023, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case from two groups challenging the endangerment finding, after the litigation also had been dismissed in a lower federal court, which called the plaintiffs’ arguments “flawed” and “without merit.”
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Conservatives and industry groups have praised the move, particularly the elimination of restrictions on motor vehicle emissions, saying it will allow automakers to produce cars that consumers want to buy rather than dictating that Americans purchase an increasing number of electric vehicles.
Jeff Holmstead, a partner at the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, and who served as head of EPA’s air office under President George W. Bush, said that for now, the only legal impact will be to immediately eliminate greenhouse gas standards on the nation’s cars and trucks.
But, he added, “If the legal reasoning that they proposed to rely on for revoking the endangerment finding is upheld in court, no future EPA will be able to regulate CO2 emissions.”
Environmental groups vowed that the judicial system is exactly where the latest Trump action will soon head.
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The EPA issued its endangerment finding after the Supreme Court ruled in a 2007 case known as Massachusetts v. EPA that the agency had the authority to regulate carbon dioxide, methane and other climate pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
But the conservative shift on the Supreme Court since then could bolster the administration’s chances of a favorable ruling if the issue comes before it again. In 2022, for instance, the court struck down Obama-era regulations of power-plant emissions.
When the EPA proposed repealing the endangerment finding last year, the agency cited a report produced by the Energy Department questioning the global scientific consensus on climate change. Scientists said that report was riddled with errors and misleading information, while environmental groups successfully sued, with a U.S. district court ruling that the secretive way in which the Energy Department assembled climate skeptics to write the report violated federal law.
White House officials had delayed finalizing the endangerment repeal over fears that the science and economic analysis used to justify the change were not strong enough to hold up in court, people familiar with the discussions told The Washington Post in January before the ruling.
Zeldin and allied conservatives have largely avoided engaging with the science behind the opinion, focusing instead on narrower legal and economic arguments, including that Congress intended the Clean Air Act to regulate toxic air pollution and did not envision regulating greenhouse gases.
“When Congress wants the executive branch to regulate greenhouse gases, it should pass clear legislation to do just that,” said Tom Pyle, president of American Energy Alliance, a conservative advocacy group. READ MORE
Excerpt from CNBC: The Sierra Club, the largest environmental group in the U.S., said Trump has formalized “climate denialism as official government policy.”
It warned that eliminating greenhouse gas standards not only imperils the public, but will expose industries to a flood of litigation. The Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision in 2011 that companies cannot be sued under federal common law over greenhouse emissions because regulation of these emissions had been delegated to the EPA. READ MORE
Excerpt from Associated Press: The EPA also said it will propose a two-year delay to a Biden-era rule restricting greenhouse gas emissions by cars and light trucks.
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Zeldin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have moved to drastically scale back limits on tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks. Rules imposed under Democratic President Joe Biden were intended to encourage U.S. automakers to build and sell more electric vehicles. The transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.
The Trump administration announced a proposal in December to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and trucks. The EPA said its two-year delay to a Biden-era rule on greenhouse gas emissions by cars and light trucks will give the agency time to develop a plan that better reflects the reality of slower EV sales, while promoting consumer choice and lowering prices.
The mileage plan would significantly reduce requirements that set rules on how far new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline. READ MORE
Excerpt from USA Today: The EPA "would lack statutory authority to regulate emissions based on global climate change concerns" under the Clean Air Act, the EPA wrote in a proposal submitted in August 2025 to rescind the finding.
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"No longer will automakers be pressured to shift their fleets toward electric vehicles ‒ vehicles that are still sitting unsold on dealer lots all across American," Zeldin said.
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The action can’t be reconciled with EPA's requirements under the law or science, environmental groups that oppose the action have argued. Some organizations have threated to sue the Trump administration.
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Does the move undermine science?
Climate advocacy groups pointed to statistics and studies that have concluded rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving more weather extremes, fueling more intense rainfall and more severe droughts.
The decision will bury “decades of research” and strip the agency’s ability to protect the nation from dangerous pollution, according to Climate Power, an advocacy group focused in part on holding fossil fuel interests accountable for the role they play in environmental policy. READ MORE
Excerpt from Barron's: Companies and investors have been bracing for the Trump administration’s rescission since the EPA first proposed it last July, but the move could still have major implications for car makers.
Spurred by environmental regulations, many companies launched electric-vehicle product lines and collected EV tax credits over the past several years. Scrapping those greenhouse gas regulations would mean near-term losses for companies heavily invested in EVs.
In a January regulatory filing, General Motors estimated that $1.1 billion of its total $1.4 billion in acquired credits would be subject to impairment if the EPA removes greenhouse gas rules.
On the other hand, the move could mean a renewed focus on less energy-efficient but more profitable business lines. That is especially true for GM, Ford Motor, and Stellantis North America, which are major sellers of trucks and SUVs, said Morningstar analyst David Whiston.
“If you have less government regulation in selling less fuel-efficient, bigger vehicles, that means you have more freedom to market and sell those vehicles without having to also then run as large of a money-losing EV business,” Whiston told Barron’s.
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The impact may be more straightforward for pure-play EV companies. Tesla has long collected emissions credits from its EVs and then sold them on the secondary market, creating a high-margin business stream. Automotive regulatory credits—some of which are not greenhouse-gas credits—contributed about $2 billion to Tesla’s ... $94.8 billion in revenue in 2025.
Perhaps the bigger challenge for auto makers, whether they are selling EVs or gas-guzzlers, is that no environmental regulation ever seems to last very long in Washington.
“There’s potential for a lot of see-sawing in Washington on environmental policy in respect to the auto industry,” Whiston said. “It’s likely a Democrat will take over as president at some point, and it’s unlikely they would keep the current Trump environmental policies in place.” READ MORE
Excerpt from NBC News: Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin also announced Thursday that the agency is removing all greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles.
"We are repealing the ridiculous endangerment finding and terminating all additional green emissions standards imposed unnecessarily on vehicle models and engines between 2012 and 2027 and beyond," Trump said.
The EPA will still regulate pollutants in tailpipe emissions that hamper air quality, such as carbon monoxide, lead and ozone.
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Following Trump's announcement Thursday, several other organizations announced their intention to sue, including the American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and Physicians for Social Responsibility.
