by Erin Krueger (Biomass Magazine) A coalition of 34 environmental groups on Jan. 14 filed a rulemaking petition with the USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service to make certain anaerobic digestion projects ineligible to receive grants or loans under the Rural Energy for
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Back TO HOMEWhen the Clock Is Ticking, but the Rules Aren’t Set: Clean Fuels Conference 2026 Delegates Assess a Wonderland of Market Opportunity and Policy Uncertainty
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) If the clean fuels industry is living through an Alice-in-Wonderland moment, it’s not because things feel fanciful. It’s because the rules keep changing shape just as the clock gets louder. That was the unspoken theme running through
January 21, 2026 Read Full Article
The Road Less Taken: Iowa Moves High Biodiesel Blends Forward
by Jenna Rose (Iowa Biodiesel Board/Biobased Diesel Daily) State-level policy and industry collaboration position Iowa as a model for B30 adoption. As Iowa’s biodiesel producers continue to weather a difficult year marked by federal-policy uncertainty and challenges, the state of Iowa continues
January 21, 2026 Read Full Article
Keep on Going
by Allen Schaeffer (Engine Technology Forum/Biobased Diesel Daily) The lyrics of a popular 20-year-old country-music song provide guidance to help navigate the pit of uncertainty and tumult. -- It’s been a challenging year for anyone hoping for clarity on vehicle and fuels
January 20, 2026 Read Full Article
How New Subsidy Guidelines Could Make Brown Grease the New Gold
Kristof Reiter (Reiter USA/Biobased Diesel Daily) Recent changes, including replacing the blenders tax credit with 45Z, removal of the indirect land-use change penalty, and potential reductions in subsidies to foreign fuel and feedstock under both 45Z and RFS programs, are fundamentally
January 20, 2026 Read Full Article
Industry Exec Says Delayed Tax Credit Rules Endanger Iowa Biodiesel Plants
by O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw says the state’s biodiesel producers are facing dire circumstances. Many biodiesel plants idled in 2025 and haven’t restarted, according to Shaw. “I’m told that a typical plant, just because of ongoing
January 20, 2026 Read Full Article
API, Ethanol Groups Clinch Deal on US Biofuel Bill
by Cole Martin (Argus Media) The American Petroleum Institute (API) and ethanol groups have agreed on reforms to US biofuel policy that they would like to see, teeing up a last-minute lobbying campaign to get the provisions included in federal budget
January 20, 2026 Read Full Article
Carbon Counts: The Global Race for Carbon Advantage
This month, David LaGreca, Dave Lindenmuth, and Lisa Hanke explore the evolving landscape of carbon markets and regulatory policy, focusing on the strategic advantages and challenges faced by U.S. and international players. This session will cover the implications of U.S.
January 19, 2026 Read Full Article
Unlocking Revenue Through Life-Cycle Analysis
by Laith Amin (Sustainability Magazine/EcoEngineers) For years, the energy and industrial sectors have treated compliance as a necessary cost of doing business. Regulations were viewed as hurdles, tax credits as short-term windfalls and carbon accounting as a paperwork exercise. But we
January 19, 2026 Read Full Article
Groups Oppose Looming EPA Rollback Of Vehicle Criteria Emissions Limits
(Inside EPA) Dozens of environmental and public health groups are expressing “unequivocal opposition” to any EPA move to “weaken, pause or delay” criteria pollution standards or related “warranty and minimum useful life” requirements for vehicles, signaling an intensified fight about EPA’s
January 16, 2026 Read Full Article
Fueling Growth Despite Policy Uncertainty
by Scott Fenwick (Clean Fuels Alliance America/Biobased Diesel Daily) Fuel quality, reliability and performance drive adoption while robust production capacity and domestic feedstock supplies position the industry for a rapid increase in output. The U.S. biomass-based diesel industry is at a critical
January 15, 2026 Read Full Article
2026: The Year of Differentiated Opportunity
by Dani Charles (Veriflux/Biobased Diesel Daily) The regulatory fog has thinned enough to invest in—and reap the benefits of— systems intentionally built for adaptability and traceability. -- This is my third year contributing to the Winter Edition of Biobased Diesel®. Each year,
January 14, 2026 Read Full Article
Addressing a Gap in the Canadian Bioeconomy -- Micro-Certificate Programs Provide Life Cycle Assessment and Clean Fuel Policies Training
(BC Bioenergy Network) Micro-certificate programs provide life cycle assessment and clean fuel policies training to professionals across North America. Canada’s growing bioeconomy is charting a course towards a low-carbon future, but a crucial skills gap has emerged as a significant challenge. As
January 14, 2026 Read Full Article
FAA Plans Unleaded Fuel Comparison Testing Public Comments DEADLINE March 13, 2026
by Russ Niles (AvBrief.com) The FAA says it will conduct head-to-head tests of the three unleaded candidate fuels to replace 100LL as it moves toward the full transition to unleaded aviation gasoline by the congressionally mandated deadline of Dec. 30, 2030 (2032 in
January 14, 2026 Read Full Article
Ethanol Unleashed
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Day in and day out, tens of thousands of workers in the ethanol value chain take grain from America’s farm fields and transform it into clean, renewable fuel and other valuable bioproducts. But
January 14, 2026 Read Full Article
Bumper Crops Underscore Risk in Biofuel Investment Slowdown
by Kim Chipman (Agri-Pulse) As farmers get a new round of bad crop market news, biofuel investment has stalled due to U.S. policy uncertainty. America’s crop farmers got hit with a fresh wave of market woes this week, ramping up pressure on the Trump
January 14, 2026 Read Full Article
Fueling the Future: OPAL Fuels
by Caitlin Scheresky (Biomass Magazine) Five years ago, OPAL Fuels stepped out of the private sector and emerged as an ambitious leader in the production and distribution of renewable natural gas. With major partners including NextEra Energy, UPS, CHS and Fiat Chrysler
January 13, 2026 Read Full Article
Supreme Court Denies Iowa Counties’ Request for Rehearing in Pipeline Case against Summit
by Cami Koons (Iowa Capital Dispatch/WV News) The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request Monday from Story and Shelby counties requesting a review of a lower court’s ruling that county ordinances pertaining to a carbon sequestration pipeline were preempted by federal
January 13, 2026 Read Full Article
OPIS Announces Launch of the New OPIS Biofuels Weekly Report
(OPIS) OPIS today (January 9, 2026) announced a significant enhancement to its long-standing Ethanol & Biodiesel Information Service (EBIS) Weekly Newsletter, which will now be published under the name OPIS Biofuels Weekly Report. The updated title and expanded coverage reflect the rapidly
January 13, 2026 Read Full Article
Unleaded Fuel Transition Plan to Be Unveiled Public Comment DEADLINE March 13, 2026
by Russ Niles (AvBrief) The FAA may lay its cards on the table on just how it’s going to have all piston aircraft burning unleaded fuel within the next five years. The agency will issue its Draft FAA Transition Plan to
January 12, 2026 Read Full Article
EPA Endangerment Finding Repeal Goes to White House for Final Review
by Alex Guillén (Politico Pro) ... As proposed in July, EPA argued that the Clean Air Act does not give it the authority to address climate change because of the global nature of greenhouse gas emissions. By revoking the 2009 endangerment finding
January 10, 2026 Read Full Article
House Passes Appropriations Package with Bioenergy Provisions
