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Brazil’s Ethanol Sector, Once Thriving, Is Being Buffeted by Forces Both Man-Made, Natural

by Juan Forero (The Washington Post) ... The allure for these giants is Brazil itself, where most cars are built to run on the biofuel. An even bigger, largely untapped market awaits in the United States, where environmental standards favor cane-based ethanol

January 02, 2014 Read Full Article

Ethanol Loses Friends and Influence as Reform Movement Grows

by Javier E. David  (CNBC)  Ethanol requirements for U.S. gasoline appear to be losing friends and influencing the wrong people, with calls growing to reform or scrap the government mandates altogether. The Environmental Protection Agency in November proposed reducing the amount

December 30, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA’s Christmas Gift to the Oil Refiners

by Brent Erickson (Biotechnology Industry Organization/Biofuels Digest)  The Obama administration appears ready to give the oil refining industry the perfect gift this Christmas. If left unchanged, EPA’s proposed RFS rule for 2014 could result in codifying the so-called blend wall

December 30, 2013 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Biofuel, Cellulosic Diesel RINs Generated in November

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. EPA has published renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for November, reporting that both D3 cellulosic biofuel and D7 cellulosic diesel RINs were generated during the month. According to the EPA, 59,119 D3

December 27, 2013 Read Full Article

YEAR-END WRAP: Exports to Underpin US Refinery Output in 2014

by Janet McGurty (Platts)  Infrastructure will remain the watchword as US refiners look to further cement their role as world class product exporters in 2014, improving export capacity and rejigging refineries to increase their output of export-friendly diesel, sometimes at the

December 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Branstad, Five Other Governors Lobby President for Higher Ethanol Mandate

by Donnelle Eller  (Des Moines Register)  Six Midwestern governors sent a letter to President Barack Obama expressing their support for the Renewable Fuel Standard, which his administration has proposed scaling back in 2014. In a letter to the president, Environmental Protection

December 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Hosts a Biofuel Forum for Republican Senate Candidates

(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  On the sixth anniversary of the signing of the expanded federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) into law, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association hosted a renewable fuels forum for Iowa’s leading Republican candidates seeking the

December 23, 2013 Read Full Article

CoBank Report Considers Implications of 2014 RFS Proposal

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  CoBank, a national cooperative bank serving rural American industries, has published a report predicting that the U.S. EPA’s proposed 2014 renewable fuel standard (RFS) volume requirements will have little impact on U.S. ethanol production

December 23, 2013 Read Full Article

False Alarms vs Hard Data: the Renewable Fuel Standard, the Results, and the Critics

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  All those worries about the impact of biofuels on food prices, deforestation, Gulf hypoxia? ...  RFS2 fuels have been described as “fantasy fuels”, “government fuels”, derided as “farmer fuels”. Biofuels in general have been, for

December 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Association Reflects on Success of the RFS

by Chris Hanson (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Renewable Fuel Association showcased the trends and successes of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) on the sixth anniversary of the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. “Six years ago I

December 20, 2013 Read Full Article

U.S. Invalidates 33.5 Million Renewable Credits After Fraud (1)

by Mark Drajem   (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it has invalidated 33.5 million renewable-fuel credits sold by an Indiana company for biofuel it didn’t produce, the fourth time the agency has alleged fraud in the program. The filing

December 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Corn Plummeting Spurs Talk of ’80s U.S. Farmland Bust: Mortgages

by Kathleen M. Howley (Bloomberg)  ... Now, as corn prices start to decline, bankers and agricultural economists are predicting a slowdown in farmland prices that could turn into a bust. “I can see the fear in farmers’ eyes when they think of

December 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa Officials Seek Hearing on Renewable Fuel Standard Changes

by James Q. Lynch (Quad City Times)  Citing national security as well as benefits for clean air, the economy and consumers, Iowa political leaders are urging the Obama administration to travel to Iowa to learn more about the effect of its

