by Sean Reilly (Politico Pro Climatewire) The move opens the door to revise a suite of rules clamping down on heat-trapping emissions, especially from the industrial and transportation sectors. -- EPA has taken its first public step toward revisiting the landmark 2009
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards
Back TO HOMEFederal Court Strikes Down EPA Fuel Economy Rule in Victory for Ethanol and Scientific Integrity
(National Sorghum Producers) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled this week in favor of Texas Corn Producers, Texas Sorghum Producers, and National Sorghum Producers, vacating a 2024 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that unfairly penalized ethanol-containing fuels in federal
June 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Supreme Court Green-Lights Suit against California Waiver Authority
by Niina H. Farah, Lesley Clark (Politico Pro Greenwire) The justices declined to set a new broader rule for when challengers can bring a case to court. -- The Supreme Court opened the door Friday for fuel producers to challenge California vehicle
June 20, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Admin Launches Fuel Economy Standard Rollback
by Mike Lee (Politico Pro Greenwire) The Transportation Department says the Biden-era rule for cars and trucks is legally flawed. -- The Department of Transportation formally started the process of rewriting the fuel economy standards for cars and trucks, issuing a rule
June 06, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Could Clamp Down on EVs Even More with New Fuel Economy Rules
by Rob Stumpf (Inside EVs) Trump is targeting EVs in new fuel economy rules. ... Now, Trump's U.S. Transportation Department seems to be going after fuel economy rules that were used by the Biden administration as a key driver of zero-emission cars. Sounds
May 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Senate Will Try to Block California Vehicle Standards that Would Phase out Gas-Powered Cars
by Mary Clare Jalonick and Matthew Daly (Associated Press) The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the federal government’s, including first-in-the-nation rules phasing out the sale
May 21, 2025 Read Full Article
Add to Ethanol’s To Do List
by Doug Durante (Clean Fuels Development Coalition/Governors' Biofuels Coalition) For many of us, to stay on top of things we need to write them down as reminders in what I call a “To-Do” list. The ethanol industry has, or should have
May 13, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainability Still Matters
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This presentation features Tammy Klein of Transport Energy Strategies. It discusses mixed policy signals in the U.S., stressing sustainability balances environmental, economic, and social concerns. Key highlights include contrasting potential Biden and Trump administration approaches on
May 12, 2025 Read Full Article
House Votes to Revoke California’s Clean Cars Rule
by: James Bikales and Alex Nieves (Politico Pro) Thirty-five Democrats joined all Republicans in voting to clear the Congressional Review Act resolution. -- The House voted Thursday (May 1, 2025) to overturn California’s nation-leading clean cars rule, setting up a high-stakes vote
May 02, 2025 Read Full Article
Corn Growers to Ford: Bring Back Flex-Fuel Vehicles
by Carah Hart (Brownfield Ag News) Missouri Corn Growers Association Executive Director Bradley Schad says Ford Motor Company’s Flex-Fuel vehicles should make a comeback. “As corn growers are filling up their vehicles in their communities, they don’t have the option to be
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
US Supreme Court Poised to Revive Challenge to California Emissions Standards
by Andrew Chung (Reuters/Yahoo! News) U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic on Wednesday to a bid by fuel producers to challenge California's standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law in a case involving the Democratic-governed
April 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Senate Parliamentarian Rules against GOP on California Waivers
by Timothy Cama and Kelsey Brugger (Poltico Pro E&E NewsPM) The parliamentarian said lawmakers can’t undo Biden-era waivers under the Congressional Review Act. Republicans will try anyway. -- Republicans hoping to stop California's strict vehicle emissions rules ran into another problem
April 07, 2025 Read Full Article
RFA Sees a More Level Playing Field for Ethanol
by Mark Magnuson (Iowa AgriBusiness Radio Network) The ethanol industry is feeling confident about the future of ethanol with President Trump and GOP lawmakers’ plans to reduce support for electric vehicles. The President and Congressional Republicans propose ending EV tax credits
March 24, 2025 Read Full Article
Rep. Troy E. Nehls Reintroduces Bill to Repeal California’s Emissions Waiver Exemption
(Office of Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)) Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) reintroduced the Stop California from Advancing Regulatory Burden (CARB) Act of 2025. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is leading the Senate companion to this legislation. In 1970, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, which authorized
March 18, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Environmental Rollbacks Would Boost Pollution and Endanger Lives, Former EPA Heads Say
by Matthew Daly (Associated Press) Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders sounded an alarm Friday, saying rollbacks proposed by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin endanger the lives of millions of Americans and abandon the agency’s dual mission to protect the environment and human health. Zeldin
March 17, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Decided Protecting the Environment Is Just Too Much
by Mark Gongloff (Bloomberg) The agency is abandoning its mission in a misguided effort to boost an economy it will only end up hurting. -- The EPA’s announcement on Wednesday that it would find the narrowest possible definition of the word “water” for regulatory purposes
March 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Administration Takes Aim at Biden Electric Vehicle Rules
by David Shephardson (Reuters) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it is starting efforts to reverse the Biden administration's vehicle emissions rules that would force automakers to build a rising number of electric vehicles. ... The EPA said it would reconsider the agency's
March 13, 2025 Read Full Article
Opinion Hochul Should Scrap New York’s Gas Car Ban
by John Bozzella (Fox News) New York has a 10-year plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles and require automakers to sell only electric vehicles by 2035. (It’s not even really a New York plan, but a program originally hatched in California.) The gas vehicle ban has been
March 13, 2025 Read Full Article
Green Credits Not a Hill to Die on for Supportive Republicans
by Kelsey Brugger (E&E Daily) More than 20 House Republicans say renewable energy subsidies should be protected. That may not be enough to save them. -- A bloc of House Republicans is doubling down on their public support for protecting renewable energy
March 12, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Hits the Brakes on Biden’s Climate-Energy-Transport Agenda
by Tammy Klein (Transport Energy Strategies) With President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, U.S. transport and energy policy has undergone a dramatic 180 degree shift, to say the least. Executive orders (EOs) issued in the first weeks of his
March 07, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Tailpipe Rule Litigation on Hold: Lawsuits on Biden Tailpipe Rule on Hold in Appeals Court Pending Trump Review
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has paused a wide-reaching lawsuit against the Biden administration's tailpipe emissions rule that states, and agriculture groups have argued amounts to an electric-vehicle mandate. In one of his first
