by Jeff Barber (OPIS) The idea of revising the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to operate more like the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) appears to be getting a fresh look. The rise
Tag "2016 US Presidential Campaign"
by Joanna Schroeder (Energy.AgWired.com) Donald Trump has been elected as 45th President of the United States. In response to the news, several ethanol groups, on behalf of the industry, are
by Anthony Adragna (Politico’s Morning Energy) … Biofuels: Trump said in Iowa in January that he wants ethanol volumes set under the Renewable Fuel Standard restored to statutory levels, but he
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digests) In Washington, Donald Trump captured the US Presidency in an upset victory that confounded pollsters and political pundits even as it delighted supporters of his
by Mark Drajem & Ari Natter and James Rowley (Bloomberg) … Similar to Hillary Clinton’s dilemma on pipelines, a Trump administration could be caught between competing interests on approval for renewable
by Douglas L. Faulkner (The Cleantech Conservative/Biofuels Digest) … America is divided in so many ways: by ideology, class, gender, education and race, and even by geography. There is a political
(Lux Research) The U.S. energy landscape is poised for a transformation under either president, but Trump’s policies would leave emissions 16% higher after two terms than Clinton’s, Lux Research says –
by Tom Philpott (Mother Jones) Cue the pandering to King Corn. — … And while winning Iowa is far from enough to push Trump to national victory, he absolutely needs
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) … The lame duck Congress offers the next best chance for some movement on one issue important to the ethanol industry, said Brian Jennings, executive
by John Siciliano (Washington Examiner) Hillary Clinton’s campaign mulled supporting the elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency’s renewable fuels program before a campaign tour through the corn state of Iowa
by Anthony Adragna (Politico’s Morning Energy) … Comb through the tens of thousands of messages from John Podesta’s hacked inbox long enough, and you can find a veritable roadmap to the
by Kevin G. Hall (McClatchyDC) Hillary Clinton’s campaign chief once opened doors at home and abroad for an alternative energy firm whose investors include a Vladimir Putin-supported Russian company. These
by Timothy Cama (The Hill) Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager feared that endorsing a carbon tax would be “lethal” to her campaign. Hacked emails released Thursday by WikiLeaks belonging to John
by Sara Wyant (Farm Forum) As some of you know, Agri-Pulse made a significant commitment to track the presidential candidates, starting in 2015. We followed each one during the primaries,
(Biogenic CO2 Coalition) Today (October 6, 2016), a coalition of major agricultural groups launched a grassroots campaign to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to remove its regulatory roadblock to development
by Tom DiChristopher (CNBC) Hillary Clinton said during the second presidential debate on Sunday that the United States has achieved energy independence, but the country still imports millions of barrels a
by Paul Raeburn (Newsweek) … (Myron) Ebell, the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a prominent climate-change skeptic, was chosen at the end
by Tom DiChristopher (CNBC) … Clinton says she would extend standards for vehicle fuel efficiency, methane emissions, building codes and appliance standards that President Barack Obama implemented or supported, according to
by Kyle Feldscher (The Washington Examiner) Donald Trump appeared to back off his proposal to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency as president, instead promising to “refocus” the agency on a
by Christopher Doering (Des Moines Register) The head of ethanol giant Poet is optimistic presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton back renewable fuels despite recent developments that have left some in the industry
by Todd Neeley (DTN-The Progressive Farmer) Purdue University agriculture economics professor Wally Tyner isn’t exactly ready to discount the theory of indirect land use change, or ILUC, that has been
by Chris Prentice (Reuters) Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to weigh into a debate over a controversial U.S. biofuels program with a proposal that would back the
by Brady Dennis (The Washington Post) Earlier this summer, the folks behind ScienceDebate.org sent the presidential candidates a list of 20 questions that likely won’t garner much airtime in the televised debates this fall. They
by Jacqueline Campos (Fuel Fix/Opportune) … When it comes to this year’s election, renewable fuels continue to be well-supported, but policy mandating the use of those renewable fuels in gasoline remains to