December 16, 2013 Read Full Article

A Tale of Two Californians

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As Senator Barbara Boxer nixes action on Renewable Fuel Standard reform legislation through the Environment and Public Works committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein co-sponsors a bill to strip corn ethanol out of the RFS altogether.   Just

December 13, 2013 Read Full Article

Senators Could Dethrone King Corn in Ethanol Standards

by Clare Foran (National Journal)  Senators are working on separate bills to aggressively reduce the amount of corn-based ethanol required under the renewable-fuel standard. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member David Vitter, R-La., touted legislation

December 12, 2013 Read Full Article

RFS Needs to Be Protected

by Bill Northey (The Gazette)  ...The renewable fuels industry has the capacity to produce well beyond the levels set by the EPA. What they need now is fair access to the fuel distribution system, which is unfortunately controlled by the

December 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Another Battle Looms in the Endless Ethanol War

by Clare Foran (National Journal)  The debate over the renewable-fuel standard flared up again this week ahead of a hearing the Environmental Protection Agency will hold on Thursday to solicit feedback on a proposal to lower the 2014 production mandate.

December 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Nightmare Scenario: Renewable Fuels’ Defenders Pull out the Stops to Persuade EPA to Continue the War on Imported Oil

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Today, the EPA has scheduled a day of testimony on its proposed 2014 Renewable Fuel volume targets — and a proposed 40 percent slash in the advanced biofuels category to 2.2 billion (ethanol equivalent) gallons,

December 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuel Standard; Petitions for a Waiver Published in Federal Register

(Federal Register/Environmental Protection Agency)  EPA has received a number of petitions for a waiver of the renewable fuel standards that would apply in 2014. The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) submitted a joint

December 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuel Standard Program; 2014 Standards Proposed Rule Published in Federal Register

(Federal Register/Environmental Protection Agency)  Under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is required to set the renewable fuel percentage standards each November for the following year. Today's action proposes the annual percentage standards for cellulosic

December 02, 2013 Read Full Article

“We The People” Support of the RFS

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ... Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) along with Representative Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) have written a letter for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gina McCarthy expressing concern over the proposed rule regarding the RFS. The proposed 2014 rule reduces the

November 27, 2013 Read Full Article

It Isn’t Only Corn: Brazilian Sugar Cane Ethanol Worries about Changes in RFS

by Herman Wang (Platts)  Much of the rhetoric surrounding the US Renewable Fuel Standard centers around the notion of home-grown fuels enhancing American energy security and independence. That puts Leticia Phillips in a bit of a delicate situation, as she advocates

November 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowans Worry about Ethanol's Lost Political Clout

by Thomas Beaumont (Associated Press)  ... Now, Iowa's senior political leaders are pondering how to shore up political support for the corn-based fuel at a time when its economic and environmental benefits are under attack . The latest blow came this month,

November 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Big Oil Reaps $23 Billion Windfall - In One Day

(Americans United for Change)  What a difference a day makes for Big Oil.  The oil industry scored a big victory on Friday, November 15 as the U.S. EPA released a draft rule that – if allowed to stand – rolls

November 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Lewinsky’s Dress Syndrome and the EPA Biofuels Debacle

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  So, the EPA hands down cruel cutbacks in renewable fuel targets as the Administration reels under Obamacare pressure.   What happened to biofuels, why is “everyone’s friend” biodiesel getting the shaft, what’s next? And what is

November 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Examining EPA’s Authority to Reduce RFS Volume Requirements

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Renewable Fuels Association held a media teleconference Nov. 21, to address the issue of whether the U.S. EPA has the statutory authority to lower the total renewable fuel standard (RFS) numbers, as reflected

November 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Many Have Stake in Maintaining RFS Certainty

(25 x '25)  Disappointment, outrage, confusion, “betrayal,” “punch to the gut,” “pulls the rug out,” “huge step backwards” – all are characterizations of the reactions from the renewable energy sector over the administration’s proposal announced last week to slash biofuel

November 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Examines Implications of Record Corn Crop

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The record corn supply has multiple implications for the ethanol industry. The USDA’s Nov. 8 supply/demand report pegged the 2013 corn crop at 13.989 billion bushels, a new record at more than 700