“As organizations committed to protecting public health, we will challenge this unlawful repeal," they said in a statement.
The coming legal battles will almost assuredly take years to resolve, with the administration’s justifications for its repeal up against ample scientific evidence of climate change’s harms in court.
In its draft of the rule repealing the endangerment finding, the EPA argued that it had overstated the risks of heat waves, projected more global warming than had taken place and discounted benefits of increases in carbon emissions, like increased plant growth. Independent science organizations have dismissed many of those arguments and pushed back against a controversial Energy Department report that the EPA cited in its proposal.
“The climate is changing faster than ever before, driven by human activities, and the resulting impacts on people and the world we depend on are becoming ever more dire,” the American Geophysical Union said in a statement about the Energy Department report.
“The changing climate is directly causing or exacerbating global average temperature increases and heat waves, sea level rise and storm surge, and ocean acidification, and is causing extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and drought to occur with greater frequency, intensity, or both.”
The administration has said it is reconsidering other policies that hinge on the endangerment finding, including regulations on methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday on Fox Business that repealing the finding would boost the coal industry.
“CO₂ [carbon dioxide] was never a pollutant,” he said. “The whole endangerment thing opens up the opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful American coal.” READ MORE
Excerpt from Carbon 180: Specifically, the determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare, first issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 and upheld repeatedly by the courts, has been formally withdrawn by the same agency that first issued it. This move is expected to face legal challenges given its long-standing judicial history and deeply researched scientific precedent.
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In practice, this meant emissions standards could be set, enforced, and defended in court. Climate action was treated as a systemic obligation – not a voluntary ambition or political preference. That legal backbone shaped everything from power sector rules to vehicle standards, and it created a coherent framework in which emissions reductions were expected, residual emissions were defined, and climate responsibility had a level of enforceable meaning.
The Endangerment Finding and subsequent litigation established that greenhouse gases fell under EPA’s mandate, and that the risk was severe enough to make it the federal government’s legal duty to mitigate. Without it, remaining authorities are narrower, more fragmented, and far easier to challenge.
Why this is crucial for carbon removal
Carbon removal is only credible when it operates inside a world where emissions are constrained. Its purpose is to address what remains after deep reductions – not to compensate for the absence of regulation.
The Endangerment Finding helped establish that logic. It situated carbon removal as a backstop within a regulated system, rather than a substitute for it.
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Compliance-driven demand becomes less certain and less durable.
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Repealing the Endangerment Finding does not eliminate carbon removal from the climate conversation. Instead, it pushes it into a more fragmented and unstable policy landscape.
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After all, climate change did not become less dangerous today. But the legal framework that treated it as a public risk did. READ MORE
Excerpt from Reuters: Legal experts said the policy reversal could lead to a surge in lawsuits known as "public nuisance" actions, a pathway that had been blocked following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling that regulation of greenhouse gas emissions should be left in the hands of the Environmental Protection Agency instead of the courts.
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Now that the EPA is abandoning that regulatory effort, the legal shield created by the 2011 decision will likely unravel, legal experts said.
"This may be another classic case where overreach by the Trump administration comes back to bite it," said Robert Percival, a University of Maryland environmental law professor.
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Power companies have generally favored President Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda, but have expressed concern about the repeal of the endangerment finding triggering a wave of lawsuits.
The Edison Electric Institute, which represents publicly traded electric utilities, said in September that rescinding the endangerment finding comes with the "potential for increased litigation alleging common-law claims, regardless of the merits of those suits."
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'NEW FRONT' OPENING
U.S. courts have long recognized a legal theory known as "public nuisance," which prohibits activities that unreasonably interfere with the health and safety of a community.
Public nuisance lawsuits are typically brought by state and local governments, and seek to make the party responsible for the nuisance pay to abate, or fix, the condition.
The cases are hard to win, in part because of difficulties in proving direct causation between a specific defendant's emissions and particular climate harms. But legal experts have said they are one potential tool for environmental activists to hold greenhouse gas emitters liable for climate harms.
In a 2004 lawsuit, California and five other states alleged that big power companies had created a public nuisance by contributing to climate change. The defendants included American Electric Power (AEP.O), opens new tab and Xcel Energy (XEL.O), opens new tab .
The case eventually ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled against the six states in a unanimous 2011 decision.
Writing for the court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said regulating greenhouse gases should be left to EPA under the Clean Air Act. That law and subsequent EPA actions like the endangerment finding, Ginsburg wrote, "displace the claims the plaintiffs seek to pursue."
That 2011 decision allowed power companies to escape public nuisance lawsuits filed in federal courts, though some cases brought in state court have survived.
The policy reversal could give public nuisance cases a new lease on life, legal experts said.
"This has the potential to change the stakes of the game," said University of Pennsylvania law professor Sarah Light. "If the Clean Air Act no longer applies to greenhouse gas emissions, then there's no comprehensive statutory scheme in which Congress intended to displace nuisance claims, so they would likely be able to proceed in court."
Jenner & Block environmental lawyer Meghan Greenfield agreed that a "new front" for lawsuits may be opening up.
"This is an area where things had been settled for the past 15 years, and, especially as the EPA steps out of this space for regulation, you can imagine others wanting to push those fronts ever harder," Greenfield said. READ MORE
Excerpt from Politico's Power Switch: The endangerment finding has previously survived legal challenges, and EPA has struggled to formulate its counterargument. The final repeal relies on a legal argument, not a scientific one — namely that the Clean Air Act allows the government to limit only pollution that causes direct, nearby damage. That limitation is not expressed in the law itself.
If courts uphold EPA’s repeal, future administrations may have a hard time limiting climate pollution without new action from Congress. Limits to tailpipe exhaust could crumble, with power plant rules likely to follow.
On the other hand, states may find themselves in the driver’s seat on climate regulation — potentially making fossil fuel companies newly vulnerable to state-level lawsuits and pollution restrictions. READ MORE
Excerpt from Politico: Side-stepping a question about the value of U.S. leadership on climate policy, Zeldin argued Congress needs to make a direct choice to regulate greenhouse gases if that is what they want, and said recent Supreme Court decisions pushed him to rework his agency’s efforts.