February 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Multi-Car Pileup as Electric Vehicles Collide with Reality
by George Will (Washington Post) In governments’ pursuit of zero emissions, they learn hard lessons about unintended consequences. -- ... Economic stagnation has the European Union tiptoeing away from its mandate that new cars and vans be emission-free by 2035. “Self-destructive,”
February 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Car Dealers Launch Ad Campaign to Delay California EV Mandate
by Alex Nieves (Politico Pro Energywire) The California New Car Dealers Association is funding a media buy targeting the state’s emissions rule. -- Car dealers launched an ad campaign Monday calling on California to delay enforcement of its electric vehicle mandate, warning
February 25, 2025 Read Full Article
Cooper: Trump Policies Can Re-Ignite Ag
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) The Trump administration has an opportunity through biofuels and trade policy to avert a farm crisis, the head of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) said during an address at the National Ethanol Conference in Nashville
February 19, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Maneuvers to Outflank California Over Ban on Gasoline Cars
by Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg News/Bloomberg Law) EPA will submit air pollution waivers to Congress for review; Carmakers call zero-emission vehicle sales quotas unachievable The Trump administration is delivering an initial strike against California car pollution regulations compelling zero-emission vehicle sales that the
February 17, 2025 Read Full Article
White House Launches ‘Energy Dominance’ Council to Promote Fossil Fuels
by Heather Richards (E&E News PM) Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will lead the group tasked with centralizing national energy policies. -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing a White House energy council to promote the nation’s energy industries amid
February 17, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Set a Deadline on the Endangerment Finding. Here’s What Might Happen.
by Jean Chemnick (E&E News Climatewire) The president ordered EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to decide by next week on one of the first major issues facing his agency. -- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has one week to tell President Donald Trump whether
February 12, 2025 Read Full Article
We Can’t Ignore Warning Signs, Farmers Need Growing Markets in 2025 Says IRFA’s Shaw
(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association) Focused on Fuels of Opportunity at the 2025 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit -- While it is easy to glance over incoming challenges, the renewable fuels industry must face those hurdles head-on and not let change deter the destination.
February 12, 2025 Read Full Article
Farmers Could Benefit from Biofuels under Trump, Industry Says
(Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network) The biofuels industry is closely watching as the White House administration, the EPA, and other agencies start to roll out policies for President Trump’s second term. The Renewable Fuels Association’s Troy Bredenkamp says the ethanol industry is
February 07, 2025 Read Full Article
US Moves to Repeal Biden Administration Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards
by David Shepardson (Reuters) New U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signed an order on Tuesday directing U.S. regulators to rescind landmark fuel economy standards issued under President Joe Biden that aimed to drastically reduce fuel use for cars and trucks. In a
January 30, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Seeks to Pause High Court California Waiver, Air Act Venue Suits
(Inside EPA) The Trump EPA is asking the Supreme Court to pause cases over Biden-era preemption waivers for California vehicle rules and Clean Air Act venue provisions implicated by agency denials of renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers, with the agency
January 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Course Correction: California’s Withdrawal of Its Clean Air Act Waiver Request to EPA
by Allen Schaeffer (Engine Technology Forum) ... Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump has already issued executive orders to withdrawal the US from the Paris climate accord, eliminate the EV tax credit, and unleash American energy; measures that largely reverse course on the past
January 22, 2025 Read Full Article
House Budget Menu Eyes Cuts to Climate Law Credits, Funding
by Kelsey Tamborrino and James Bikales (Politico Pro) A new document obtained by POLITICO lists a menu of items that Republicans are considering for cost-saving offsets for their planned package of tax cuts and other priorities. -- House Republican lawmakers are targeting
January 21, 2025 Read Full Article
Growth Energy Releases Federal Policy Roadmap to Revitalize Rural America and Unleash American Energy Dominance
(Growth Energy) Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, released a roadmap to revitalize rural America today, identifying specific policy goals and actions the 119th Congress and the incoming Trump administration should take to unleash American energy dominance through the expanded use of
January 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Ethanol Report 12-30-24: RFA CEO Reviews 2024 and Looks Ahead to 2025
(Energy.AgWired.com) 2024 was a very good year for the ethanol industry, but the battle for year-round, nationwide E15 will once again continue on into the new year. In this edition of the Ethanol Report podcast, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff
December 30, 2024 Read Full Article
EPA Grants Waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Agency additionally grants waiver for low-NOx regulations for heavy-duty and off-road vehicles and engines -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting two requests from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for waivers to implement and enforce
December 18, 2024 Read Full Article
Sizing Up Biofuels Future in Trump EPA
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) Biofuels Groups Size Up EPA Under Second Trump Administration, Seek RFS Help -- While agriculture and biofuels groups are trying to get a handle on where Lee Zeldin stands on biofuels, Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., said
December 17, 2024 Read Full Article
Growth Energy Files Amicus Brief in CAFE Standards Case
(Growth Energy) Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, filed an amicus brief in a consolidated set of court challenges to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027-2032,
November 27, 2024 Read Full Article
EPA Report Shows US Fuel Economy Hits Record High and CO2 Emissions Reach a Record Low
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) EPA’s 50th Annual Automotive Trends Report shows that all large automotive manufacturers are meeting current GHG standards -- Today, Nov. 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 50th annual Automotive Trends Report, demonstrating that model year 2023
November 25, 2024 Read Full Article
Automakers to Trump: Please Require Us to Sell Electric Vehicles
by Coral Davenport and Jack Ewing (New York Times) Three of the nation’s largest automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, are strategizing with other car manufacturers on how to make a delicate request of President-elect Donald J. Trump: Don’t scrap the
November 23, 2024 Read Full Article
Trump Administration Plans to Roll Back Biden's Stricter Fuel-Efficiency Standards
by David Shepardson, Rachael Levy and Chris Kirkham (Reuters) Effort would be similar to Trump policy during first administration; Move aims to satisfy campaign promise to end EV mandate; Automakers find Biden regulations too onerous, source says - President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration plans to target federal
November 21, 2024 Read Full Article
Trump Picks Former Congressman Sean Duffy to Lead Transportation Dept.