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 8 voted 397 to 28 in favor of an appropriations package that includes language on biomass energy and sustainability. Reports accompanying the legislation include guidance on small refinery
January 09, 2026 Read Full Article
Clean Fuels Asks EPA to Maintain RFS Compliance Deadline
(Cl;ean Fuels Alliance America) Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, asking the agency to maintain the 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard compliance deadline on March 31, 2026, to mitigate the impacts of rulemaking delays. Under
January 08, 2026 Read Full Article
Green Groups Slam Trump’s ‘Retrograde’ Fuel-Economy Plan for Cars
by Mike Lee (Politico Pro Climatewire) The criticism comes as the administration moves toward finalizing CAFE standards that would make vehicles less efficient in 2031 than they are today. -- Environmentalists took aim at one of the Trump administration’s central arguments for
January 08, 2026 Read Full Article
Small Refinery Abandons Challenge to EPA Renewable Fuel Orders
by Shayna Greene (Bloomberg Law) Calumet Shreveport Refining LLC dropped its lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s denial of its request seeking small refinery exemptions to renewable fuel standards. The Fifth Circuit on Monday granted the refiner’s request to dismiss its case
January 07, 2026 Read Full Article
Lawmakers Push EPA on Renewable Fuel Exemptions
by Marc Heller (E&E Daily) A spending deal would press the agency to make the renewable fuel standard more responsive to small refiners' production costs. -- Lawmakers are giving EPA a fresh nudge to let more small petroleum refineries sidestep biofuel blending
January 07, 2026 Read Full Article
Ag, Biofuel Groups Continue Call for Year-Round Sales of Lower-Cost E15
(Renewable Fuels Association) In a letter sent today to congressional leadership, a coalition of more than 70 biofuel and agricultural organizations called for the immediate passage of legislation to allow year-round nationwide sales of the American-made E15 fuel blend, containing 15 percent ethanol.
January 07, 2026 Read Full Article
U.S. Ethanol Blend Rate Tops 11% in October, as E15 Expansion Continues
(Renewable Fuels Association) Ethanol accounted for 11.06 percent of the nation’s gasoline in October, marking the first time in history that the monthly ethanol “blend rate” has topped 11 percent, according to newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The
January 06, 2026 Read Full Article
2025 Positions Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel for Success in 2026
(Clean Fuels Alliance America) The clean fuels industry strengthened its foundation in 2025 behind record policy targets, new engine capabilities and proven performance, setting expectations for continued growth in 2026. “Government agencies, fleets, manufacturers and consumers in 2025 recognized that biodiesel and
January 05, 2026 Read Full Article
Viewpoint: RIN Market Awaits US Policy Clarity
by By Matthew Cope and Cole Martin (Argus Media) US renewable fuel credits have traded in a narrow range for months but are likely to break out soon, when President Donald Trump's administration provides more clarity on incentives in the new year. Under
January 05, 2026 Read Full Article
SABR Turns Two; and Like All Two-Year-Olds, Has Been Very Busy
by Joe Jobe (Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners Coalition (SABR)/Biodiesel Magazine) ... SABR incorporated as a 501(c)(6) biodiesel trade association in September 2023 with about 20 organizational members, and now we have more than 70, including some of the most seasoned veterans
January 03, 2026 Read Full Article
Considerations for Switching to SAF
by Luis Hoffman (Sulzer/Biodiesel Magazine) ... First-generation biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester or FAME) producers who have the feedstock, capability and resources to switch to SAF production may hold the fate of air travel in their hands. A Growing Market for SAF Although
January 03, 2026 Read Full Article
Selling the Oomph, Not the Oil: Aemetis, XCF, and the Invisible Value Shift That Will Define Renewables in 2026
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The gallons of green liquid? Not the star anymore. The real value lies in the attributes — the verified, tradeable, financeable proof of carbon benefit. Like: • Energy Attribute Certificates (RECs, Guarantees of Origin) • Zero-Emission Credits
January 02, 2026 Read Full Article
Leveling The Playing Field
by Katie Schroeder (Biodiesel Magazine) In the pursuit of supporting biofuels, both sides of the U.S.-Canada border have implemented incentive structures to encourage the production or use of renewable fuels over fossil fuels. However, the U.S. 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit
January 01, 2026 Read Full Article
The State of Soy
by Susanne Retka Schill (Biodiesel Magazine) The soybean supply chain looks to proposed biofuel polices for hope in the midst of what’s been described as one of the most challenging years ever. For biofuel producers, the uncertainty around final rules and
December 31, 2025 Read Full Article
Aemetis Receives Funds from the Sale of $17 million of Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits
(Aemetis) Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable natural gas and renewable liquid fuels company focused on lower cost and reduced emissions products, today (December 30, 2025) announced that its Aemetis Biogas LLC subsidiary received funds from the sale of $17 million
December 31, 2025 Read Full Article
Treasury Issues 45Q ‘Safe Harbor’ amid EPA Plan to Scrap GHG Reporting
(Inside EPA) The Treasury Department is issuing a promised “safe harbor” for companies looking to qualify for the section 45Q carbon storage tax credit after EPA proposed to scuttle its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) requirements related to the sector, though
December 30, 2025 Read Full Article
Ethanol Report on 2025
(Ag News Wire) 2025 marked the 20th anniversary of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and showed just how far U.S. ethanol has come – and how much more it could accomplish for the world with just a little more freedom. Nationwide, year-round
December 30, 2025 Read Full Article
Volatile Biofuels Demand Is Reshaping the Price Relationship between Soybean and Palm Oils
by Yu-Chi Wang and Joe Janzen (farmdoc/Successful Farming) ... Soybean oil and palm oil are the two most widely available vegetable oils in the world and are substitutes in many products, including as feedstocks in the production of biofuels. For many years,
December 29, 2025 Read Full Article
Growth Energy: Amendments to ESA Rules Would Strengthen the RFS
(Growth Energy) Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, expressed its support today for regulatory amendments proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that streamline the regulatory process, addressing unnecessary barriers that have the potential
December 24, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Low Carbon Fuels Market Trends
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ICF forecasts environmental commodity pricing will likely rise, driven by domestic feedstock shortages versus aggressive Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs). This tension is compounded by the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) limiting full credit for virgin
December 24, 2025 Read Full Article
Viewpoint: Policy Delays Refocus US SAF Industry
by Matthew Cope (Argus Media) ... SAF output rose to an all-time high of 196mn USG through November of this year compared to 39mn USG in all of 2024, according to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data. But growth next year
December 24, 2025 Read Full Article
What Caused the U.S. Ethanol Boom?