There’s “no way that I’m gonna sit here and have any apology or regret for applying the best reading of the law and reading a Supreme Court decision that makes it clear that if you’re going to regulate the heck out of greenhouse gas emissions with trillions of dollars of regulatory costs on Americans,” he said, “that’s something that Congress should have a debate and a vote on.”
The Munich Security Conference is not typically a gathering place for environmental regulators, but Zeldin said attending offered chances to talk with world leaders about international initiatives, particularly the U.S. quest for “energy dominance” — also not typically a focus for the nation’s environmental regulators.
He mentioned the need for data centers and critical minerals, and “there’s a lot of investment that’s coming in the United States, including from European countries and we play an important role in the … permitting of these projects,” which he wants to see happen “as fast and efficiently as possible,” he noted.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier in the day railed against the “climate cult” in Europe, a message Zeldin said he thought would find a receptive audience.
“I’m not here to lecture, shame, these European countries that their targets on environment are too strong or not strong enough,” he said. READ MORE
by Cole Martin (Argus Media) President Donald Trump's administration expects to update the rules around a low-carbon fuel tax credit to allow more types of fuel sales to qualify and to encourage farmers to grow crops more sustainably.
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The proposed regulations Tuesday will clarify, for instance, that producers can claim 45Z tax breaks for fuel that is sold to intermediaries, according to Treasury officials. Sales to wholesalers or traders are common in fuel markets, but lawyers interpreted partial guidance issued in the waning days of former-president Joe Biden's term as potentially requiring that fuel must be sold to end users to qualify.
The fuel sale question had left many refiners unclear how exactly to qualify for an incentive crucial to their margins and snarled logistics in key biofuel markets. Major biofuel producers idled facilities last year too, in part because of the lack of final rules around what was then a new and unfamiliar tax break.
45Z tax guidance has been closely awaited by producers of biofuels like ethanol, biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel, especially as the Trump administration is late setting new biofuel blend mandates and Congress has punted on a proposal to allow a higher-ethanol gasoline blend year-round.
The proposed regulations, which will go through a 60-day public comment period after publication in the Federal Register, will still need to be finalized. But they signal how the Trump administration is thinking about the complicated incentive, and will allow producers to rely on existing guidance when preparing their tax returns until final regulations are available.
Some details will depend on final rules, however. The proposal will signal that the Trump administration expects to eventually credit more on-farm emissions reductions, which would effectively reward biofuel producers that source sustainably grown crops with larger subsidies, Treasury officials said.
The Biden administration had released an initial calculator so that corn, soybean and sorghum farmers could track the climate benefits of practices like cover crops and no-till agriculture. But it was unclear whether Trump, a skeptic of climate science, would continue the effort at all.
Treasury expects to publish additional guidance on recordkeeping and verification requirements and will also need to coordinate with other agencies to fully incorporate new data on agricultural practices into a government model for tracking emissions.
Legislation signed by Trump last year already restricts the 45Z credit starting this year to US producers of fuels sourced from North American feedstocks. The law also changed how regulators track land use emissions, effectively hiking subsidies this year for crop-based fuels. READ MORE
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Excerpt from Clean Fuels Alliance America: Biodiesel and renewable diesel industry looks for policy certainty to support renewed growth
Today (February 3, 2026), Clean Fuels Alliance America welcomed Treasury’s proposed rules for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. While the credit has been available since January 2025, producers and farmers have struggled to capitalize on it with only minimal guidance. Today’s proposal responds to taxpayer comments on prior guidance and provides additional certainty for the industry as the formal rulemaking process moves forward.
Kurt Kovarik, Clean Fuels’ VP of Federal Affairs, stated, “We greatly appreciate Treasury for moving forward with formal rules for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. The agency responded to many taxpayer concerns and resolved some uncertainties from the guidance issued a year ago. We anticipate this proposal will provide additional market certainty for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers.”
The proposed rules provide taxpayers with safe harbors and clarify questions on qualified sales, tolling arrangements, and qualifying fuels used in non-transportation applications raised after the January 2025 guidance. The proposal makes no changes to prevailing wage rules in place since June 2024. The proposal includes changes to the 45Z Credit passed by Congress in July 2025, including limits on feedstock eligibility. Additional changes to carbon intensity scores – such as consideration of regenerative agriculture practices – await publication of a new version of the 45ZCF-GREET model.
“The delay in rulemaking led to market uncertainty that took a heavy toll on our industry, undercutting fuel production and the value added to agriculture. Clean Fuels and its members look forward to working with IRS and Treasury to finalize rules that support renewed growth for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers. The biodiesel, renewable diesel, and SAF industry has proven its ability to meet America’s demand for secure, affordable transportation fuels and to generate jobs and rural economy prosperity.”
ABOUT CLEAN FUELS ALLIANCE AMERICA
Made from an increasingly diverse mix of resources such as recycled cooking oil, soybean oil, and animal fats, the clean fuels industry is a proven, integral part of America’s clean energy future. Clean Fuels Alliance America is the U.S. trade association representing the entire biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel supply chain, including producers, feedstock suppliers and fuel distributors. Clean Fuels receives funding from a broad mix of private companies and associations, including the United Soybean Board, Nebraska Soybean Board and other state checkoff organizations. READ MORE
Excerpt from Renewable Fuels Association: “Today’s 45Z proposed rule is a step in the right direction toward providing the clarity and certainty that ethanol producers are seeking,” said RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper. “We thank the Treasury Department and Trump administration for listening to the input provided by ethanol producers and other stakeholders. The proposal appears to resolve some of the previous confusion around what constitutes a ‘qualified sale,’ and begins to integrate the important improvements to 45Z that resulted from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, such as the removal of indirect land use change emissions from the carbon intensity scoring framework.
“However, much work remains to be done and many questions still need to be answered. First and foremost, ethanol producers are anxiously awaiting a new, revised version of the 45ZCF-GREET model, which will help shed light and provide clearer direction on several critical issues. In addition, questions remain to be resolved around the quantification of emissions related to low-carbon feedstock production at the farm level, implementation of foreign feedstock prohibitions, and provisions related to the use of energy attribute credits.”
Cooper said RFA looks forward to providing comments on the proposal to the Treasury Department and intends to testify at an upcoming hearing on the rule.