by Eddie Scott (TheVillagesSuntimes) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the second annual Roast and Ride at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. — … Trump promised to protect the Renewable Fuel Standard
by Devin Henry (The Hill) … Climate change, she (Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein) said during a National Press Club event on Tuesday, is an “emergency expounded by racial disparities. …
by Kathie Obradovich (Des Moines Register) It’s hard to beat this as a summer job for a Des Moines teenager: Two weeks at the Republican and Democratic national conventions as part of
by John Harwood (CNBC) … JOHNSON: I do think that climate change is occurring, that it is man-caused. One of the proposals that I think is a very libertarian proposal, and
by Zaid Jilani and Naomi LaChance (The Intercept) Two big issues dogged Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primary: the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP) and fracking. She had a long history of
by Sara Wyant and Philip Brasher (Agri-Pulse) Donald Trump’s campaign has set up a geographically diverse team of agricultural leaders that includes congressmen, governors, state agriculture commissioners, trade association leaders
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Let me see if we got this right. Donald Trump loves the Renewable Fuel Standard — Carl Icahn loves Donald Trump — Therefore, Carl Icahn hates
by Todd Neeley (DTN The Progressive Farmer) … Yet Trump gave an economic speech Monday in Detroit in which he touted boosting domestic oil and gas production and made no references
by Jennifer A Dlouhy (Bloomberg) Republican nominee Trump backs U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard; Tactic would exploit a Clinton weakness, Rick Santorum says — Donald Trump’s campaign swing through the Corn Belt
by Ed Tibbetts (Quad City Times) A new report saying that Hillary Clinton’s campaign has talked with California officials about how the Renewable Fuel Standard might be revamped is drawing
by John Beltz Snyder (AutoBlog) … General Wesley Clark argued in support of ethanol at the Democratic National Convention. While some gas stations advertise the fact that their product contains no
by Joanna Schroeder (Energy.AgWired.com) Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Is the Trump-Pence Republican ticket good for agriculture, energy?” During his campaigning Trump has been supporter of biofuels and has
by David Roberts (Vox) … I’m going to break this down as a series of numbered lists — not one, not two, but five lists of three: The three key facts the
by Valerie Richardson (The Washington Times) Say good-bye to the Democratic Party’s long-standing support for “all-of-the-above” energy, and hello to “some of the above.” The party’s “all-of-the-above” energy commitment was
by Steven Mufson (The Washington Post) The Republican Party platform adopted Monday night would bring a total about-face on U.S. energy and climate policy, declaring that the priority placed on
by Amy Mayer (Iowa Public Radio) U.S. Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack may be on Hillary Clinton’s short-list for a vice presidential running mate. Several national media
by Eric Wolff, et al. (Politico Morning Energy) … The Republican Platform 2016 offers a fresh plan for an old GOP target: it calls for converting the EPA into a bipartisan
by Spencer Chase (Agri Pulse) … On the Renewable Fuel Standard, a policy that Trump supports, Pence voted in favor of the original 2005 legislation that created the program, but voted against the 2007 bill
(Diesel Technology Forum) … One of the great benefits of the diesel platform is its capability to run on higher blends of high quality biofuels including renewable diesel fuel and biodiesel
by David Weigel and John Wagner (The Washington Post) … Sanders’s role is under discussion, but he has said a more immediate priority is trying to find common ground on the
by Bob Dinneen (The Hill) … It’s worth recalling why a bipartisan coalition of policymakers, including President George W. Bush, worked together in 2007 to expand the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS),
by Gene Lucht (Iowa Farmer Today) … What happens in 2022 is that Congress stops setting annual levels of renewable fuel usage, but the actual law does not expire. It would
by Jason Noble (Des Moines Register) Eric Branstad, the son of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and an advocate for Iowa’s renewable fuels industry, will serve as the Iowa state director
by Ron Lamberty (American Coalition for Ethanol/Ethanol Producer Magazine) … To oversimplify, ethanol’s opponents have gained support by defining ethanol as a fuel people are being forced to use. It is