by Ian Duncan (Washington Post) President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement Monday he has selected former congressman and Fox Business host Sean P. Duffy to run the Transportation Department, a job that comes with a vast budget and sweeping safety
November 19, 2024 Read Full Article
Trump Picks Ex-congressman Zeldin to Run Environmental Protection Agency
by Timothy Gardner and David Shepardson (Reuters) Zeldin voted against Biden's climate change law; Opposed NY goal to ban gasoline-powered cars by 2035; In Congress, Zeldin backed environmental bills 14% of the time -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday
November 12, 2024 Read Full Article
EPA Virtually Mandates Electric Vehicles: Heavy- and Light- Duty EPA Carbon Standards Face Fierce Push Back.
by Keith Reid (Fuels Market News) ... If reducing carbon is truly the goal, meeting that goal should focus on the required end results and not mandating the specific approach to get to that point. However, the EPA emissions standards, announced
August 16, 2024 Read Full Article
Automakers Oppose CARB Plan For ICE-Only Fleet Average In GHG Rules
(Inside EPA) Auto industry groups and individual auto manufacturers are opposing the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) plan to strengthen light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas standards by creating an internal combustion engine (ICE)-only fleet average starting in model year 2030, while urging
August 02, 2024 Read Full Article
Ethanol Producers, Farmers Sue EPA over Tailpipe Rule
by David Murray (High Plains Journal) The Renewable Fuels Association and National Farmers Union filed a lawsuit June 17 in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards. RFA and NFU
July 08, 2024 Read Full Article
Overreliance on EV’s Generate Power Grid Concerns
by Mark Dorenkamp (Brownfield Ag News) There are concerns a reliance on electric vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector could compromise the U.S. power grid. Scott Richman with the Renewable Fuels Association says grids are already struggling and
July 03, 2024 Read Full Article
Fossil Fuel Groups Ask SCOTUS to Overturn California’s Clean Car Waiver
by Lesley Clark (Politico Pro Climatewire) EPA allows California to set tougher emissions standards, which 17 other states have also adopted. -- Fossil fuel interests want the Supreme Court to review California's authority to set stricter emissions standards for cars and trucks
July 02, 2024 Read Full Article
Supreme Court Curbs Federal Agency Power, Overturning Chevron Precedent
by Ann E. Marimow (Washington Post) The Supreme Court on Friday curtailed the power of federal government agencies to regulate vast swaths of American life, overturning a 40-year-old legal precedent long targeted by conservatives who say the government gives unaccountable bureaucrats too
June 28, 2024 Read Full Article
Liquid Fuels, Enviros File First Lawsuits over Fuel Economy Rule
by Alex Guillen (Politico Pro) Leading oil and biofuel groups and a litany of auto dealers have challenged the Transportation Department’s new fuel economy rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. That sets up a lottery to determine
June 27, 2024 Read Full Article
New Studies: Low Carbon Fuels, FFVs More Effective at Reducing GHG Emissions than De Facto EV Mandates
(Renewable Fuels Association) Increased use of lower-carbon liquid fuels in light-duty vehicles would lead to larger and faster reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than EPA’s recently finalized EV-forcing tailpipe emissions standards, according to a new study commissioned by the RFA and executed
June 26, 2024 Read Full Article
Electric Vehicles Emerge as Flashpoint in 2024 Election
by Liz Goodwin (Washington Post) But now, facing a tough reelection climate in November, some Senate Democrats who are fighting for their political lives in red states are distancing themselves from aspects of President Biden’s EV policies as Republicans go on
June 17, 2024 Read Full Article
Biden’s Ill-Conceived EV Mandate Will Harm Drivers, Cause Blackouts
by Congressman Dan Musser (R-PA 9th) (The Hill) ... Unfortunately, the Biden Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent announcement of an effective ban on new gas cars for half the driving population does not strike the appropriate balance of both protecting our environment and
June 14, 2024 Read Full Article
Largest US Oil Trade Group Sues to Block Biden's EV Push
by Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) The nation's largest oil trade group, which includes Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) and Chevron (CVX.N), filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block the Biden administration's efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions from cars and light trucks and encourage electric vehicle manufacturing,
June 13, 2024 Read Full Article
Did Gasoline Win the European Election?