RFA initially filed detailed comments with Treasury in April 2025, stating that the final 45Z regulations must recognize the realities of today’s biorefining and agriculture sectors and the complexities of our nation’s transportation fuels marketplace. At the same time, we said, final regulations must maintain an intuitive and manageable approach to registration, reporting, and recordkeeping that creates the kind of dependable value that empowers businesses to invest.
Since then, the passage in July of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act made several changes to improve the tax credit, such as extending its duration and including feedstocks grown in Canada and Mexico. Importantly, it also harmonized indirect land use change emissions with actual data and evidence, resulting in zero ILUC penalty for corn ethanol. READ MORE
Excerpt from Reuters: Representatives for soy farmers also welcomed the rule.
"Updating federal biofuel policies to prioritize soy-based fuels is a key ASA priority, and we applaud Treasury for this action which will help build domestic markets for U.S. soybeans," said Scott Metzger, president of the American Soybean Association. READ MORE
Excerpt from DTN Progressive Farmer: PUBLIC HEARING SET
A public hearing is scheduled for May 28, 2026, with requests to attend the hearing due on May 26, 2026, according to the proposal.
The proposal also calls for integrating a feedstock carbon intensity calculator under development by USDA. This will allow for carbon intensity adjustments for feedstocks produced using no-till farming, cover crops and nutrient management practices.
So, farmers producing corn and soybeans or other feedstocks with lower carbon intensity would benefit from making the crops more valuable to biofuels producers seeking higher credits.
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NO FOREIGN FEEDSTOCKS
According to the proposal, fuels produced after Dec. 31, 2025, must be derived exclusively from feedstocks produced or grown in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with no foreign feedstocks allowed. The rules would be in effect for fuels production after Dec. 31, 2024, since the credit originally went into effect in 2025.
The proposal is designed to protect U.S. farmers from foreign competition for biofuels feedstocks and to secure a domestic market for U.S. corn, soybeans and other crops.
The 45Z credit would require producers to sell fuel to an unrelated person in their trade or business and the credit could only be claimed for the year of sale.
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Fuel retailers were not satisfied with the 45Z credit, as they continue to call for biofuels policies that address affordability.
On Tuesday, SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores, said the tax credit was a step in the wrong direction.
"But years of regulatory reviews, public comments, copious stakeholder input, and Congressional reevaluation, can't alter the fact that 45Z is a giant step backward for American biofuel policy," the groups said in a statement.
"NACS, NATSO and SIGMA, which represent 90% of retail fuel sales, urge Congress and the administration to support simpler biofuel policies that would quickly reinvigorate biodiesel consumption and higher ethanol blends while enhancing the economy and energy market security."
David Fialkov, executive vice president of government affairs for the groups, said the 45Z would not actually lower fuel prices or benefit biofuels or farmers.
"It is past time for lawmakers and regulators to acknowledge that 45Z is too complicated and flawed and it should be replaced with simpler tax incentives that lower fuel prices and support American farmers," he said.
With the expiration of the biodiesel blenders tax credit, biodiesel production plummeted while the industry waited for 45Z guidance.
The groups said the 45Z proposal "underscores the need" to reinstate the biodiesel tax credit.
The 45Z guidance proposal was met with support by the American Soybean Association and the National Oilseed Processors Association.
"Updating federal biofuel policies to prioritize soy-based fuels is a key ASA priority, and we applaud treasury for this action which will help build domestic markets for U.S. soybeans," said Scott Metzger, ASA president and Ohio farmer.
"While Treasury's work to update tax guidance is critical, ASA strongly urges the administration to immediately finalize RFS (Renewable Fuel Standard) blending targets that complement the work of Treasury and Congress, by setting robust biofuel volumes and implementing new policies that will prioritize the utilization of U.S. soybeans in production."
NOPA President and CEO Devin Mogler said the industry also needs a "strong RFS that includes the import RIN (renewable identification numbers) reduction mechanism."
Another key aspect of the 45Z proposal is its removal of the indirect land use change penalty on agriculture feedstocks. READ MORE
Excerpt from Glacier Farm Media/Manitoba Cooperator: The big news for Canada’s canola producers is that the credit limits feedstocks to those grown or produced in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
That is something that Canada’s canola industry had been hoping for.
The credit has also been extended to Dec. 31, 2029.
Clean Fuels America welcomed the proposed 45Z rules.
“The agency responded to many taxpayer concerns and resolved some uncertainties from the guidance issued a year ago. We anticipate this proposal will provide additional market certainty for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers,” Kurt Kovarik, Clean Fuels’ vice-president of federal affairs, said in a press release.
“The delay in rule-making led to market uncertainty that took a heavy toll on our industry, undercutting fuel production and the value added to agriculture.” READ MORE
Excerpt from News Dakota: “The transition away from the Biodiesel Tax Credit to the 45Z production credit instituted a catastrophic decline in biofuels consumption that hurts the economy,” said NACS Deputy General Counsel Matt Durand. “Congress can fix it by bringing back the Biodiesel Tax Credit, which has a proven track record of delivering lower prices to consumers while benefiting farmers and biofuel producers.” READ MORE
Excerpt from Carbon Capture Magazine: According to the IRS, 45Z currently provides businesses with an income tax credit for clean fuel produced domestically after Dec. 31, 2024, and sold by Dec. 31, 2029. To claim the credit, taxpayers must be registered with the IRS using Form 637 at the time of production.
The proposed regulations specify that to qualify for the 45Z credit, taxpayers must produce a transportation fuel that meets the requirements for sustainability, emissions rate, coprocessing, and prevention of double crediting; produce the fuel at a qualifying facility in the U.S., including in any U.S. territories; be registered as a producer of clean fuel under section 4101 at the time of production; and sell the fuel to an unrelated person in a qualified sale during the taxable year. Transportation fuel produced after Dec. 31, 2025, must be exclusively derived from a feedstock produced or grown in the U.S., Mexico or Canada to qualify for 45Z.
The proposed regulations also confirm that the 45Z credit cannot be stacked with the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).