by Jonathan H Harsch (Agri-Pulse) … At the heart of the battle is whether it makes sense to transition from fossil fuels to renewables like biofuels, wind, and solar energy. At issue
by John Siciliano (Washington Examiner) The ethanol industry will lay into the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for proposing a 2017 renewable fuel standard that it says is based on
by Timothy Cama (The Hill) House Republicans this week will vote to condemn taxes on carbon dioxide emissions, slamming the door on an idea that some members of their party have
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Growth Energy has spoken out to applaud a statement made by presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in support of the renewable fuel standard
by Greg Sargent (The Washington Post) Believe it or not, Donald Trump has now made a very important policy statement. Introducing what he billed as an “energy plan,” Trump promised to
by Kevin Skunes (Grand Forks Herald) … Thankfully, there’s one vital energy policy that both Trump and his opponent, Hillary Clinton, have promised to support: the Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires
by Mark Drajem (Bloomberg) Say what you will about the EPA, but it doesn’t take the easy way out. EPA issued its proposal for the 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard yesterday, surprisingly early
by David Roberts (Vox.com) Media coverage of the Democratic primary has not shed much light on Hillary Clinton’s proposals for climate change and clean energy policy. But oh, she has
by Mark Drajem (Bloomberg) Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, says he’s confident that the next president — whether Donald Trump, or Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton — would be
by Katie Colling (Sioux City Journal) … So my question is, why should non-farming Iowans care about RFS or any of the tax incentives for production of alternative energy forms? … Iowa now
by Chris Clayton (DTN The Progressive Farmer) … Ethanol also remains stuck in a battle with EPA over vapor pressure with 15% ethanol over the summer months. 10% ethanol, E10, has
by Michael McAdams (Advanced Biofuels Association/Biomass Magazine) Once again, we enter spring awaiting the U.S. EPA’s proposal for the renewable volumes obligations (RVO) for the next year. After six years
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Indiana, the last anti-biofuels candidate for the US Presidency in 2016 exited the field,
by Eric Roston (Bloomberg) Trump and Cruz reject global warming, while more Republicans see it as a threat. — The
by Josh Schlossberg (Truthout) Climate change is a pillar of the presidential campaigns of both Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary
by Naomi Klein (The Nation) Clinton is uniquely unsuited to the epic task of confronting the fossil-fuel companies that profit from
by Adam Klasfeld (Courthouse News Service) Officially linking a controversial natural gas-drilling method to earthquakes for the first time, the
(Stratas Advisors) The 2016 elections have raised clouds of questions for many involved in the US biofuels markets. The conflicting
by Bill McKibben (The Nation) Our leaders thought fracking would save our climate. They were wrong. Very wrong. … Meet
by Zac Auter (Gallup) Seventy-three percent of Americans say they prefer emphasizing alternative energy, rather than gas and oil production,
by Timothy P. Carney (Washington Examiner) Rick Bertrand, a state senator from Sioux City, Iowa, has announced a primary challenge
by Brigham A. McCown (Forbes) … Based upon a review of her (Hillary Clinton’s) campaign website, The following are expressions of her
(1380KCIM.com) Congressman Steve King has endorsed Texas Senator Ted Cruz for the GOP Presidential nomination, causing many to ask Iowa’s
(FactCheck) … Cruz said he bravely opposed ethanol mandates in Iowa where they are popular with corn growers, but Trump accused
by Helen Mountford (New Climate Economy/Miami Herald) Letter to Editor: None of the 16 presidential debates so far have taken
by Chris Clayton (DTN/Progressive Farmer/KTIC Radio) … Kelly Nieuwenhuis, a farmer from Primghar, Iowa, said his take on the election
by Rebecca Ballhaus (The Wall Street Journal) Republican millionaire Jay Faison is pushing his party to embrace clean energy, saying
by Robert Kozak* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Editors Note: We usually don’t write about election results, but today’s mainstream media coverage
by Natalie Jacewicz (Scientific American) From Trump to Sanders, the 2016 White House hopefuls emphasize different strategies, from wind power
by Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee (The Washington Post) “What I said is that ethanol [mandate] will phase out;
(BOAT-US) … E0 (zero-ethanol) gasoline, which is sold at marinas and gas stations, is in effect being pushed out of boat