by Arianna Skibell (Politico's Power Switch) The stunning results from the European election hammered home one reality for leaders on both sides of the Atlantic: People don’t like you messing with their cars. The EU’s plan to ban the sale of internal-combustion-engine vehicles by
June 12, 2024 Read Full Article
Barrasso, Senate Republicans Introduce Bill to Remedy DOE’s Flawed Efficiency Calculations for Electric Cars
(U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources) U.S. Senator John Barrasso, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), and U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Bill
June 12, 2024 Read Full Article
Growth Energy Calls New CAFE Standards A Missed Opportunity
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on June 7 issued a final rule setting new corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards. Growth Energy said the agency has again missed the opportunity
June 11, 2024 Read Full Article
Commodity Groups Appeal Fuel Test Rule
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) Commodity Groups: Ethanol Threatened by Fuel-Test Rule Buried in EV Mandate -- New fuel economy test procedures contained in the Biden administration's final pollution standards for passenger vehicles penalize ethanol and should be declared unlawful, three
May 03, 2024 Read Full Article
Republicans Intensify Fight against EPA Tailpipe Rules
by Kelsey Brugger (Politico Pro/E&E Daily) House and Senate lawmakers will introduce resolutions Wednesday to overturn the rulemaking. -- Republicans on Capitol Hill have a new favorite punching bag: President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle “de facto mandate.” On Wednesday, four GOP lawmakers are
May 01, 2024 Read Full Article
Biden’s EPA Can Justify His New EV Rules Only by Cooking the Books
Benjamin Zycher (American Enterprise Institute/The Hill) Before federal regulations are implemented, they must be justified with an extensive analysis of costs and effects. The new Environmental Protection Agency rule forcing a massive shift toward electric vehicles is no exception. Weighing in at 1,181
April 03, 2024 Read Full Article
‘This Will Be Something that People See and Feel’: What to Expect from Biden’s Clean Car Push
by Mike Lee and Jean Chemnick (Politico) The Biden administration is launching its most aggressive regulation to stem tailpipe pollution. -- The transportation rules come as President Joe Biden tries to shed historically low approval ratings as he plunges into a reelection race
March 21, 2024 Read Full Article
Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Strongest-Ever Pollution Standards for Cars that Position U.S. Companies and Workers to Lead the Clean Vehicle Future, Protect Public Health, Address the Climate Crisis, Save Drivers Money
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Final standards will expand consumer choice in clean vehicles and build on historic progress in U.S. auto manufacturing under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda -- Today, March 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final national pollution
March 20, 2024 Read Full Article
Biden Eases EV Rule but Keeps Heat on Automakers
by Mike Lee (E&E News) The Biden administration released one of several coming car regulations Tuesday, a clean vehicle formula designed to push automakers to build more fuel-efficient or electric vehicles. The Department of Energy softened its “petroleum equivalency factor” after complaints
March 20, 2024 Read Full Article
Biden Set to Crack Down on Auto Emissions to Accelerate EV Sales
by Jennifer A. Doulhy (Bloomberg) EPA expected to finalize tailpipe emission limits within days; Formula for calculating electric vehicle fuel use also coming -- The Biden administration is preparing to roll out the toughest-ever limits on pollution from the nation’s cars and
March 18, 2024 Read Full Article
RFA’s Cooper: 2024 Will Be “Pivotal and Consequential Year” for U.S. Ethanol Industry
(Renewable Fuels Association) At the National Ethanol Conference today (February 20, 2024) in San Diego, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper told nearly 1,000 attendees that 2024 will be “one of the most pivotal and consequential years the ethanol
February 21, 2024 Read Full Article
Don’t Believe the EV Hype—For Ethanol, Stay the Course
by Doug Durante (Clean Fuels Development Coalition/South Dakota Farmers Union) Among the issues that have put a scare into the ethanol industry over the past few years, the threat of electric vehicles has received considerable attention. While threats to the RFS,
February 19, 2024 Read Full Article
Biden Administration Weighs Slowing the Shift to Electric Vehicles
by Maxine Joselow (Washington Post) The Environmental Protection Agency is considering relaxing one of its most significant climate change rules — tailpipe emissions limits for cars and trucks — by giving automakers more time to boost sales of electric vehicles, according
February 19, 2024 Read Full Article
What’s behind the Republican Hatred of EVs?
by Kelsey Brugger, Rebekah Alvey (E&E Daily) ... At a recent auto show, Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas), the Small Business Committee chair, confidently predicted: “EVs won’t exist in a few years.” Hybrids were more viable, argued Williams, the owner of a car
February 14, 2024 Read Full Article
AFPM Launches Campaign on EV Rules
by Tanya Snyder (Politico's Weekly Transportation) ... The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers is launching a $7 million campaign today in key battleground states bashing the Biden administration’s efforts to push electric vehicle adoption. AFPM plans to run the ads in Michigan, Wisconsin,
February 12, 2024 Read Full Article
GM’s ‘All-in’ Electric Future Now Includes Gasoline
by David Ferris (Politico Pro Energywire) The company's latest hybrid plan illustrates how tough it is for traditional automakers to navigate a transition to electric vehicles. -- General Motors introduced the plug-in hybrid car to America. Then the automaker killed it and
January 31, 2024 Read Full Article
Auto Dealers Up Campaign Urging Biden Administration to Halt EPA Tailpipe Emission Limits Regulation
by Alexa St. John (Associated Press) More than 4,700 auto dealerships across the United States urged President Joe Biden in a letter Thursday to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to enforce stricter vehicle-pollution standards. The missive comes just weeks before the
January 26, 2024 Read Full Article
EPA Sends Vehicle Emissions Reduction Plan to White House for Review
by David Shepardson (Reuters) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent to the White House for review its proposal to finalize sweeping emissions cuts for new cars and trucks through 2032 that could drastically boost electric vehicle sales, a document made
January 22, 2024 Read Full Article
Agri-Pulse Open Mic Interview: Geoff Cooper, Renewable Fuels Association
(Agri-Pulse) In depth interviews with leaders in ag policy -- This week’s Open Mic guest is Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association. The Iowa caucuses once again provide the opportunity to press the merits of the renewable
January 16, 2024 Read Full Article
Social Cost of Carbon Goes Shopping
by Jean Chemnick (Politico's Power Switch) ... That’s new territory for an old regulatory staple that has been in use since the George W. Bush administration, which started developing the social cost of carbon after a federal court ruled that the
January 12, 2024 Read Full Article
US Rules Could Force Early Production Halt to Some Gas Vehicles -Letter
by David Shepardson (Reuters) A group representing major automakers urged the Biden administration to make significant changes to three proposed vehicle rules, warning they could force car companies to hastily stop building some gas-powered vehicles. The administration has proposed, among others, stringent
December 18, 2023 Read Full Article
House Passes Walberg Bill to Protect Automobile Choice
(Office of Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI 5th)) Today (December 6, 2023), the House passed the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act with bipartisan support by a vote of 221-197. The legislation, introduced by Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05) and Andrew Clyde
December 07, 2023 Read Full Article
Biden Threatens Veto if Congress Moves to Hamper EPA Requirements
by Brady Knox (Washington Examiner) President Joe Biden threatened to use his veto powers if Congress moved to hamper his administration's move to institute stricter environmental regulations. The Choice in Automobile Retail Sales, or CARS, Act is set to be voted on in the coming week.