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

CARD Report: Altering RFS Would Have Modest Effect on Corn Prices

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A new paper from the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University indicates that if the U.S. EPA does significantly reduce the renewable fuel standard (RFS) renewable volume obligations, it would mean only

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

The Biofuels Renewable Fuel Standard at a Crossroads

by Wallace E. Tyner (PennEnergy/Purdue University)  ... So what is behind the differences in both my suggested values and the EPA proposal?  The biggest difference in my original post and EPA is in the level of the corn ethanol mandate.  EPA

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Proposed Rules for 2014 RFS - A Volume of Uncertainty

by Seth Meyer and Rob Johansson (US Department of Agriculture/FarmDocDaily)  ...Alternatively, if the EPA's estimates of the potential for E85 consumption are too high and the actual blend wall is lower than the estimated13 billion gallons, then the potential use of domestic

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Editorial, 11/20: Ethanol a Key Part of Energy Mix

(Journal Star)  ... There’s little doubt  the industry is under attack by a misguided and misinformed alliance of tea party Republicans and erstwhile environmentalists. Better for ethanol supporters to save their energy for the renewed attacks that are sure to come

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

FEATURE: US Ethanol Producers Look to Exports, if 2014 RFS Caps Domestic Demand

by Herman Wang  (Platts)  Even before the US Environmental Protection Agency signaled last week that it planned to cut its biofuels mandate for 2014, US ethanol makers were already bullish on the prospects of growing exports, banking on what looks

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Continued Biodiesel Growth Jeopardized by EPA's 2014 RFS Proposal

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) The U.S. biodiesel industry has grown significantly this year, but if the U.S. EPA’s final 2014 renewable fuel standard (RFS) volume obligation for biomass-based diesel looks anything like its proposal released Nov. 15, significant setbacks could

November 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Veterans Enter Fight for RFS

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Two new organizations have entered the fight for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) today as concerns about the future of the RFS deepen with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)proposed 2014 renewable fuels volumes going south. VoteVets.org and Americans United

November 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Branstad Launches a New Website to Support Ethanol, Biodiesel Use in Fuel Supply

by Donnelle Eller (Des Moines Register)  Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today launched a new website to oppose the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to roll back the amount of renewable fuels that must be blended in

November 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Vilsack Defends EPA’s Slashing of RFS

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is defending the Obama Administration’s proposal to cut the 2014 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the amount of renewable fuels to be blended

November 19, 2013 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Output Could Reach 14 Billion Gallons in 2014: ADM Chief

(Reuters/The Western Producer)  U.S. ethanol output could reach 14 billion gallons in 2014: ADM chief U.S. production of corn-based ethanol could reach 14 billion gallons in 2014 because of positive margins for processors and demand from buyers, Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s

November 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Next Generation of Biofuels Is Still Years Away

by Jonathan Fahey (Associated Press)  The first trickle of fuels made from agricultural waste is finally winding its way into the nation's energy supply, after years of broken promises and hype promoting a next-generation fuel source cleaner than oil. ... Cellulosic makers

November 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol, Once the Way of the Future, Is Off to a Delayed, Boisterous Start

by Steven Mufson (The Washington Post)  The “now hiring” sign is up online for Emmetsburg, Iowa, where the nation’s largest maker of ethanol used for motor fuel is putting the final touches on a manufacturing plant that will rely not

November 13, 2013 Read Full Article

AP Investigation: Obama's Green Energy Drive Comes with an Unadvertised Environmental Cost

By Dina Cappiello (Associated Press/StarTribune)  The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America's push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil. The polluted streams that dump fertilizer into the water supply. Even the

November 12, 2013 Read Full Article

INSIGHT-Lord of the RINs? Vitol's Ethanol Credit Bonanza

by Cezary Podkul (Reuters)  Swiss trading company Vitol SA is among the biggest beneficiaries of an opaque U.S.-government-mandated trading scheme established to help boost the share of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply, market sources say. As refiners scrambled this year