For fuel produced on or before Dec. 31, 2025, the credit starts at 20 cents per gallon for non-aviation fuels and 35 cents per gallon for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). For facilities that satisfy the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, the value of the tax credit is up to $1 per gallon for non-aviation fuels and $1.75 per gallon for SAF. The SAF premium is eliminated as of Jan. 1, 2026, with the credit capped at 20 cents per gallon/$1 per gallon for all eligible fuels, depending on whether the taxpayer meets prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. For calendar years after 2024, the value of the credit is adjusted for inflation via an inflation adjustment factor. In July 2025, the IRS announced the inflation adjustment factor for 45Z in calendar year 2025 would boost the value of the credit to 21 cents and $1.06 per gallon for non-SAF fuels and 37 cents and $1.86 per gallon for SAF, depending on whether the taxpayer meets prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. The agency has not yet announced the inflation adjustment factor for 2026.
Eligible fuel must be suitable for use in a highway vehicle or aircraft and must have a lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rate of not greater than 50 kilograms (kg) of CO2e per mmBtu. Eligible fuels cannot be derived from coprocessing an applicable material with a feedstock that is not biomass. In addition, eligible fuels cannot be produced from a fuel for which a section 45Z credit is allowable.
Within the regulations, the IRS explains that “if one fuel is used as a primary feedstock to produce a second fuel, and the first fuel qualifies as a transportation fuel for purposes of section 45Z, the second fuel would not qualify for a section 45Z credit.”
“For instance, SAF produced from ethanol as a primary feedstock, and hydrogen produced from RNG as a primary feedstock, may not qualify as transportation fuel for purposes of section 45Z,” the IRS continued. “However, a fuel could still qualify for a section 45Z credit if its production process uses a transportation fuel solely as a process fuel or other non-primary-feedstock input.”
As directed by the OBBB, the proposed regulations eliminate indirect land use change (ILUC) from lifecycle GHG emission calculations for fuels produced after Dec. 31, 2025. The proposal also indicates that the lifecycle GHG emissions rate for fuel derived from animal manure may be less than zero starting in 2026.
GHG emissions rates for eligible transportation fuels can be determined by the taxpayer by either using the annual emissions rate table published by Treasury and the IRS or by obtaining a provisional emissions rate (PER) determination from the agency.
According to the proposal, 45Z divides transportation fuel into two categories for purposes of emissions rates: non-SAF transportation fuel and SAF transportation fuel. For non-SAF transportation fuel, lifecycle GHG emissions rates must be based on the U.S. Department of Energy’s latest GREET model. For SAF, lifecycle GHG emissions rates must be determined in accordance with the most recent CORSIA methodologies adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization or any methodology similar to the most recent CORSIA methodologies.
For renewable natural gas (RNG) transportation fuel, the proposed guidance specifies that the 45Z credit should be claimed by the processor that produces the fuel, not the party that compresses the resulting RNG. Similarly, for liquid fuels, the credit is to be claimed by the fuel producer, not the fuel blender. Electricity is not considered an eligible transportation fuel for purposes of 45Z.
Within the proposed rule, the IRS indicates that some stakeholders requested the ability to lock-in a GHG emissions rate tied to the year for which construction began on a facility, regardless of when the taxpayer actually produces a transportation fuel. Under such a system, a taxpayer that began constructing a facility in 2025 would be able to use the emissions rate table from 2025 to determine the emissions rate of its fuel for all taxable years. The proposed regulations do not adopt that suggestion. Rather, eligible taxpayers will be required to update their GHG emissions rates annually.
The IRS is seeking stakeholder input on possible approaches regarding feedstock tracking, to ensure only fuels derived from feedstocks produced or grown in the U.S., Canada and Mexico qualify for the 45Z credit. “The Treasury Department and the IRS are considering appropriate substantiation and recordkeeping requirements for feedstocks imported from Canada and Mexico (including [used cooking oil (UCO)]), and request comments on possible approaches with respect to substantiating that any imported feedstocks meet the statutory sourcing requirement,” the agency wrote in the proposal. “The Treasury Department and the IRS are also interested in any industry practices to track feedstock source(s) that would mitigate potential taxpayer burden while being administrable for the IRS. For example, whether using specific existing business records, a taxpayer could demonstrate that feedstocks exclusively produced in Canada or Mexico did not contain other feedstocks or additives that originated outside of Canada or Mexico.
“The Treasury Department and the IRS also request comments on purchases from aggregators of UCO and approaches to determine the underlying source(s) of the UCO that are administrable for taxpayers and the IRS,” the agency continued. “The Treasury Department and the IRS request comments on, for instance, whether there are reliable methods that would indicate the geographic location where seeds originated or crops were grown as a precursor for use as cooking oil, which could be used to determine whether the foreign feedstock limitation in section 45Z(f)(1)(A)(iii) applies.”
A 60-day public comment period is scheduled to open following publication of the proposed regulations in the Federal Register. A public hearing is scheduled to be held on May 28. A pre-publication version of the notice of proposed rulemaking is available on the Federal Register website. READ MORE
Excerpt from Biofuels Digest: The password is: “Registered under Section 4101 at the time the fuel is produced.” Miss that, and nothing else matters.
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Registration is not paperwork. It is eligibility itself. If your facility is not registered when the fuel is produced, that fuel does not qualify for 45Z.
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The facility entity must be registered. Many production plants are owned by LLCs that are “disregarded entities” for tax purposes. For 45Z, the entity conducting the activity must be registered — even if the parent company ultimately claims the credit.
“Producer” has a technical meaning. For RNG, the producer is the party that upgrades raw biogas to pipeline-quality renewable natural gas.
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The IRS has effectively set up customs control for carbon. Starting in 2026, feedstocks must originate in:
Feedstock must meet North American sourcing/origin requirements under the proposed rules. Why this matters more than it sounds? In the past, supply chains often operated on trust, aggregation, and market-grade documentation. Now:
This is where the metaphor fits perfectly: Some feedstocks may look North American. Some may travel through North American intermediaries. Some may even be sold as if they’re something else. But 45Z cares about origin, not accent. Also important:
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The system moved from: “Certain fuels get special premiums” to: “Everything competes on CI under the same ceiling”.
Translation: If you built your SAF economics around a higher premium, this is the scene where the song changes mid-performance. The industry’s feeling is: “Whatever the rule was, we financed it. Whatever the rule is now, we’re against it.” But from Treasury’s perspective, the shift is toward a single, CI-based scale — simpler, flatter, and less generous at the top.
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Certain manure-based pathways (especially dairy RNG) can still achieve very low or negative CI scores in a way that may translate into higher effective credit value. That’s not a philosophical statement. It’s a modeling outcome tied to how avoided methane emissions are treated.