December 05, 2023 Read Full Article
Pivoting Ethanol Industry to Stay Relevant
by Tom C. Doran (AgriNews) ... Illinois Corn recently hosted a series of meetings and a webinar that addressed “the crossroads of carbon and corn.” The theme focused on the importance of reducing the carbon footprint that would create new market opportunities
October 25, 2023 Read Full Article
Automakers Blast US Plan to Hike Fuel Efficiency Rules
by David Shepardson (Reuters) A group representing General Motors (GM.N), Toyota Motor (7203.T), Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) and nearly all other major automakers on Monday sharply criticized the Biden administration proposal to drastically hike fuel efficiency requirements. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's
October 18, 2023 Read Full Article
QUOTE OF THE WEEK -- Renewable Fuels Association, National Farmers Union and National Corn Growers Association
Given vehicles’ long useful life, EPA and NHTSA should not wait for a crisis to incentivize FFVs (flex fuel vehicles). It will be too late to act if they are suddenly needed to address a crisis. Instead, the country should
October 17, 2023 Read Full Article
ACE Urges NHTSA to Develop a More Technology-Neutral Approach to Meet Fuel Economy Standards
(American Coalition for Ethanol) American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) CEO Brian Jennings submitted feedback to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today on its proposed rulemaking for Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model
October 17, 2023 Read Full Article
NCGA Launches Advocacy Campaign Calling on Feds to Establish Level Playing Field for Biofuels Public Comment DEADLINE: October 16, 2023
(National Corn Growers Association) The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) this week launched a grassroots advocacy campaign to encourage the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to provide a level playing field for biofuels such as ethanol. The organization is calling on corn growers and
September 28, 2023 Read Full Article
Feenstra: Combating President Biden’s Electric Vehicle Mandates -- President Biden Refuses to Accept the Facts. 95% of Cars on the Road Today Run on Liquid Fuel and Are Significantly More Affordable and Reliable than Electric Vehicles.
by Randy Feenstra (Congressman (R-IA 4th District)/The Iowa Torch) ... There is no clearer example of his executive overreach than his hasty and costly push to electrify every car and truck in the United States. At his direction, he has called on
September 22, 2023 Read Full Article
It’s Time For Flex Fuel Fairness
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) In 2014, nine major auto manufacturers produced and sold more than 2.8 million flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) capable of running on fuel with up to 85 percent ethanol (E85). In fact, one out of
September 21, 2023 Read Full Article
Ethanol, Biofuels Drive Farm Progress Show Conversation
(Agri-News) During the Farm Progress Show, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski of central and southern Illinois stood alongside farmers and biofuels experts to confirm ethanol’s role in lowering carbon and supporting rural economies. The congresswoman in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District joined a panel of
September 18, 2023 Read Full Article
Auto Week at D.C. Circuit Raises ‘Major Questions’ for EPA
by Lesley Clark (E&E News Climatewire) A powerful federal appeals court will hear arguments this week in three challenges to the Biden administration’s efforts to curb the largest source of planet-warming pollution in the United States — and the battles have
September 11, 2023 Read Full Article
Minnesota EV Mandate Lawsuit on Hold
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) Federal Judge Stays Minnesota Lawsuit Challenging State's EV Mandate -- A federal judge in Minnesota has stayed an ongoing lawsuit to prevent the state from adopting California's electric-vehicle mandate as a similar case continues in a
September 06, 2023 Read Full Article
The EPA’s Ambitious Plan to Cut Auto Emissions to Slow Climate Change Runs into Skepticism
by Tom Krisher (Associated Press) The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced
August 07, 2023 Read Full Article
Ethanol Blog: Senate Bill Would Open Door Wider for Flexible-Fuel Vehicles in Emissions Reductions
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Monday would provide new incentives for automakers to produce more flexible-fuel vehicles, which are vehicles that can burn any blend of ethanol up to E85. The Flex Fuel
August 01, 2023 Read Full Article
Biden Administration Rejects GM's Warning that US Emissions Rules Will Be Costly
by David Shepardson (Reuters) General Motors (GM.N) warned the Biden administration's planned changes to vehicle emissions rules could cost the auto industry hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties by 2031, which the Biden administration said on Thursday was wrong. GM executive David Strickland
July 31, 2023 Read Full Article
US Proposes 18% Fuel Economy Increase for New Vehicle Fleet from 2027 through 2032 Public Comment DEADLINE: October 16, 2023
by Tom Krisher (Associated Press) The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy of new vehicles 18% by the 2032 model year so the fleet would average about 43.5 miles per gallon in real world driving. The proposed numbers were released
July 31, 2023 Read Full Article
Biden Set to Tighten Fuel-Efficiency Standards for Automakers
by Ari Natter, and David Welch (Bloomberg) The Biden administration is poised to issue a proposal as early as Friday ordering automakers to increase the average fuel economy of their vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposed rule, expected
July 28, 2023 Read Full Article
Ethanol Advocates: EPA Didn't Consider Other Fuels to Cut Tailpipe Emissions in Cars
by Rebecca Thiel (Indiana Public Media) Several industry groups and state attorneys general oppose the rule and said the EPA didn’t consider the role a number of other technologies could play — like hydrogen fuel cells, hybrids or cars that can
July 14, 2023 Read Full Article
US House Republicans Blast EPA Refusal to Appear at EV Hearing
by David Shepardson (Reuters) The Republican majority on a U.S. House of Representatives panel criticized two Environmental Protection Agency officials who declined to appear at a hearing Wednesday on a proposal by President Joe Biden's administration's to cut vehicle emissions and
May 17, 2023 Read Full Article
Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Strongest-Ever Pollution Standards for Cars and Trucks to Accelerate Transition to a Clean-Transportation Future Hearing May 2-3, 2023; Public Comment DEADLINE TBD
(Environmental Protection Agency) Building on rapid advancements and investments in clean vehicle manufacturing, including investments in domestic manufacturing in the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA’s proposed standards would deliver on President Biden’s agenda to tackle the climate crisis Today, the U.S. Environmental
April 12, 2023 Read Full Article
DOE Proposes Slashing Key Metric for Electric Vehicles' Fuel Economy Public Comment DEADLINE: June 12, 2023