November 08, 2013 Read Full Article

E85 Sales Would Soar If Fuel Was Priced On Parity With E10 And Had Full Access To Flex Vehicle Market, According To CARD Economists

(The Center For Agricultural And Rural Development/Sacramento Bee)   Meeting demand is key to achieving federal renewable fuel volume mandates A new paper by Iowa State University economists Bruce A. Babcock and Sebastien Pouliot identifies a bottleneck of too few fuel stations that offer

November 08, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Authority to Reduce the RFS

by Jonathan Coppess (FarmDocDaily)  ... The statute provides EPA with the authority to waive a requirement for an individual calendar year by "reducing the national quantity of renewable fuel required." The RFS is housed in the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

November 08, 2013 Read Full Article

RIN Market Is Working Well To Enforce Biofuel Mandates, According To CARD Economists

(Center For Agricultural And Rural Development/PR NewsWire/Yahoo!Finance)  A new analysis by Iowa State University economists Bruce A. Babcock and Sebastien Pouliot of the EPA's ethanol market system finds that it works effectively and as intended in tracking compliance with the

November 07, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuel Groups Seek to Intervene in Latest Legal Challenge to RFS

(Agri-Pulse)  The Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the Biotechnology Industry Organization filed Friday a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the oil industry in September challenging

November 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Why the New Biofuel Feedstocks Deserve Investment, Incentives

by Brent Erickson (Biotechnology Industry Organization/National Geographic Magazine)  ...Biotechnology companies today are working to develop cyanobacteria, algae, and even municipal waste as feedstocks for advanced biofuels. But these promising abundant non-food sources lack either the government subsidies or the commercial

November 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Releases E15 Sales Data, Declares E10 Blend Wall Dead

(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  On the heels of surging E15 and E85 sales, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has declared the so-called E10 blend wall dead. Recent calls to gut the federal renewable fuel standard have centered on

October 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Is the Renewable Fuel Standard Helping Bring the Next Generation of Biofuels to Market?

by Ned Stowe (Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  For many supporters of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a key goal was to stimulate the development and use of low-carbon, next generation biofuels – to help reduce both U.S. petroleum dependence

October 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Production Tops 1 Billion Gallons

(National Biodiesel Board)  Industry Poised for Record-Breaking Year New EPA statistics released Thursday show the biodiesel industry has cracked the 1 billion gallon mark for the third consecutive year, with several months of production remaining. “This is a tremendous achievement that is

October 24, 2013 Read Full Article

U.S. Farm State Lawmakers Urge CFTC to Examine Volatile RINs Market

by Cezary Podkul (Reuters)  Thirteen U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged the derivatives market regulator to examine fraud and manipulation in the cash market for ethanol blending credits known as RINs, as political scrutiny of the market intensifies following an unprecedented

October 23, 2013 Read Full Article

US EPA's 2014 RFS Volume Draft Proposal Misses the Boat

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) The U.S. EPA’s 2014 renewable fuel standard (RFS) volume obligation proposal is under review by the Office of Management and Budget, according to David Korotney with U.S. EPA. While EPA has not released a draft of

October 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Promotes Consumer Choice

Gov. Terry E. Branstad (The Wall Street Journal) Letter to Editor:  The Renewable Fuel Standard provides choice and competition for the American people. It is disappointing to read your editorial "The Ethanol Enforcers" (Oct. 8) attacking ethanol producers as well as Sens. Chuck

October 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Bipartisan Group of Legislators Introduce RFS Reform Act

(Office of Representative Jim Costa (D-CA 16th))  Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Steve Womack (R-AR), and Peter Welch (D-VT) released the following statement today regarding the introduction of the RFS Reform Act in the U.S. House of Representatives: “The

October 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Analysis: Brewing U.S. Ethanol Legal Battle Hinges on Meaning of 'Supply'

by Cezary Podkul  (Reuters)  The fate of a landmark U.S. requirement to blend increasing amounts of biofuels into the nation's gasoline pool rests on the meaning of three words tucked into a mammoth law: unless there is "inadequate domestic supply." But