by Scott Irwin (University of Illinois/farmdoc daily) The U.S. experienced a major ethanol boom between roughly 2004 and 2011, with production nearly quadrupling from 3.4 to 13.3 billion gallons. By far the most common explanation for the cause of the ethanol
December 23, 2025 Read Full Article
US EPA Tentatively Approves First Carbon Sequestration Project in Kansas Public Comment DEADLINE February 1, 2026
by Siri Hedreen (S&P Global) PureField to bury 1.8 mil metric tons of CO2 over 12 years; Would capture CO2 from PureField's Russell biofuels plant -- The Trump administration has tentatively approved ethanol producer PureField Ingredients' plan to bury its CO2 emissions in
December 23, 2025 Read Full Article
New Treasury and IRS Guidance Addresses 45Q Carbon Capture Credit Risks
by Vasil Velev (Carbon Herald) The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released new guidance aimed at keeping the federal carbon capture tax credit functioning smoothly through a period of regulatory uncertainty, offering a temporary compliance pathway for companies
December 22, 2025 Read Full Article
Growth Energy Urges Courts to Reject Refinery SRE Challenges
(Growth Energy) Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, filed briefs in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 10th and 11th Circuits yesterday urging the courts to reject attempts by refiners to circumvent recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on
December 19, 2025 Read Full Article
Treasury, IRS Deliver 45Z Proposal to White House OMB
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service on Dec. 17 delivered a proposed rule to set 45Z clean fuel production credit guidance to the White House Office of Management and Budget. OMB
December 19, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA: 8 New SRE Petitions Filed, 25 SRE Petitions Now Pending
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Dec. 18 released new data showing eight new small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions have been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard in the past month. A total of 25 SRE petitions
December 19, 2025 Read Full Article
Top 10 Ag Stories of 2025: No. 10 -- From RFS Exemptions to E15 in CA, Biofuels Policy Makes News in 2025
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) From a Supreme Court ruling in favor of biofuels groups, to a new Renewable Fuel Standard volumes proposal and more debate on small-refinery exemptions, biofuels news this year was highly consequential and starts our Top
December 18, 2025 Read Full Article
Biofuels Forum Highlights Policy, Markets and the Future of Rural Energy
by Jeffrey Tonjes (Northwest Signal) Northwest Ohio farmers, lawmakers and industry leaders came together Monday (December8, 2025) for an in-depth forum examining the role of biofuels in agriculture, energy policy and rural economic stability. The event held at the Tinora Performing Arts
December 17, 2025 Read Full Article
2025 in Review: Engines Work
by Allen Schaeffer (Engine Technology Forum) Vehicle, engine, and equipment makers, and their suppliers and fuel producers, are adapting and pivoting to meet the demands of the moment. ... Reeling from the sharp fall of electric vehicles and the seismic shift in Washington,
December 16, 2025 Read Full Article
The ‘Ethanol Mandate’ Myth
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/Wall Street Journal) Derrick Morgan and Mario Loyola ask “Can Trump’s EPA Break the Ethanol Habit?” (op-ed, Dec. 5), but they misunderstand the subject. The Renewable Fuel Standard isn’t an “ethanol mandate.” Refiners can blend any renewable fuel they’d
December 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Why Managing Fuel Consumption Matters for Every Trucker
by Asparuh Koev (Transmetrics/Biofuels Digest) The Trump administration’s plan to scale back the Biden-era fuel-efficiency standards may trim compliance costs for manufacturers and even reduce the sticker price on new vehicles. Yet for fleet owners, any upfront relief is likely to be short-lived.