by Alex Guillén (Politico Pro) DOE's plan comes just days before EPA is expected to propose significantly reducing the greenhouse gas emissions standards for model year 2027 vehicles. The Energy Department on Monday proposed lowering the calculation used to determine the equivalent fuel
April 11, 2023 Read Full Article
Biden Is Set to Propose Toughest-Ever Rules on Car Pollution to Spur EVs
by Jennifer A Dlouhy (Bloomberg) Proposal will not mandate EVs or ban gas-powered models; EPA will outline standards for cars, light trucks in Detroit -- ... The proposed standards on cars and light trucks, set to be announced Wednesday in Detroit,
April 07, 2023 Read Full Article
Why EPA’s Huge Social Cost of Carbon Might Fail to Halt CO2
by Jean Chemnick (E&E Climatewire) EPA is about to finalize a sky-high value for carbon that could be used whenever the federal government leases land to oil drillers or buys new mail trucks. But its effect on actual policymaking may be limited. The
March 09, 2023 Read Full Article
E85 Fueling Infrastructure Trends: A Decade in Review
by Abby Brown, Haley Erickson, and Emily White (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) This report provides information on ethanol fueling infrastructure and industry trends over the last 10 years. It is informed primarily by ethanol fueling station location data collected through the
January 31, 2023 Read Full Article
Improving the Internal Combustion Engine
by Ron Lyseng (Western Producer/SASK Today) Internal combustion engineers, chemists and scientists are planning to squeeze another century out of the machines. Researchers are making progress to allow both diesel and gasoline burners to meet carbon criteria and the future needs ... There
January 18, 2023 Read Full Article
Ag, States Challenge EPA Action on EVs: Ag Groups, States Say EPA, California Used Back Door to Spread Electric Vehicle Use
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) Agriculture, fuel interests and several states see EPA's March 2022 decision to reinstate California's legal authority to implement a zero-emissions vehicle sales mandate and greenhouse gas emissions standards as a back-door way to move the
October 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Ethanol’s Clean Octane Key to EPA Particulate Rule
by Doug Duarante (Clean Fuels Development Coalition/Governors' Biofuels Coalition) Coalition Urges Administrator to Address Mobile Sources -- In a detailed letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Fuels Development Coalition (CFDC) called on the agency to use its existing
September 13, 2022 Read Full Article
EPA’s Fine PM Rule: A Pitch Ethanol Should Hit Out of the Park
by Doug Durante (Biofuels Digest/Clean Fuels Development Coalition) ... EPA was finalizing their proposed rule to reduce fine particulates. To their credit, they had announced early on that they intended to complete their NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) by August and
September 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Biden-Harris Administration Takes Step Forward to Combat Climate Change, Announces Proposed Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Framework
(Federal Highway Administration) Today, to advance President Biden’s commitment to combat climate change and bring down costs for families, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for states and municipalities to track
July 13, 2022 Read Full Article
U.S. Regulators to Propose New Tougher Vehicle Emissions Rules by March
by David Shepardson (Reuters) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose new, more stringent vehicle emissions rules through at least the 2030 model year by March, according to a regulatory update released on Tuesday. In December, the EPA finalized new light-duty tailpipe emissions
June 22, 2022 Read Full Article
USDOT Announces New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards for Model Year 2024-2026
(U.S. Department of Transportation) Standards to require fleet average of 49 mpg by 2026, save consumers money, and advance U.S. energy independence -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today announced new, landmark fuel economy standards which
April 01, 2022 Read Full Article
NHTSA Applies CAFE Penalty Hike for Cars through Model Year 2019
by Alex Guillén (Politico) The Biden administration has issued a final rule applying a major hike in penalties for automakers who fall short of fuel economy standards back through model year 2019 vehicles. The decision is expected to lead to hundreds of millions in
March 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Ohio Soybean Association Joins Federal Petition in Support of Domestic Biofuels
(Ohio Soybean Association/Highland County Press) At a time of growing consensus on the need for greater reliance on domestic fuel sources, the Ohio Soybean Association (OSA) joined other state soybean associations in support of a petition to include biofuels in
March 21, 2022 Read Full Article
EPA Restores California’s Right to Set Stricter Car Regs
by Anne C. Mulkern (E&E News) EPA today officially restored California’s ability to set its own rules for vehicle tailpipe emissions and to require automakers to sell an increasing number of clean cars. The Biden administration granted the nation’s most populous state
March 10, 2022 Read Full Article
Ag Groups Challenge EPA’s Vehicle Emissions Rule
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Representatives of the biofuels industry on Feb. 28 filed two separate petitions in with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging a final rule issued by the U.S. EPA in December setting greenhouse gas (GHG)
March 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Rival Fuel-Makers Unite In Opposing Biden’s Electric-Car Push
by Joel Rosenblatt (Bloomberg) Renewable fuel producers join Valero unit in court challenge; EPA rule governs release of carbon dioxide from car tailpipes -- The gasoline industry and alternative fuel makers, frequent foes, put aside their differences for court challenges to
March 01, 2022 Read Full Article
Texas Leads 14-State Fight On Biden Vehicle Emissions Regs
by Clark Mindock (Law360) A Texas-led group of states is slamming the Biden administration's push to strengthen greenhouse gas standards for auto emissions, telling the D.C. Circuit on Monday it must intervene and stop a purported federal war on fossil fuels. The
March 01, 2022 Read Full Article
Court Ruling on Social Cost of Carbon Upends Biden’s Climate Plans
by Maxine Joselow (Washington Post) A recent court ruling that bars the Biden administration from accounting for the real-world costs of climate change has created temporary chaos at federal agencies, upending everything from planned oil and gas lease sales to infrastructure
February 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Reflections from The Hill
by Tom Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... I (Geoff Cooper, Renewable Fuels Association CEO and President) also think the industry understands that we have a vision for the future of ethanol production that’s progressive and exciting. Too many people are
January 28, 2022 Read Full Article
California Missing Opportunity to Better Advance State’s Climate Goals