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Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC). ILUC used to function like an invisible surcharge: If crop-based fuels caused land to shift elsewhere, the model added emissions. Now, under 45ZCF-GREET: ILUC is out. Not reformed. Not tweaked. Just… “Hello, I must be going.” This materially changes how corn ethanol, soy biodiesel, and similar pathways score.
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You cannot collect multiple major federal energy credits on the same fuel or project pathway. Treasury does not allow the “all-you-can-eat” version of decarbonization incentives.
Credits you generally cannot stack with 45Z if the fuel or facility is already benefiting from:
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Only one gets to stay in the contract. These interactions are pathway- and facility-specific, and depend on how a project is structured and which elections were previously made.
And you can switch — sometimes.
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45Z isn’t just a production decision. It’s a strategic tax architecture decision that interacts with financing, depreciation, and prior elections. You’re not just choosing a credit. You’re choosing which version of the contract you live under for years.
In 45Z, the sanity clause is this: register first, document everything, and choose your credit strategy before the steel is in the ground. READ MORE
Excerpt from Federal Register: This document contains proposed regulations regarding the clean fuel production credit enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and amended by the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). These proposed regulations would provide rules for determining clean fuel production credits, including credit eligibility rules, emissions rates, and certification and registration requirements. In addition, the proposed regulations would amend three sets of final regulations: the elective payment election regulations and the credit transfer election regulations, to clarify language relating to ownership of clean fuel production facilities, and the Federal excise tax registration regulations, to make them clearer and more consistent with the clean fuel production credit registration requirements in these proposed regulations. The proposed regulations would affect domestic producers of clean transportation fuel, taxpayers that may claim a credit for a related producer's fuel, and excise tax registrants.
DATES:
Written or electronic comments must be received by April 6, 2026. The public hearing is being held on May 28, 2026, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Requests to speak and outlines of topics to be discussed at the public hearing must be received by April 6, 2026. If no outlines are received by April 6, 2026, the public hearing will be cancelled. Requests to attend the public hearing must be received by 5 p.m. ET on May 26, 2026.
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The section 45Z credit replaces an assortment of prior fuel incentives. Those incentives consisted of income tax credit, excise tax credit, and excise tax payment provisions for various biofuels and other alternative fuels sold for use as a fuel or used as a fuel, including biodiesel, renewable diesel, compressed natural gas, second generation biofuel, and SAF. See sections 40(b)(6); 40A(b)(1) and (2); 40B; 6426(c) through (e) and (k); and 6427(e). READ MORE
Excerpt from NATSO/Biobased Diesel Daily: NATSO, representing truck stops and travel plazas, SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores expressed serious concern with the section 45Z clean fuel production credit Feb. 3, after the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued its proposed rules for the incentive.
The treasury department was tasked with writing guidelines that would create a viable regulatory framework for 45Z and bolster the flailing U.S. biofuels market.
“But years of regulatory reviews, public comments, copious stakeholder input and congressional reevaluation can’t alter the fact that 45Z is a giant step backward for American biofuel policy,” NATSO stated. “NACS, NATSO and SIGMA, which represent 90 percent of retail fuel sales, urge Congress and the administration to support simpler biofuel policies that would quickly reinvigorate biodiesel consumption and higher ethanol blends while enhancing the economy and energy market security.”
David Fialkov, the executive vice president of government affairs for NATSO and SIGMA, said, “As Americans are navigating affordability challenges, now would be a great time to reinstate a tax policy that actually lowers the price consumers pay at the pump. Although the treasury department has done its best to make lemonade out of lemons, 45Z simply will not lower fuel prices. To add insult to injury, today’s proposed rule will not even improve demand for biofuels, nor will it generate meaningful support for American farmers by increasing demand for corn or soybeans.”
Fialkov continued, saying, “45Z doesn’t help farmers and it doesn’t help consumers. It is past time for lawmakers and regulators to acknowledge that 45Z is too complicated and flawed and it should be replaced with simpler tax incentives that lower fuel prices and support American farmers. How much longer should farmers be expected to wait before 45Z begins delivering benefits for them? We simply can’t afford to continue walking down this path when better, simpler solutions exist.”
Matt Durand, NACS deputy general counsel, added, “The transition away from the biodiesel tax credit to the 45Z production credit instituted a catastrophic decline in biofuels consumption that hurts the economy. The Trump administration inherited this unworkable mess. Congress can fix it by bringing back the biodiesel tax credit, which has a proven track record of delivering lower prices to consumers while benefitting farmers and biofuel producers.”
NATSO, SIGMA and NACS urged the administration to pursue more meaningful and measurable biofuel policies—such as reinstating the biodiesel tax credit—that can quickly revive biodiesel consumption and mitigate the damage caused by 45Z while enhancing the economy and energy-market security.
In 2025, biodiesel consumption plummeted to 960 million gallons through the end of October from more than 2 billion gallons in 2024.
Newly released EPA data underscores the continued downward spiral of domestic biofuel consumption, according to NATSO.
Tradable credits known as renewable identification numbers (RINs) used to demonstrate compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard dropped 22 percent for biodiesel in 2025 compared with the prior year.
Ethanol RINs also declined, further highlighting that 45Z is not providing support for farmers.
“Today’s proposal from treasury underscores the need to reinstate the biodiesel tax credit, which is more robust and transparent within the fuel value chain, allowing fuel retailers to pass meaningful savings along to consumers,” NATSO stated.
NATSO, SIGMA and NACS said they look forward to working with the administration and Congress on biofuel policies aimed at advancing the U.S. fuel supply and U.S. energy markets for the benefit of American consumers. READ MORE
Excerpt from Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners Coalition/Biobased Diesel Daily: One of the big questions for the Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners Coalition was whether the proposed rule would just cover 2025 regulations or whether it would also cover 2026 and beyond, since the changes made to 45Z in July 2025 did not take effect until Jan. 1, 2026.
So effectively there are two programs—one for 2025 and one for 2026 and beyond.
The proposed regulations do indeed cover both programs: 2025 and 2026 and beyond.
SABR said the announcement is a positive step that provides the industry a degree of certainty.
“These proposed rules will provide clarity for the program and a much-needed signal to the market to move forward,” said SABR CEO Joe Jobe.