December 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Why EPA Might Purge Climate Skepticism from Its Endangerment Repeal
by Jean Chemnick (E&E News Climatewire) The DOE report by climate contrarians has caused legal problems for Administrator Lee Zeldin’s attempts to roll back the scientific finding. -- Deepening legal woes surrounding a Trump administration report that casts aspersions on climate science
December 16, 2025 Read Full Article
45Z Tax Credits Set to Bring Windfall to Ethanol Plants
by Jared White (Brownfield Ag News) Major changes to the 45Z tax credit are set to go into effect at the end of the month. Scott Irwin, ag economist at the University of Illinois, says the
December 15, 2025 Read Full Article
Fuel Retailers, Biodiesel Producers and Home Heating Industry Support Biodiesel Blenders' Tax Credit Legislation
(NATSO/PR Newswire) NATSO, the national association representing America's travel plazas and truck stops, SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), the National Energy & Fuels Institute (NEFI) and Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners (SABR) today applauded Senator
December 12, 2025 Read Full Article
2026: The Year Ahead -- 45Z Takes off, but Not to Expand SAF
by Jacqui Fatka (CoBank) Key Points: Ethanol producers can capture significant 45Z payments with minimal plant changes. For connected facilities, the launch of Tallgrass’ Trailblazer carbon pipeline creates an extra CI reduction boost. The elimination of the SAF incentive will further constrain liftoff
December 12, 2025 Read Full Article
Ensuring Workforce Safety and Compliance in Biofuel Production
(Biofuels International) As the world transitions to renewable energy, biofuel production plays a vital role in reducing carbon emissions and driving sustainable energy solutions. However, the shift to greener operations also comes with its own set of challenges. While biofuel producers work
December 11, 2025 Read Full Article
New Study Shows EPA "Half RIN" Proposal Would Keep U.S. Soybean Demand Strong
(American Soybean Association/Morning Ag Clips) Researchers modeled three scenarios and found that the half-RIN approach delivers the greatest economic benefit to U.S. soybean farmers -- A new economic analysis finds that EPA’s proposal to assign 50% of the Renewable Identification Number (RIN)
December 11, 2025 Read Full Article
Markets, Trade, and Biofuels Set the Tone as NGFA Opens 54th Country Elevator Conference
(Grain Journal) ... Rounding out the morning, Jacqui Fatka, Lead Economist for Farm Supply and Biofuels at CoBank, provided an in-depth analysis of the evolving biofuels landscape. Her presentation covered expanding renewable diesel capacity, shifting soybean crush economics, export opportunities for
December 10, 2025 Read Full Article
Iowa Biodiesel Board: Market-Driven Policies Key to Long-Term Farm Recovery
by Jenna Higgins Rose (River Cities' Reader) The Iowa Biodiesel Board today responded to the Trump administration's announcement of a $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, expressing appreciation for the support while emphasizing that long-term, market-driven policy solutions are essential to helping
December 10, 2025 Read Full Article
Lee Calls on EPA to Advance Trump Agenda by Not Shifting Compliance Costs to Refineries
(Office of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) ) U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) led a letter today with colleagues from the Senate calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support President Trump’s American energy dominance agenda by preventing unfair reallocation of compliance
December 10, 2025 Read Full Article
What New Federal Timber Directives Mean for Wood Processing, Bioenergy, and Domestic Feedstock Supply
by Bill Hagy (LEC Partners/Biofuels Digest) In early 2025, two federal actions signaled a notable shift in how the U.S. approaches forest management, timber production, and the utilization of restoration byproducts. While they don’t change market fundamentals overnight, they do
December 10, 2025 Read Full Article
Liquid Fuels Groups Announce Progress on E15, Small Refinery Exemption Reform
(American Petroleum Institute) The American Petroleum Institute (API) today (December 4, 2025) joined organizations representing ethanol producers, oil refiners, fuel marketers, travel plazas, truck stops and convenience store retailers to express the need for long-term policy certainty across the transportation fuel
December 09, 2025 Read Full Article
Court Asks US for Update on Biofuel Quota Timing
by Dole Martin (Argus Media) A US court told President Donald Trump's administration today to provide an update within a week on its plans for finalizing long-delayed biofuel blend mandates. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must file an update "briefly detailing the
December 09, 2025 Read Full Article
Extracting More from Each Bushel: Corn in Fuel & Feed Use
by Krista Swanson (National Corn Growers Association) ... The ethanol industry has made significant gains in efficiency to extract more products and value out of each bushel of corn. Considering roughly one-third of U.S. corn is used for ethanol, such efficiency
December 04, 2025 Read Full Article
Corn’s Clean-Energy Promise Is Clashing with Its Climate Footprint
by Ames Alexander (Floodlight/Wisconsin Examiner) ... The fertilizer used to grow it is warming the planet and contaminating water. Corn is essential to the rural economy and to the world’s food supply, and researchers say the problem isn’t the corn itself. It’s
December 03, 2025 Read Full Article
The Fight for FFVs
by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Since 2016, momentum for flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) expansion across the U.S. has been slow, if not non-existent. Only in the last two years have new FFV models been offered in the U.S., and there haven’t
December 03, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Expected to Significantly Weaken Fuel Economy Rules
by Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow (New York Times/The Spokesman-Review) The Trump administration is expected Wednesday to propose weakening automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set under President Joe Biden to spur the sale of electric vehicles, according to three people
December 03, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Asks Court to Overturn Biden-Era Limits on Deadly Soot Pollution
by Rachel Frazin (The Hill) The Trump administration on Monday (November 24, 2025) asked a federal court to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting deadly soot pollution. In a court filing, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) argued that the Biden-era rule tightening limits was procedurally
December 02, 2025 Read Full Article
Wisconsin Leaders Push for Strong Biofuel Policy
by Blake Jackson (Wisconsin Ag Connection) Wisconsin soybean leaders travel to Washington to share the importance of clean fuel and the growing role of soy-based biofuels in the nation’s energy future. Their main goal is to show how renewable fuels
December 02, 2025 Read Full Article
Opinion: Our Leaders Have Failed Us on Ethanol
by Doug Sombke (South Dakota Farmers Union/Agri-Pulse) Let me get this straight: The ethanol industry is seeking what is essentially a clerical clarification applying Reid Vapor Pressure relief to all blends, allowing refiners and retailers the option, at their choosing to
December 01, 2025 Read Full Article
The Coming Slow Fade of America’s Corn Ethanol Industry
by Michael Barnard (Clean Technica) The story of the United States corn ethanol industry is a story about a sector that grew rapidly under a very specific set of policy, technology and market conditions. It filled a gap when gasoline demand