(Solutions from the Land) California is known for pursuing aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets and the effort to stem climate change that can achieve those goals. But state leaders were taken aback by research now showing the state is unlikely
January 27, 2022 Read Full Article
Americans Should Pay More for Gas, Not Less
by Jinjoo Lee (Wall Street Journal) There are some glaring holes in the way the U.S. regulates fuel economy and emissions. Understanding how it works (or doesn’t) is key to understanding why oil demand is likely to remain high. --
January 21, 2022 Read Full Article
OPINION: Take the Opportunity to Save on Capital Improvements
by Robert White (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... While the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit expired at the end of 2021, it still provides fuel marketers the ability to claim a tax credit for 30 percent of the cost, up
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
U.S. Reverses Trump Effort to Quash California Vehicle Emissions Rules
by David Shepardson (Reuters) The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized a reversal of a rule issued under then-U.S. President Donald Trump that sought to pre-empt California's vehicle emissions regulations. The Department of Transportation said it was issuing final rules rescinding the Trump
December 23, 2021 Read Full Article
EPA’s Final Vehicle Emissions Rule Fails to Address Biofuels
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Dec. 20 issued a final rule setting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model year (MY) 2023-2026 passenger cars and light trucks. Despite calls from the renewable fuels industry and several
December 21, 2021 Read Full Article
RFA Analyses of 2022 Automobile Models: More E15 Approvals, but Fewer FFVs
(Renewable Fuels Association) Environmentally conscious and budget-savvy consumers who are in the market for a new car, SUV, or pickup will find both good news and bad news as they peruse auto dealer lots and showrooms this holiday season. The good news?
December 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Biden to Toughen Auto Emissions Limits to Counter Climate Change
by Jennifer A Dlouhy (Bloomberg Quint) The Biden administration is preparing to impose more stringent limits on car and truck emissions in an effort to clamp down on a top U.S. source of the greenhouse gases fueling climate change. The standards,
December 16, 2021 Read Full Article
OMB Reveals Expected Timeline for Post-2022 RFS Rule, Other Rules
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Biden administration has signaled its intent to publish a proposed rule setting Renewable Fuel Standard renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2023 and beyond next spring. A variety of other rulemakings impacting biofuel producers are
December 14, 2021 Read Full Article
Opinion: Helping Retailers Diversify to Weather Gas Price Debates
by Robert White (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... What is clear, however, is that true energy security and resilience lies in greater fuel diversity, not greater dependence on crude oil. The benefits of ethanol and other biofuels are also clear. Ethanol offers
December 03, 2021 Read Full Article
EPA Delivers Final Vehicle Emissions Standards Rule to OMB
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Nov. 11 submitted its final rule to revise greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model year (MY) 2023 and later light-duty vehicles to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
November 12, 2021 Read Full Article
Biden’s Crackdown on Auto Emissions to Be Tougher than Proposed
by Jennifer Dlouhy (Bloomberg) EPA head Regan said final mandate to be ‘more aggressive’; Methane curbs for oil wells may also be strengthened -- The Biden administration will strengthen its proposed limits on auto and truck emissions, U.S. environmental chief
November 11, 2021 Read Full Article
ACE Urges EPA Recognize Ethanol’s Role in Reducing Vehicle GHGs and Improving Fuel Efficiency in Final Rule
(American Coalition for Ethanol/GrainNet) The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) set forth recommendations today (Sept. 27) on how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Revised 2023 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards can and should place much greater emphasis on improving the quality of
September 28, 2021 Read Full Article
U.S. Environment Agency Urged by 21 States to Toughen Vehicle Emissions Rewrite
by David Shepardson (Reuters) A group of 21 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia, and several major U.S. cities urged the Biden administration to finalize significantly stricter vehicle emissions rules than it has proposed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in
September 28, 2021 Read Full Article
EPA Emission Standards Require Improvements in Fuel Quality Public Comment DEADLINE September 27, 2021
(Solutions from the Land) The EPA is proposing to revise the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for light-duty vehicles for 2023 and later model years to make the standards more stringent. As part of an executive order issued in January by President Biden, the
September 16, 2021 Read Full Article
NGVAmerica Asks for NGV Inclusion in Light-duty CAFÉ Standards Redo DEADLINE: September 27, 2021
(NGVAmerica/NGV Journal) NGVAmerica President Dan Gage provided testimony at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) hearing on the Biden administration’s notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the greenhouse gas emission standards for light-duty vehicles for Model Year 2023 and later. The much-expected
September 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Schumer, Pelosi to Support Homegrown Renewable Fuels in Reconciliation Package
(Office of Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)) U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representatives Cindy Axne (D-IA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), and Mark Pocan (D-WI) sent a letter
September 03, 2021 Read Full Article
Biofuels Industry Hopes Its Efforts to Cut GHG Emissions Will Keep It Relevant as White House Pushes EVs
by Jeff Barber (OPIS) After four years of the Trump administration’s often-chaotic approach to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), many in the biofuels industry were hoping President Joe Biden would bring a level of stability and support to the program. While the
August 26, 2021 Read Full Article
The Fuel Economy Rule: An EPA That Won’t See, Hear, or Speak to the Facts
by Doug Durante (Clean Fuels Development Coalition/Biofuels Digest) The release of the highly anticipated revision of the Safe Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicle (SAFE) proposed rule this month was, for the biofuels industry, yet another poke in the eye as the EPA
August 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Growth Energy’s Bliley Testifies before EPA on Proposed Emissions Standards
(Growth Energy) Today, Growth Energy’s Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley testified before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during its hearing on the proposed rulemaking, Revised 2023 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. Earlier this month,