The biodiesel markets have been nearly paralyzed for over a year by the policy uncertainty created by lack of implementing regulations, which caused severe economic harm to farmers, biodiesel producers and all stakeholders in the biodiesel value chain.
“We very much appreciate that treasury and the IRS issued these proposed regulations clarifying many questions that were raised by preliminary guidance issued a year ago,” Jobe said. “And we especially appreciate that they included specific safe-harbor provisions, although we are still trying to confirm how those provisions will work from a practical standpoint.” READ MORE
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(Google translation) FENAGRA 2026 – Feed and Food – International Agro-industry Fair is the combination of 6 major events in the same location and time. It will be held at the Anhembi District (São Paulo – SP) where we will
(DNV) Ammonia propulsion is moving from concept to commercial reality as several engine developers bring dual‑fuel designs to market. Everllence’s new ME‑LGIA engine integrates advanced safety barriers, digital connectivity, and fuel flexibility, marking a significant step towards practical zero‑carbon deep‑sea shipping. As
The hydrogen sector is becoming more selective about which projects move forward, where investment concentrates, and how today’s policy and infrastructure choices will shape hydrogen’s role in modern energy systems. The latest analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows
The 2026 Algae Biomass Summit, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the world’s longest standing algae-focused conference, will bring together global leaders in research, industry, policy, and investment at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, October 12-15, 2026. Hosted by the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) and
The 2026 Algae Biomass Summit, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the world’s longest standing algae-focused conference, will bring together global leaders in research, industry, policy, and investment at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, October 12-15, 2026. Hosted by the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) and
(Office of Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)) U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) introduced the Renewable Chemicals Act. The bipartisan legislation would provide a targeted, short-term tax credit for qualifying renewable chemicals or an investment tax credit for renewable chemical production facilities. Renewable chemicals are produced from biomass
by Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton (Bergeson & Campbell) BB-REG-NET, a United Kingdom (UK) regulatory science network for biobased and biodegradable materials, published a report on January 29, 2026, entitled “Seven steps to fairness — An LCA Framework for Impact
by Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton (Bergeson & Campbell) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) posted a working paper on January 30, 2026, entitled A comparison of the innovation and regulatory environments for biotechnology and biosolutions across the European
by Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton (Bergeson & Campbell) On February 4, 2026, the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) announced the release of a fact sheet on biotechnology solutions for critical minerals. NSCEB notes that the United States is overly reliant on
Join us and discover partnering opportunities and provide your perspective on how U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Labs can best support the biomanufacturing industry. Funded by the DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), ABF develops biomanufacturing tools, processes and partnerships that
Join industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers for three days of cutting-edge insights, networking, and technology showcases in the heart of Virginia -- Join us in the heart of Virginia for three dynamic days of innovation, collaboration, and insight into the future
Join industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers for three days of cutting-edge insights, networking, and technology showcases in the heart of Virginia -- Join us in the heart of Virginia for three dynamic days of innovation, collaboration, and insight into the future
This event will operate under the Chatham House Rule to encourage open discussion. The event is not open to members of the media. Attendees agree to not publish any information, video or photographs from the event. Speakers Timothy A. Wilkins, Managing Partner –
(Bioenergy International) A new study by Prognos Consulting and the ifeu Institute GmbH shows that methane from landfilled municipal waste in Europe is a major, long-term climate risk that is systematically underestimated in policy debates. Methane (CH4) is one of the most
(Bioenergy International) In Norway, state-owned airport operator Avinor has selected energy provider Gasum Oy to supply liquefied biomethane (bioLNG) to fuel a gas turbine genset that heats and powers Longyearbyen Airport (LYR) on Svalbard. Svalbard is a Norwegian territory comprised of a
Join us for a complimentary webinar exploring how Carbon-14 testing supports accurate verification of the biogenic carbon content of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) across production, blending, and supply chains. This session will provide an overview of the regulatory, and sustainability landscape
by Julia Jacobo (ABC News) ... San Francisco International Airport is also playing a role in encouraging sustainability for the Super Bowl. It was one of the first U.S. airports to offer sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) -- a jet fuel made
(University of Bath) University of Bath and Druck have been awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop cryogenic hydrogen sensors for net-zero aviation. -- The University of Bath has entered a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Druck, a Crane Company business,
(Asia Today) Indonesia has formally partnered with Japan to accelerate the development of hydrogen energy as part of its broader energy transition strategy and long-term industrial competitiveness agenda. The collaboration underscores Indonesia’s ambition to move beyond decarbonization targets and position itself within
(Fuel Cells Works) Hiringa Energy, in partnership with Ballance Agri-Nutrients, Todd, Parininihi ki Waitōtara (PKW) and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), is pleased to announce that the Kapuni Project has reached Financial Close. Hiringa Energy is the development
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Origin Materials has successfully commercialized its 100% PET caps, with the first products hitting stores in August 2025 and a major initial order from Berlin Packaging secured in October. The company commenced production on its first
by Vivek Waghmode (BioEnergy Times) President Prabowo Subianto has announced that Indonesia will prohibit the export of palm oil waste, including used cooking oil, to prioritize its use for domestic needs, particularly in advancing energy self-sufficiency, Antara, Indonesian News Agency
(Business Mirror) The sugar market is weighed down by a global glut, and a big crop coming from top grower Brazil means the problem is likely to persist. New York sugar futures are already trading at about half of a 2023 peak,
by Jim Giles (Trellis) After five years of discussion, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol has finalized its standards — with one important exception. -- Key Takeaways: The Land Sector and Removal Standard will impact food, apparel and other industries. Companies now have more flexibility in
by Chelsea Harvey (Poltico) Some federal contractors are feeling the squeeze after the president slashed support for climate programs and other research efforts. ... All eyes on the federal budget Many small business leaders are anxiously eyeing the horizon as the new year gets