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Column: Ethanol Worthwhile Endeavor

by Gerald Krueger (Aberdeen News)  ...  It remains a mystery as to why there are those in our country who oppose the production of ethanol. It is such a breath of fresh air to every aspect of our society. ... The production of

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Petition to Puerto Rico's Governor to Participate in the Renewable Fuel Standard

(Causes.com)  In Puerto Rico, an online campaign is trying to collect 1,000 signatures to send to the governor urging him to participate in the Renewable Fuel Standard before Oct. 31. Having the federal credits and incentives will attract investment and spur

October 18, 2013 Read Full Article

US Biodiesel Production Surpasses Set Target for Second Straight Year

(GlobalData)  The US biodiesel industry is on pace to produce more than the 1.28 billion gallons set under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) for this year, says a new report from research and consulting firm GlobalData. According to the report, biodiesel

October 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Analyzing the Impacts of Big Oil’s RFS “Dream Scenario”

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) ...Slashing the “renewable fuel” portion of the RFS from 14.4 BG to 13.0 BG could have the following impacts: 1.       Corn Prices Sink and Farm Income Falls Cutting the requirement by 1.4 BG would reduce demand for

October 18, 2013 Read Full Article

The Controversy Over Fuels

by Brian Berk (Convenience Store News)  The most controversial topics in fuels -- the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and E15 -- took center stage during the NACS Show educational session, "Biofuels: A Look Ahead." Scott Zaremba, owner of Zarco USA in

October 16, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Proposes Slashed Market for America’s Cleanest Fuel as Observers Ask “Why?”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  For industry observers, there is much that is mystifying in the EPA’s draft 2014 production targets for the US 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard.    But nothing more mystifying than the biomass-based diesel numbers. ... If there’s any

October 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Economist Examines $2 Billion Drop in Total RIN Market

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   What’s behind the plunge in renewable identification number (RIN) prices? University of Illinois economist Scott Irwin examined the question in another of his ongoing series of FarmDocDaily posts following the dramatic shifts in RINs

October 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Corn Prices Pressured by Both Supply and Demand Factors

by Darrel Good and Scott Irwin  (University of Illinois/FarmDocDaily)  Corn prices continue the long retreat from the peak of September 2012, declining to the lowest level since late August 2010. The most recent price weakness reflects both supply and demand

October 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Brazil Ethanol Exports to U.S. at Risk if EPA Eases Blend Rule

by Cezary Podkul and Fabiola Gomes  (Reuters)  U.S. imports of Brazilian sugar cane ethanol could be cut by more than half if a draft proposal to reduce next year's U.S. biofuel blending mandate is enacted. While the U.S. corn-based ethanol industry

October 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Column: Ethanol Mandates Are Working for the Economy

by Adam Monroe (Gaston Gazette)  The Gazette’s Oct. 4 editorial says the nation’s renewable fuel mandate – called the “RFS” – was “intended to reduce dependence on foreign oil, make emissions cleaner and decrease gasoline prices.” Contrary to the writers’

October 14, 2013 Read Full Article

King, Loebsack Tout Need for Level Playing Field for Ethanol against Oil Industry

by Christopher Doering  (Des Moines Register)  Iowa Rep. Steve King said ending the controversial ethanol mandate would lead to higher gasoline prices for consumers and drive down the price of corn, hurting farmers in rural America. “If (the oil industry) should

October 10, 2013 Read Full Article

API Challenges 2013 RFS Cellulosic Volume Requirement

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The American Petroleum Institute has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. EPA’s 2013 volume requirement under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), which was finalized in August. Representatives of the biofuels industry are calling the

October 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Shell Biofuels Take Vehicles Back to the Future

by Zain Shauk (Fuel Fix)  ...  The fuel, which Shell has produced from waste and inedible crops through at least two different methods, is being developed at a test plant in Houston and a small-scale demonstration project in suburban Chicago. “I