by Dave VanderGriend (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ICM/Urban Air Initiative) … Regardless of where candidates stood on ethanol, having this first step on
by Ben Adler (Grist) … Instead of embracing gas as a supposedly cleaner “bridge fuel,” Sanders wants to go straight to
by Wayne Madsen (GazetteXtra) EDITOR’S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, “Should the U.S. scrap ethanol mandates and use
by Robert E. Kozak* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Of all the grandstanding by politicians over the Flint, Michigan, drinking water disaster
by Ken Anderson (Brownfield Ag News) Ethanol supporters are pushing back against what they say is a “false narrative” regarding
by Anthony Adragna (Bloomberg BNA) … Businessman Donald Trump: The Republican front-runner has disputed the notion that human activity significantly contributes to
by Chris Prentice (Reuters) Feb 1 U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s victory on Monday in corn-rich Iowa could represent
by C. Boyden Gray (Des Moines Register) The Iowa primary has put into play one of the more obscure issues
(NBC News Meet the Press) … CHUCK TODD: Let’s talk about two issues here that seem to be potentially tripping you up
by Andy Eubank (Hoosier Ag Today) … But the media play of ethanol has been inaccurate at times, for example when they
by Ben Potter (Ag Web) Agriculture has not provided many hot-button issues for the candidates of the 2016 presidential election
by Alex Guillen and Jenny Hopkinson (Politico) … Already, the Republican Texas senator has defied the caucus’ usual political gravity by
by John Stossel (Fox News) … They support ethanol because Iowa is the first state to vote on presidential
by Thomas Pyle (The Hill/ American Energy Alliance) … Fortunately for the corn industry, “advanced” biofuels have failed to take off as
(CBC Online) Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton is on the campaign trail and she’ll be making a stop in Carroll prior
(NorthernAg.Net) The Montana Farm Bureau is closely following the “Rural Route to the White House,” U.S. presidential election coverage produced
by James Q. Lynch (The Gazette) Not as much as they used to, poll suggests, but results open to debate —
(Renewable Fuel Association) In response to the anti-ethanol rhetoric that has been dominating the presidential campaign in the run-up to
by Daniel Horowitz (Conservative Review) … In the same respect, we can say the ethanol mandate is the anchor baby of
by David Pitt (Associated Press) Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz received an anti-endorsement from the governor of Iowa, Tuesday, host of
(KIOW) There has been a lot of discussion among political candidates regarding the production of ethanol fuels. Some candidates are
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) The biofuel industry continues to maintain its united front on encouraging legislative support for the Renewable Fuel
(GreenAir Online) Following the civil penalties handed out to five aircraft operators last June (see article), a further 18 operators of
by Gene Lucht (Iowa Farmer Today) A pair of volunteers holds up a sign near a rally for Republican presidential candidate
by Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Washington Post Fact Checker) … The Fact Checker will explore an important distinction in the rhetoric over
by Philip Brasher (Agri-Pulse) The ethanol industry risks losing its long-standing political clout in presidential elections if Texas Sen. Ted
by Timothy P. Carney (Washington Examiner) With some hasty blogging — and exacerbated by an Iowan’s mistaken assertion about the
by Kyle Feldscher (The Washington Examiner) Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio told a crowd of voters in New Hampshire Tuesday
by Erin Torkelson (Des Moines Register, Letter to the Editor) Question: What bipartisan, commonsense law enacted in 2005 under President George
(America’s Renewable Future/Ethanol Producer Magazine) America’s Renewable Future recently released its final candidate report card. The report card places each
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In mid-December, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is seeking the democratic presidential nomination, introduced
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) … Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen has spoken out to reject (American
by Devin Henry (The Hill) Donald Trump is an unabashed backer of federal support for ethanol, a popular issue in Iowa
by David Weigel (The Washington Post) (Wednesday, January 6, 2016) 11:45 a.m. … “Because of this EPA wall, the market is currently
(Farm Futures) America’s Renewable Future released its final U.S. Presidential candidate report card last week, declaring “good” and “bad” category
by Laura Barron-Lopez (The Huffington Post) He even wants to bar fossil fuel lobbyists from working in the White House.