December 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Platts to Modify CFPC Calculation for BBD, SAF and RIN Multiplier for RD, Jan. 5, 2026
(S&P Global Platts) Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will update the Clean Fuel Production Credit (CFPC) calculation, and the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) multiplier used in some biofuels assessments, effective Jan. 5, 2026. The CFP C updates will impact the
November 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Spirit of the Wood: OroCarbo, Haffner, Maverick and Amspec Aim for Forest Economy Revival in Oroville, CA
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... I stepped off in Oroville, California. ... People here hadn’t quit. ... The County Planning Office .... ... “Recarbonization,” she said. “Not getting rid of carbon. Replacing fossil-based carbon with carbon that already belongs to the cycle. Waste carbon. Forest
November 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Study Finds Lower Emissions from Higher-Ethanol Gasoline
by David Danelski (University of California, Riverside) The E15 blend tested by UCR will also lower gasoline prices, says Governor’s office -- California residents will soon get some price relief at the pump and reductions in harmful vehicle emissions, thanks in part to
November 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Rewriting the RFS Playbook: Revised RVOs Backload Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Production and Feedstock Use into 2027
by Todd Hubbs and Scott Irwin (farmdoc daily) The EPA’s recent trilogy of RFS decisions represents one of the most consequential regulatory developments of the last decade for biomass-based diesel markets. Higher RVOs, more restrictive small refinery exemptions, and mandatory reallocation
November 25, 2025 Read Full Article
How Kansas, Missouri Can Wean US Off Gasoline — without More Electric Cars | Opinion
By Don Siefkes (E100 Ethanol Group/The Kansas City Star) ... So what to do? We simply have to stop putting net new carbon dioxide or CO2 into the atmosphere. The CO2 level on Nov. 23 was 426.96 parts per million
November 25, 2025 Read Full Article
Congress Must Let America’s Farmers Fuel our Future
by Deanna Kovar (John Deere/Agri-Pulse) It’s been said before that farmers are the backbone of America. At John Deere, we see this daily in our customers, whose tireless work provides for a healthy, safe, and affordable supply of food. But their work
November 25, 2025 Read Full Article
Chairmen Guthrie, Joyce, and Palmer Investigate California Air Resources Board
(House Committee on Energy and Commerce) Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06), Chairman of the
November 25, 2025 Read Full Article
AgDay In Depth: The Renewable Fuels Industry in 2025 & Beyond
(Farm Journal) AgDay's Clinton Griffiths talks with Geoff Cooper of the Renewable Fuels Industry about what the ethanol industry has seen this year and what officials look to have happen in 2026. READ MORE; includes VIDEO with Transcript Related articles Is EPA Reversing
November 21, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA: 2 New SRE Petitions Filed, 17 SRE Petitions Now Pending
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Nov. 20 released data showing two additional small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions have been filed under the Renewable Fuels Standard since the agency last updated its SRE data dashboard on Nov.
November 21, 2025 Read Full Article
What’s the Holdup on Year-Round E15 Use?
by Jennifer Kiel (Farm Progress/Ohio Farmer) Jen’s Jots: While we debate incremental changes, other countries are racing ahead. ... The main barrier is a provision in the Clean Air Act that prohibits E15 sales during summer months from June 1 to Sept.
November 21, 2025 Read Full Article
Trump Administration May Delay Biofuel Import Credit Cuts as Refiners Balk
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) Administration may delay program by one or two years; Move would please US refiners but upset farm lobby; Sources say no final decision on delay has been made President Donald Trump's administration is considering delaying for one or two years its
November 20, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Grants Texas Primacy for Class VI Wells
(Bracewell) On November 7, 2025, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee M. Zeldin signed a final rule approving the application of the State of Texas for transfer of primacy over Class VI Underground Injection Control (UIC) wells to the State of Texas that
November 15, 2025 Read Full Article
U.S. Legislation Could Boost Maritime Biofuel Use
by Sean Pratt (Western Producer Magazine) Proposed law would allow renewable fuel to generate Renewable Fuel Standard credits when used in ships -- The Renewable Fuels for Ocean-Going Vessels Act was introduced in March by Republican senator Pete Ricketts and Democratic senator
November 14, 2025 Read Full Article
White House Hosts Oil, Biofuel Talks as Trump Administration Nears Decision on Refinery Waivers
by Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) White House meets refiners and biofuel producers over waiver disputes; Talks include year-round E15 and waiver reforms; Biofuel groups push for waived gallons to be made up The White House this week held separate meetings with oil refiners and biofuel
November 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Facing the Challenges in North America
(Biofuels International) This has been a challenging year for the US biodiesel industry with domestic production running about 70% down on 2024 levels, albeit with some upsides for producers to celebrate concerning the sector’s longer-term future. Tax changes and policy uncertainties are
November 13, 2025 Read Full Article
Soybean and Oilseed Groups Urge Action on Biofuel Policies
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) The American Soybean Association and the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) sent a joint letter this week to President Donald Trump urging action on key federal biofuel policies needed to strengthen domestic demand for U.S. soy and support farmers
November 13, 2025 Read Full Article
Inside the Oil Industry’s Efforts to Sway Regulatory Comment Periods
by Shelby Webb (E&E News Energywire) Dozens of people at EPA and state hearings have given nearly identical comments: They got help from the American Petroleum Institute. -- An advocacy group funded by the American Petroleum Institute has helped hundreds of people
November 12, 2025 Read Full Article
CARB Postpones Action On Rules to Reinstate Vehicle Emissions Limits
(Inside EPA) The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is postponing a decision on whether to reinstate older criteria emission limits for passenger vehicles and heavy-duty trucks -- and possibly newer ones that are currently preempted by the federal government -- following
November 12, 2025 Read Full Article
From Farm to Server: Powering the AI Revolution with Manure
(Ag-Grid Energy) Ag-Grid Energy Proves Dairy Biogas Systems Can Directly Electrify Edge Data Centers -- Innovative solutions and government support are urgently needed to power the explosive growth of AI without crippling the electricity grid, driving up energy costs, reversing progress toward
November 12, 2025 Read Full Article
Jackley Asks Feds to Investigate Refiners on Renewable Fuel Mandates
(SDPB) Attorney General Marty Jackley is joining a group of colleagues asking federal officials to investigate whether refiners are following renewable fuel guidelines. The Renewable Fuel Standard program requires large refiners to produce a certain amount of ethanol-blended fuels. Refineries can apply for hardship