by Bella Cariaso (The Philippine Star) As the country looks for sustainable energy sources, a team of experts from the University of the Philippines found that oleaginous yeast isolated from the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve (MMFR) can be a viable source
by Sophia Hurst (Earthday.org) ... The guilt creeps in, and suddenly sustainability feels less like hope and more like failure. It can be so discouraging that sometimes we give up altogether. But here’s the truth the environmental movement needs to say out loud (shout
By Jean Chemnick (E&E News Climatewire) States, courts and Congress could be forced to fill the climate policy vacuum. -- ... The so-called endangerment finding undergirds federal authority to regulate climate pollution. Revoking it would have the immediate effect of sweeping aside
by Shammah Mukuza (The Observer) President Yoweri Museveni has inaugurated PRO Industries, the largest ethanol plant in East Africa, highlighting the $100-million investment as a significant advancement for Uganda’s agro-industrialization, clean energy production, and job creation. Located in Luwero District in
by Grace Edema (Punch) The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, has unveiled household used cooking oil collection kiosks across the state as part of efforts to boost environmental
Where global leaders come together to shape the future of biofuels through discussions on cutting-edge technologies, evolving regulations, and sustainable production, driving progress in renewable energy. The biofuels industry faces ongoing challenges, including feedstock variability, technological limitations, infrastructure gaps, and regulatory
by Allan Olingo (The Associated Press/Winnepeg Free Press) It was designed to be as simple as buying airtime: a quick tap on the dispenser, a few shillings and a cooking canister refilled. Now, more than 3,000 Koko fuel supply points across
(WisBusiness) Backers of an incentive package to draw a German aviation biofuel plant to northern Wisconsin have proposed paring it back to $120 million in state assistance from their original call of $210 million. Bill sponsor and Senate President Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk,
Allison Thompson (The Money Farm/AgWeek) ... Ethanol plants and the ethanol market rapidly changed the corn market. But Allison Thompson says that if E15 were to become legal to sell year-round, it likely would have a less profound on the
by Steve White (KNEB/RuralRadio.com) A proposal to update the statutes governing the Nebraska Ethanol Board drew support from farmers and questions about its funding during a hearing before the Legislature’s Agriculture Committee. -- LB815, sponsored by the committee’s chair, Sen. Barry DeKay,
(Cathay Pacific) Commitment to SAF has more than doubled year‑on‑year, strengthened by expanding long-term partnerships -- Cathay achieved another milestone year for its Corporate Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Programme in 2025, as more corporate and cargo customers join forces to decarbonise
(Agro-Nigeria) Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has said that Nigeria stands to save more than N3 trillion every year in foreign exchange through the implementation of the Cassava Bio ethanol Value Chain Development Project. He made this
by JooHyeon Heo (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology/Phys.Org) ... Microbial conversion offers a sustainable solution, as microbes naturally consume CO₂, producing useful compounds with minimal energy and without relying on expensive catalysts. A joint research team from UNIST and the
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Opal Fuels reported a 30% year-over-year increase in third-quarter RNG production, though Adjusted EBITDA fell to $19.5 million due to lower RIN prices and expired pathways. The company currently operates 12 RNG facilities with four more
by Margy Eckelkamp (AgWeb) The proposed rule sets up farmers to participate in the opportunity created by these biofuel producer tax credits, but questions remain. -- On Feb. 3, the Treasury Department confirmed farmers will have a seat at the table to
by Deborah Lockridge (Heavy Duty Trucking) The Environmental Protection Agency said California can’t enforce its Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance Regulation, known as Clean Truck Check, on vehicles registered outside the state. But California said it will keep enforcing the rule. The Environmental Protection
National Research Council of Science & Technology/EurekAlert!) Joint research by KRICT and EN2CORE Technology validates an integrated process that produces aviation fuel from abundant landfill gas—more readily available than used cooking oil—demonstrating the feasibility of decentralized SAF production The aviation industry accounts
(Abundia/Globe Newswire) Company commences Phase 2 and drives toward a 2026 final investment decision on first commercial waste plastics-to-fuels facility -- Abundia Global Impact Group, Inc. (NYSE American: AGIG) (“Abundia” or the “Company”), a low-carbon energy solutions company focused on converting biomass
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Following its January 2024 creation, Novonesis unveiled its “Strategy 2030,” targeting 6–9% organic sales CAGR and an adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 39% by the end of the decade. The company is expanding beyond its core
(Towngas) Hong Kong has taken a step forward in its energy transition. The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas), Sinopec (Hong Kong) Limited, and Sinopec Star Company Limited (Sinopec Star) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a
(HAROPA Port/Manifold Times) Haropa Port, Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Group, BV, China Waterborne Transport Research Institute, MSC and TiL signed a strategic deal launching the creation of France-China first green shipping corridor. Haropa Port, Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Group, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
(Kawasaki) Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that it has delivered the 86,700m3 LPG (liquefied petroleum gas)-fueled LPG / ammonia carrier " LUCENT PATHFINDER " (Kawasaki Ship No. 1767 ) to TSURUGI MARITIMA SA . This vessel is our latest LPG- fueled
(Maersk) ... The six vessels in this new series have a capacity of 9000 TEU each and are equipped with a dual fuel engine able to operate on methanol. On its maiden voyage, Tangier Mærsk will call Shanghai and enter deployment on
(South Korea Maritime Industry Technology Department (Google Translation)) Operation of a public-private consultative body to establish technical standards for ammonia vessels and lead international standardization. -- The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that it will hold the 2026 kickoff meeting of
by Paola Caballeros (S&P Global) Brazil DDGS cargo to China could reshape global trade dynamics; China could import 1 million tons of Brazilian DDGS annually: USDA Brazil's dried distillers grains with solubles entry into the Chinese market could reshape global trade flows, market
by Brian Platt and Nojoud Al Mallees (Bloomberg News/Financial Post) Carney’s government is also expected to bring back incentives for consumers who purchase EVs -- The old electric vehicle rules required carmakers to ensure that at least 20 per cent of sales
(Southern Farm Network Today) There are many things the farming community can do, and is doing, to help the environment and climate. But perhaps consumers are not aware of one area when it comes to the environment that the farming sector
by Marc Heller (Politico Pro E&E Daily) House Agriculture Chair Glenn Thompson said he'll try to end a nearly three-year delay in updating agriculture policies. -- House Agriculture Chair Glenn Thompson pledged Wednesday (February 4, 2026) to complete a five-year farm bill
by Cami Koons (News from the States) A Senate subcommittee advanced a bill Wednesday (February 4, 2026) that would create a severance tax on carbon dioxide that is transported through pipelines in Iowa. Senate File 2069 would tax CO2 transported through the state
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