October 04, 2013 Read Full Article

Groups Say Upton Will Wait For EPA's 2014 RFS Plan Before Moving Bill

(Inside EPA's Clean Energy Report)  Biofuel groups that met with Capitol Hill staff last week say House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) is delaying plans to attach legislation reforming the renewable fuel standard (RFS) to a bill

October 04, 2013 Read Full Article

More E85 Ethanol Stations, More Supportive Studies

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  It’s been a pretty good couple of weeks for E85 ethanol, as the green fuel made its way into 24 more stations across the country and got another study with supportive results. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)

October 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Brazil: Just Not That Into Second-Generation Biofuels

by Nelson Mojarro (The Energy Collective)  ...Following US and EU biofuel legislation, cellulosic ethanol and other advanced biofuels are expected to play an increasingly large role in global biofuel production and consumption. However, Brazil is not as eager to join the

October 03, 2013 Read Full Article

RFA, Growth Energy Speak out against API Poll Results

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy are disputing the results of a new poll released by the American Petroleum Institute, calling the data biased and deceptive. The RFA noted that two polls performed

October 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Coalition Letter Opposing the Renewable Fuel Standard

(Frontiers of Freedom)  It has come to our attention that Congress is considering legislation this fall to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). We, collectively and individually, believe the only reform to this failed government mandate should be to repeal

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Maintain Renewable Fuel Standards

by Tim Burrack (Chicago Tribune) Letter to Editor:  ... As family farmers for more than 40 years, we have had our share of ups and downs. The RFS gave farmers like us a new market for our corn, helped bring corn prices

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA to Be Hit Hard in Shutdown, Could Delay Renewable Fuel Standard

(Reuters)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take one of the biggest hits of any federal agency if the government shuts down this week, operating with under 7 percent of its employees, according to guidance issued by the agency. Among those

October 01, 2013 Read Full Article

RFS Hasn't Hurt the Poultry Industry

by Gary Pestoriou (The Hill's Congress Blog)    I followed with interest the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearings concerning the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). I became very skeptical of the statements by those representing the livestock and poultry sectors

September 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Make a Difference: Opposing View

by Bob Dinneen (USA Today)  Big Oil is pushing back to preserve its market share. ... The RFS is one of the most successful energy policies ever. Since it was enacted in 2005, U.S. dependence on imported oil has decreased from

September 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Big News: No More Requirement to Use Ethanol in Gasoline!

by Douglas Durante (The Hill Congress Blog)  ... the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 included a prescribed formula for reformulated gasoline that included an oxygen content, which ethanol provides. Oxygenated fuels promote more complete combustion and reduce carbon monoxide, particulates,

September 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Commentary: Renewable Fuels Legislation Cuts Crude Prices

by Philip K. Verleger, Jr.  (PKVerlegerlLLC.com)  Just as only Richard Nixon could ironically break the US taboo on trading with China, only George W. Bush could have successfully introduced measures to drive down crude prices. These prices today are between $15 and $40

September 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Illinois Ethanol Workers Write to Protect RFS

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The employees of Illinois River Energy and GTL Resources Biorefining sent a letter to their Congressional delegation this week urging support of the Renewable Fuel Standard. “We are the 60 hard working employees of an independently owned and operated corn bio-refinery

September 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Report Recommends Improvements to RFS Monitoring

by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine)  The U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General has released a report recommending ways the agency should improve monitoring activities for the renewable fuel standard (RFS) program. According to the report, the audit was conducted in

September 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Clearing Up A Few Myths About Brazilian Biofuels Trade

by Leticia Phillips (The Energy Collective/UNICA) ...  Let’s turn to the facts to debunk two leading myths circulating around Washington, D.C. about Brazilian sugarcane ethanol. Myth #1: Brazil can’t supply sufficient sugarcane ethanol to meet America’s needs. Reality: Brazilian sugarcane ethanol is on

September 20, 2013 Read Full Article

How Big Poultry Sided with Big Oil

By Reid Detchon (The Baltimore Sun)  Our ability to break our dependence on foreign oil is threatened by the effort to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard Oil is essential to our economic and national security because our transportation system runs on

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Report: 160 Commercial Advanced Biofuel Plants under Development