by Megan Cassella (Reuters) A majority of U.S. Republicans who had heard of the international climate deal in Paris said
(RadioIowa) Republican candidate Ben Carson says he’d like to see all subsidies for the biofuels industry done away with if
by Evan Halper (Los Angeles Times) … Now that fuel, corn-based ethanol, finds itself threatened with a defection that was
by John McCormick (Bloomberg Politics) The poll also shows the parochial nature—and potential for hypocrisy—surrounding federal assistance programs — Ted
by James Q. Lynch (The Gazette/AgriView) Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is defending his energy plan that would terminate federal support
by Douglas Burns (Des Moines CityView) Governor’s son rips leading GOP presidential candidate over renewable energy — Eric Branstad, leader
by Douglas Burns (Daily Times Herald) Republican presidential candidate tours Coon Rapids POET plant — … America’s Renewable Future, a highly
by Scott Canon (Kansas City Star) … The discussion of ethanol policy puts conservatives in an awkward spot — …Yet even
by Alex Seitz-Wald (NBC News) Democratic presidential Bernie Sanders rolled out an expansive climate plan Monday that aims to cut
by Timothy Cama (The Hill) An Iowa-based ethanol group is running advertisements against Sen. Ted Cruz, just as the GOP
by Jason Nobel (Des Moines Register) Jeb Bush faulted the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to provide “clarity” with the
by Mark Hensch (The Hill) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday called for Republicans to abandon the corrupting influence of
by Timothy Cama (The Hill) Two-thirds of Americans want the United States to join an international agreement to fight climate
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Iowa, Sen. Marco Rubio speaking about the Renewable Fuel Standard in Council Bluffs Iowa,
by Seth Borenstein (Associated Press) When it comes to climate science, two of the three Democratic presidential candidates are A
by Mackenzie Ryan (Des Moines Register) … After Republican rival Ted Cruz took aim at sugar subsidies during last week’s GOP debate, Iowa
by Marita Noon (Breitbart) Early in his campaign, now top-tier Republican presidential candidate, Ben Carson, supported ethanol—a position for which I
(Breitbart) Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump met with leaders of POET, an ethanol company here in Iowa, and some of
(America’s Renewable Future) Today, America’s Renewable Future (ARF) released a midterm report card placing 2016 presidential candidates into three categories—good,
by Ryan Fitzpatrick (Third Way) Although relatively obscure by Washington standards, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) carries a unique level
by Jonathan H Harsch (Agri-Pulse) The escalating battle over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) added another front Thursday. National Farmers Union
(Center for Regulatory Solutions) Washington-imposed mandates that have forced increasing volumes of corn ethanol to be added to Ohio’s and
(The Storm Lake Times) … Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, R-Pa., endorsed stronger ethanol investment during visit Friday to the Quad
by Daniel Marans (Huffington Post) Two Democratic presidential candidates indicated on Friday (October 16, 2015) they support an investigation of
by Brianne Pfannenstiel (Des Moines Register) Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson appeared to reverse course on ethanol policy Wednesday, backtracking from his earlier idea
by Clay Masters (National Public Radio) … But this election cycle, ethanol is not the campaign force it once was. …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Who’s for it? Who wants to phase it out? Who wants to end it, not
by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association) It is imperative for the biofuels industry to pay attention to what presidential candidates
(PR Web/America’s Renewable Future/DuPont) Today America’s Renewable Future (ARF) and DuPont (NYSE: DD) jointly released new poll findings showing that,
by Emily Atkin (Think Progress) Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants ExxonMobil investigated by the Department of Justice.
by William Garbe (TH Online) GOP presidential hopeful listens to Western Dubuque Biodiesel general manager explain regulatory issues facing his
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) … Sen. Santorum reaffirmed his support at a forum hosted by Heritage Action in South Carolina on
by Coral Davenport (The New York Times) A majority of Republicans — including 54 percent of self-described conservative Republicans —
by Linh Ta (Des Moines Register) Former New York Gov. George Pataki said Saturday that he would keep the government’s