November 11, 2025 Read Full Article
ADM Cuts 2025 Profit Outlook on Biofuel and Trade Uncertainty, Shares Sink
by Karl Plume and Katha Kalia (Reuters/AgWeek) ADM and its agribusiness peers have seen earnings erode in recent quarters due to ample global crop supplies and commodities market upheaval that has thinned margins. Grains trader Archer-Daniels-Midland cut its 2025 profit forecast for
November 10, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Bucks Court Order to Provide Biofuel Update
by Cole Martin (Argus Media) President Donald Trump's administration failed to meet a court-ordered deadline to clarify its timing for finalizing new biofuel blend mandates. Biofuel groups Clean Fuels Alliance America and Growth Energy have repeatedly sued the administration over its delays, hoping that
November 10, 2025 Read Full Article
US EPA Grants More Waivers from Biofuel Quotas
by Cole Martin (Argus Media) President Donald Trump's administration today (November 7, 2025) granted small refiners even more exemptions from federal biofuel blend mandates, raising the stakes of a debate about whether larger oil companies should shoulder more of the burden. The
November 08, 2025 Read Full Article
New Study Finds California’s Indirect Land Use Change Score for Ethanol Is Obsolete
(Renewable Fuels Association) As the California Air Resources Board (CARB) prepares to hold a Biofuels and Land Use Change Public Forum tomorrow (November 6, 2025), a comprehensive new report from Life Cycle Associates, Advances in Estimation of Land Use Change Emissions Associated with Ethanol, shows
November 06, 2025 Read Full Article
White House Wrote Half of EPA’s Cost-Benefit Analysis for Climate Rule Rollback
by Jean Chemnick (E&E News Climatewire) The move — revealed in emails and internal drafts — sidelined EPA’s deep bench of career economists. -- The White House circumvented EPA’s career staff to write almost half of the cost-benefit analysis for the agency’s
November 05, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Reopens Comment Period on Notice Focused on Collection of Biointermediates Data DEADLINE November 28, 2025
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Oct. 29 announced it will reopen a comment period related to a proposed extension of an information collection request (ICR) focused on provisions regarding biointermediates under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The agency
November 05, 2025 Read Full Article
The Age of Precision Transformation: The Bioeconomy Hones Genetics, Carbon, Policies in a Relentless Pursuit of Inflection
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... In Alabama, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is tuning the genetic engines of its state economy. With Governor Kay Ivey’s $2 million grant, its scientists pair growers and researchers to test innovations directly on the land, sequence
November 05, 2025 Read Full Article
Hilgers, Bird Urge EPA to Create Opt-in GHG Reporting Program to Preserve 45Q, 45Z Availability for Ethanol Producers
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on Nov. 3 filed a public comment with the U.S. EPA expressing concern that the agency’s proposed repeal of its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
November 04, 2025 Read Full Article
The Man in Black and the Petroleum Relapse: As CVR Energy Retreats, Innovation Arrives from Berkeley
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Late in the season, under a slate Oklahoma sky, CVR Energy looked at its cards, and folded. Like a gambler with a hand gone wrong, the company announced it would stop making renewable diesel at its Wynnewood refinery —
November 04, 2025 Read Full Article
Ethanol Blog: State AGs Accuse Small Refineries of Gaming Renewable Fuel Standard Exemptions While Reporting Strong Profits
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) Attorneys general from Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota have asked federal authorities to take a closer look at small refineries receiving exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard, alleging in a letter on Wednesday (October 29,
October 31, 2025 Read Full Article
Clean Fuels Applauds Congressional Letter Supporting Robust RFS Volumes
(Clean Fuels Alliance America) Clean Fuels Alliance America thanked 49 Senators and Representatives who signed a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, urging him to finalize the 2026-2027 RFS rule as quickly as possible and calling for “reallocation of 100% of
October 31, 2025 Read Full Article
From Diesel to Hydrogen: NACFE’s Run on Less Captures Freight’s Transition in Motion
(ACT News) • NACFE’s Run on Less – Messy Middle highlights tangible progress across diesel, natural gas, electric, and hydrogen powertrains. Fleets face a growing range of clean technology choices, creating both opportunity and complexity. Renewable fuels and charging infrastructure remain critical constraints
October 30, 2025 Read Full Article
How This Sustainable Jet Fuel Company Is Charting a New Route in the Trump Era
by Sean Captain (Fast Company) LanzaJet aims to power planes without petroleum. Its first plant got caught up in politics—forcing a sudden retooling before it can begin producing sustainable aviation fuel. A first-of-its-kind refinery has been in the works for a decade
October 30, 2025 Read Full Article
Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Recent EPA Decisions on 2023-2027 RVOs for Biomass-Based Diesel
by Todd Hubbs and Scott Irwin (Oklahoma State University and Iowa State Unversity/farmdoc daily) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been extraordinarily active on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) front over the summer and early fall of 2025. Since June,
October 30, 2025 Read Full Article
Harkin Says His View of Ethanol Has Changed
by y O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Tom Harkin — the Iowa Democrat who served in 40 years in the U.S. House and Senate — has had a change of heart about the ethanol industry. “For most of my time in the Senate,
October 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Treasury Urged to Finish Clean Fuel Credit Rules by Lawmakers
by Chris Cioffi (Bloomberg Law) The biofuel credit created in the 2022 tax-and-climate law has broad bipartisan support. -- The Treasury Department should take swift action to finalize clean fuel production rules to address unresolved pieces of July’s GOP tax law for
October 24, 2025 Read Full Article
California Sets Timeline for Developing Post-Trump Vehicle Emission Rules
by Alex Nieves (Politico Pro Greenwire) State air quality officials want to bring new regulations for a vote in 2027, a year before the next presidential election. -- California air quality regulators said Tuesday that they plan to develop new vehicle emission
October 24, 2025 Read Full Article
Policy Insider Blog: Jaw Droppers and Energy Eye Openers
by Allen Schaeffer (Engine Technology Forum) Yes, there are more than 190,000 miles of liquid petroleum pipelines in the U.S., but none delivering motor fuels to California. ... A bumper bean crop is being crushed by trade and wavering environmental fuels policy. It's a
October 22, 2025 Read Full Article
The SAF Approach
by Caitlin Scheresky (Biomass Magazine) ... Bio-oil SAF, commonly known as hydrotreated esters and fatty acids (HEFA) technology, currently dominates SAF production simply because it’s been proven at a commercial scale. However, HEFA technology is far from the perfect solution. While
October 19, 2025 Read Full Article
Gov. Jeff Landry Halts New Louisiana Carbon Capture Applications. Here's Why, What's Next.