August 25, 2021 Read Full Article
RFA Testimony to EPA Calls for Inclusion of High-Octane Low-Carbon Fuels
(Renewable Fuels Association) In a hearing today on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed greenhouse gas emissions standards for 2023-2026 light-duty vehicles, the Renewable Fuels Association is spotlighting the role high-octane, low-carbon fuels like ethanol can and must play in increasing fuel efficiency
August 25, 2021 Read Full Article
New Proposed Federal Greenhouse Gas, Vehicle Efficiency Standards: A Missed Opportunity to Address Climate Change Now DEADLINE for Public Comment: September 27, 2021
(Solutions from the Land) Earlier this month, the EPA published in the Federal Register a rule proposing its Revised 2023 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. Seeking public comment through Sept. 27 (a public hearing is set for next Wednesday, Aug. 25),
August 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Costly CAFE: The Biden Administration Is Considering Applying Higher Fines to Car Makers
by Matthew Choi (Politico's Morning Energy) The Biden administration is considering applying higher fines to car makers who missed fuel economy targets for model years 2019 to 2021, potentially reversing one of Trump’s midnight regulations. The National Highway Traffic Safety
August 19, 2021 Read Full Article
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2024-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks Public Comment DEADLINE: September 27, 2021 Hearing: August 25, 2021
(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, is proposing revised fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks for model years 2024-2026. On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 13990, “Protecting
August 13, 2021 Read Full Article
RFA Founder Calls for Correction of EPA Transportation Office’s “Shocking Miscarriage of Environmental Justice”
(Dakota Ag Energy) Speaking to the 14th Annual Bioenergy Conference hosted by Brazilian government and industry stakeholders, the founder of the U.S. Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) charged U.S. EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) bureaucrats with a “shocking
August 10, 2021 Read Full Article
Ethanol Groups to Biden: Biofuels Can Reduce GHG Emissions Now
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) President Biden on Aug. 5 signed an executive order that sets a target to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 zero-emissions vehicles. Representatives of the ethanol industry, however, say biofuels can
August 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Proposed EPA Vehicle Emissions Standards Fail to Address Biofuels
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Aug. 5 released a proposed rule to set light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards through 2026. Despite calls from government officials and industry trade groups, the rule does not address
August 06, 2021 Read Full Article
EPA to Overhaul Pollution Standards for Passenger Vehicles and Heavy-Duty Trucks, Paving Way for Zero-Emission Future PUBLIC COMMENT DEADLINE: September 27, 2021
(Environmental Protection Agency) Today (August 5, 2021), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to set robust federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks to secure pollution reductions through Model Year (MY) 2026. The proposal, which revises
August 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Biden Seeks to Electrify Auto Industry: White House Driving Electric Vehicles, Raising Questions on Direction of Biofuel Policies
by Chris Clayton (DTN Progressive Farmer) The president will sign an executive order to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 "zero-emission" vehicles, including battery, fuel-cell and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The executive order also will set new long-term
August 05, 2021 Read Full Article
U.S. to Set Electric-Vehicle Sales Target of 50% by 2030
by Ben Foldy and Katy Stech Ferek (Wall Street Journal) General Motors, Ford and Stellantis executives with union leaders are expected to join President Biden in announcing voluntary targets -- Auto makers including General Motors Co. , Ford Motor Co.
August 05, 2021 Read Full Article
To Undo the Damage of Trump Rollbacks, Biden Needs to Set Car Standards Stronger than Obama’s
(American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)) The Biden administration can soon undo the damage of President Trump’s clean car rollback, but only by setting more stringent standards to make up for lost progress. In the face of recent climate change-related extreme
July 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Governors Ask Biden Administration to Expand the Market for Higher-Octane Gasoline in New Fuel Economy Rule
(Governors' Biofuels Coalition) High-Octane Ethanol Should Replace Carcinogenic Gasoline Aromatics -- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem sent a letter to the Biden Administration pointing out the role that higher-octane ethanol could play in meeting the Administration’s climate and
July 23, 2021 Read Full Article
Groups Urge EPA to Propose Higher Octane Fuel Standard
(South Dakota Farmers Union) South Dakota Farmers Union is among a coalition of agriculture and biofuel groups urging the administration to propose a higher octane fuel standard as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updates its greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger
July 19, 2021 Read Full Article
Agriculture and Ethanol Groups Echo Automakers Call for Higher-Octane Gasoline Standard in Fuel Economy Rule
(Clean Fuels Development Coalition) Dozens of agricultural, ethanol, automotive, and manufacturing organizations are calling for higher octane in gasoline to help automakers increase vehicle fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gases. In a letter to President Joe Biden, signed by a range
July 14, 2021 Read Full Article
Blocked By EPA, Biofuels Group Asks OMB For Octane Limit In Vehicle Rule
by Stuart Parker (Inside EPA/Governors' Biofuels Coalition) A coalition of biofuels and farm groups, led by former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), is poised to press White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials to include a high-octane standard
July 13, 2021 Read Full Article
Buttigieg Hints Fuel Economy Standards Will Be Ambitious
by Josh Siegel (Washington Examiner's Daily on Energy) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stressed the importance of strict fuel economy standards to clean up the transportation sector because, even as the U.S. shifts to more electric vehicles, gas-powered cars will still be on the
July 12, 2021 Read Full Article
Report — Stronger Tailpipe Rules Coming
by Matthew Choi (Politico's Morning Energy) EPA and the Transportation Department soon will propose a rule boosting federal tailpipe standards almost to Obama-era levels, with an eye toward more aggressive requirements later this decade to goose electric vehicle sales, the
July 02, 2021 Read Full Article
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