by David J. Mitchell (NOLA.com) Gov. Jeff Landry declared a moratorium Wednesday (October 15, 2025) on new applications for carbon capture injection wells in Louisiana after years of growing complaints from people who live near where the projects are planned. Landry's order
October 18, 2025 Read Full Article
Biochar, Biomass and Bottom Lines
Cornelius van Tonder (RegenCorp/Ethanol Producer Magazine) As U.S. ethanol producers prepare for the implementation of 45Z, one thing is clear: carbon intensity (CI) is no longer just a regulatory metric—it’s a revenue driver. Achieving CI scores below 30 grams of CO2
October 18, 2025 Read Full Article
Chipping Away at the Value Proposition of Biofuels
y Doug Durante (Clean Fuels Development Coalition/Governors' Biofuels Coalition) The RFS, SAF, Tax Credits and smart farming programs are all predicated in part on reducing carbon. The Trump administration, with little pushback from Congress, has said never mind, we don’t value
October 17, 2025 Read Full Article
The Outdated Renewable Fuel Standard Is Draining America’s Refining Capacity
by Jeff Warmann and Matthew C. Lucey (PBF Energy/Monroe Energy/Washington Examiner/MSN) ... As CEOs who operate three of the remaining four large refineries left on the East Coast, we understand the vital importance of America's refining sector to economic prosperity and
October 17, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA: 7 New SRE Petitions Filed, 30 SRE Petitions Now Pending
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Oct. 16 published updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data, reporting that seven new SRE petitions have been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard during the past month. A total of 30
October 17, 2025 Read Full Article
Food vs. Fuel: Why US Sustainable Crops Are Suddenly in High Demand
(Bain & Co.) New clean fuel incentives are reshaping US crop economics—and raising strategic risks for food companies. -- With clean fuel incentives, biofuels producers could pay twice as much per acre for sustainably grown crops—replacing food companies in the bidding. -- Food
October 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Nebraska Ethanol Plants Now Providing CO2 for Tallgrass Pipeline
by Matt Olberding (Nebraska Public Media) Tallgrass Energy has started operation of its $1.5 billion pipeline to transport carbon dioxide. On Oct. 3, Mid America Agri Products/Wheatland announced the start of carbon capture at its ethanol plant in Madrid, a village in
October 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Local CO2 Solutions: Carbon Capture and Sequestration Opportunities across the U.S. Ethanol Production Sector Are Not All Created Equal.
by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... From plant to plant, the list of variables any leadership team may have to navigate when working to bring a CCS project to bear can seem never-ending and nuanced—even the smallest differences can create
October 13, 2025 Read Full Article
RFS: Looking Back 20 Years
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) To mark the 20-year anniversary of the RFS, Ethanol Producer Magazine spoke to several long-time members of the ethanol industry about what has been accomplished as well as what’s next on the horizon. ... When asked to
October 10, 2025 Read Full Article
Senate OKs Energy, Enviro Provisions in NDAA — but No Biofuels
by Andres Picon (Politico Pro E&E Daily) Senators adopted amendments on minerals and nuclear energy, but a proposal to boost E15 ethanol sales fell out. -- The Senate passed its version of the annual defense policy bill Thursday night after adopting amendments
October 10, 2025 Read Full Article
EU-US Waste Oil Imports Surge Twentyfold as Biofuel Demand Hits Vegoil Supply: IEA
by Samyak Pandey (S&P Global) Biofuels claiming 27% of vegetable oil production by 2030; Aviation SAF competing for same waste oils as road transport; Advanced feedstocks still niche despite policy support -- EU and US waste oil imports have surged twentyfold since 2020, intensifying pressure
October 09, 2025 Read Full Article
What You Should Know about the EPA’s Plan to Stop Collecting Emissions Data Public Comment DEADLINE November 3, 2025
by Jim Giles (Trellis) Ending the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program risks undermining life-cycle assessments, carbon removal investment and international trade. Nov. 3 is the deadline for those wishing to weigh in. The federal program is a foundational component of corporate sustainability work,
October 09, 2025 Read Full Article
North American SAF Conference Demonstrates Industry Tenacity
by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The sustainable aviation fuel industry’s biggest players gathered in Minnesota last week (of September) to confront the sector’s steep challenges and chart its path forward. At the North American SAF Conference and Expo, held Sept. 22-24
October 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Trucking Industry Scores Major Environmental Wins in Summer 2025
(American Trucking Associations) This summer marked a turning point for the trucking industry’s role in America’s environmental future. After years of battling misguided, top-down mandates from California regulators, common sense prevailed, freeing fleets, manufacturers, and drivers to pursue real, sustainable progress
October 07, 2025 Read Full Article
Senate Leaders Unveil Bipartisan Pipeline Reauthorization
by Garrett Downs (Politico Pro E&E Daily) The Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee plans to mark up the legislation this week. -- Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz and ranking member Maria Cantwell on Monday released bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the nation’s pipeline
October 07, 2025 Read Full Article
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Offers Lifeline to Ethanol, Researchers Say
by Corbin Hiar (E&E News Climatewire) The U.S. must implement new policies to kick-start production of bio-based jet fuel, according to a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. -- A new paper offers a policy road map for expanding U.S.
October 06, 2025 Read Full Article
Optimism Grows among Ethanol Producers as Exports Drive 2026 Outlook
by Mark Dorenkamp (Brownfield Ag News) Renewable Fuels Association chief economist Scott Richman says the outlook for next year is positive. “Producers remain optimistic, right now the export market is very good. And as long as we can sustain that, things will
October 06, 2025 Read Full Article
Senators Urge EPA to Finalize RFS ‘Set 2’ Rule with Strong Biobased Diesel RVOs and Provisions Boosting Domestic Ag
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A bipartisan group of 47 federal lawmakers, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Sept. 30 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urging the agency to maintained proposed biomass-based diesel renewable volume
October 03, 2025 Read Full Article
California Governor Signs E15 Bill
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) California Governor Gavin Newsom today (October 2, 2025) signed legislation that could help bring down the cost of gasoline in California, making way for lower cost 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15) to be made available for the first
October 03, 2025 Read Full Article
MBTA Announces Federal Renewable Fuel Standard Program Participation
(Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) The MBTA today (September 29, 2025) announced that it has launched a partnership with STX Group to participate in the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFSII) program, an initiative that is expected to generate $4 million of revenue
October 02, 2025 Read Full Article
DC Circuit Court Revisits Biofuel Exemptions
(E&E News PM) Biofuel groups say EPA should increase annual volumes in the renewable fuel standard to make up for past exemptions granted to small refineries. -- Lawyers for biofuel companies and EPA returned Tuesday (September 30, 2025) to the perennial struggle
October 02, 2025 Read Full Article
US Asks for Shutdown Delay in Biofuel Cases
by Cole Martin (Argus Media) President Donald Trump's administration has asked courts to pause multiple cases involving biofuel policy because the government shutdown has sidelined federal workers involved in the disputes. The US government shut down Wednesday after talks between Trump and Democratic lawmakers
October 02, 2025 Read Full Article
Ethanol Blog: Biofuels Groups Call For 100% Reallocation of Small-Refinery Exemptions to Uphold RFS Integrity
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) U.S. biofuels groups made it clear on Wednesday (October 1, 2025) that only 100% biofuels gallons reallocation of small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard would be acceptable, in public comments given during a virtual
October 02, 2025 Read Full Article
The Overlooked Step to Max Out Your 45Z Credit
by Danielle Anderson (Christianson/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Renewable fuel producers are eager to claim the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, but one powerful opportunity often flies under the radar—offsetting a facility’s electricity emissions through Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs). As one of the most
September 25, 2025 Read Full Article
Analytics Amalgamated
by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol producers’ data often ends up divided between departments, making it hard for production and lab teams to compare notes. Process information streaming from the plant’s distributed control system (DCS) and the intermittent test results
September 25, 2025 Read Full Article
Major Automakers Call for EPA to Ease Tailpipe Emissions Rules
by David Shepardson (Reuters) Automakers warn EV tax credit expiration impacts industry investment; Automakers seek feasible revisions to Biden's emissions rules; Automakers fear loss of battery production tax credit next year; Democrats, environmentalists urge EPA to maintain current emissions rules A group representing nearly all
September 24, 2025 Read Full Article
Green Plains Enters into Agreement with Freepoint Commodities to Monetize 45Z Tax Credits
(Green Plains/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Green Plains Inc. on Sept. 17 announced that it has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Freepoint Commodities LLC to sell Clean Fuel Production Credits, also known as 45Z tax credits, generated in 2025 under
September 23, 2025 Read Full Article
Grassley Awarded for Biofuels Leadership
(Waverly Newspapers) Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, accepted Growth Energy’s 2025 “Fueling Growth Award” for his efforts to support biofuel production. “Homegrown biofuels are good, good, good. They’re good for lowering prices,
September 23, 2025 Read Full Article
How POET’s Practical Innovations Are Redefining the Ethanol Market
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Along the fence, voices heckled. Your carbon is lousy. Your productivity is low. Your century is over. The tortoise kept moving—one more interconnect, one more offtake, one more FEED package priced off policy that finally stops wobbling. By
September 23, 2025 Read Full Article
Maryland Department of the Environment Files Notice of Proposed Action to Amend Advanced Clean Trucks Program.
(Maryland Department of the Environment) The purpose of this action is to adjust language which clarifies compliance determinations and sales reporting requirements for vehicle manufacturers and add an additional certification pathway for medium-duty zero-emission vehicles. This will result in increased time
September 19, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA: 10 New SRE Petitions Filed, 23 SRE Petitions Currently Pending
by Erin Krueger (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Sept. 18 published updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data, reporting that 10 new SRE petitions have been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard in the past month. A total of 23
September 19, 2025 Read Full Article
National Academies Publish New Report Reviewing Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare
(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine) A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute. The report focuses
September 17, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Proposes to Cancel Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Public Comment DEADLINE November 3, 2025
by Erin Krueger (Biomass Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Sept. 12 released a proposed rule to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. If finalized, the proposal would remove reporting obligations for most large facilities, all fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and
September 17, 2025 Read Full Article
EPA Releases Rulemaking to Reallocate Waived RFS Volumes, Biofuel Industry Expresses Cautious Optimism Public Comment DEADLINE October 31, 2025
by Erin Krueger (Biomas Magazine) The U.S. EPA on Sept. 16 released a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) that considers several options for reallocating Renewable Fuel Standard renewable volume obligations (RVOs) waived under the small refinery exemption (SRE) program. The SNPRM
September 17, 2025 Read Full Article
Forestry Stakeholders Call on Trump to Promote Biomass Power, Expand Definition of Woody Biomass under RFS
by Erin Krueger (Biomass Magazine) The American Biomass Energy Association and Pellet Fuels Institute are among 400-plus associations, businesses and landowners representing the forest products sector that sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Sept. 8 urging immediate action to
September 17, 2025 Read Full Article
Lowballed by Eminent Domain, ND Farmers Appeal Landmark Case to Supreme Court
by Chris Bennett (AgWeb) The government is forcing producers to pick between two poisons: Accept below-market offers for property or drown in legal costs. -- ... Leonard Hoffmann was offered roughly half the market rate for (natural) gas pipeline access across his pastureland,
September 17, 2025 Read Full Article
New Study: Unrestricted Sales of E15 Would Fuel the Economy
(Renewable Fuels Association) A new economic study released today by the National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association shows that expanding year-round, nationwide consumer access to fuels with a 15% ethanol blend would provide a boon to the American economy, benefiting farmers,
September 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Biogas Sector, Refiners Sue over EPA’s 2024 Partial Cellulosic RFS Waiver
(Indside EPA) Producers of renewable natural gas (RNG) from landfills and animal feeding operations, along with oil refiners, are suing EPA over its partial waiver of 2024 requirements for “cellulosic” biofuel under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), with gas producers likely