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) has released a new report that predicts projected growth in advanced biofuel production capacity will be sufficient to meet both the federal renewable fuels standard (RFS) and California’s low carbon fuel

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry on the Offensive after August Recess

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ... (Paul) Bertels (vice president of production and utilization for the National Corn Growers Association) said the harvest should bring in about 12.9 billion bushels of corn, the third largest crop ever and just 100

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Targeting Ethanol Mandates Seen Hurting Cellulosic Growth

by Alan Bjerga & Mario Parker (Bloomberg)  Efforts to roll back rules that nurtured the corn-based ethanol industry threaten to stunt other promising biofuels, according to a developer working on one of the nation’s first commercial plants that won’t use

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Kansas Ethanol Future at Crossroads

(Seattle PI/Associated Press)  Ethanol producers say they are running up against market and regulatory pressures that are putting a crimp on the industry's future, despite lower prices for a key commodity to produce the fuel. The ethanol industry is distilling enough product

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Seeking Delta: Biofuels, Algae, Natgas, CO2 and the Finding of True Value

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... “What you really are in the business of,” Aemetis CEO Eric McAfee reflects, “is capturing the arbitrage between the commodity price of your most expensive feedstock — and the price of your finished molecule plus

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Fixing Rufus: Congress, 2013 and the Renewable Fuel Standard

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Based on our industry sources, here’s an outline for a “change the RFS” outcome – what that might look like.   We see four key elements — ethanol, drop-ins, biodiesel and the RIN system for smoothing

September 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Are Wave of the Future

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Pottstown Mercury) I am writing in response to Senator Pat Toomey’s Op-Ed that ran in The Mercury entitled “Federal regulations threaten Pa. refineries.” The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is not threatening refiners across the United States because

September 04, 2013 Read Full Article

Aemetis Announces EPA Approval as the First Converted Corn Ethanol Plant to Produce D5 Advanced Biofuels Using Sorghum/Biogas/CHP

(Fort Mill Times)  Aemetis California Plant Approved for Same Low-Carbon Biofuels Category as Brazilian Ethanol Aemetis, Inc. (OTCQB: AMTX), an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company, announced today that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Aemetis approval to produce

September 04, 2013 Read Full Article

Is Ethanol’s Number Up?

by Steve Everly  (Kansas City Star)  ... Ethanol has so far reduced the need for petroleum in gasoline by about 7 percent, which no other alternative fuel has come close to doing. But a shift is already in the works. ... In practice it

September 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Bad Ethanol Policy Is a Job Killer

by Patrick Meehan and Pat Eiding  (The Wall Street Journal)  The price of EPA compliance rose 3,625% since the end of 2012. ... As a display of regulatory failure at its finest, current regulations place the compliance obligation on refiners rather than on

September 03, 2013 Read Full Article

RFS at a Crossroads

by Anne Steckel (Biodiesel Magazine/National Biodiesel Board)  ...Our industry is exceeding its volume requirements and producing enough fuel to fill the vast majority of the advanced biofuel pool. We are an EPA-designated advanced biofuel that’s doing just what the RFS

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

GOP May Attach Ethanol Mandate Reform to Debt Ceiling Package

by Michael Bastasch (The Daily Caller)  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor may attach legislation to reform the ethanol mandate to a debt ceiling package, the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) reports. ...“The Majority Leader listed a number of options to fix

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

US RINs Prices Continue Slump Despite Looming Blend Wall

(Platts)  US RINs prices continued to slide Wednesday, reflecting a widespread morning market selloff and despite a later bounce after US gasoline stocks data was released. All current-year RINs assessments fell for the sixth time in the last seven sessions. ... Current-year ethanol

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

RFA Letter Urges EPA to Deny Big Oil’s Contrived RFS Waiver Petition

(Renewable Fuels Association)  In a letter sent today (August 28, 2013) to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) urged EPA to reject the petition for a partial waiver of the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

Corn Growers Place Policy Priorities On Legislators' Desks

by Janell Baum (Farm Futures)  National Corn Growers President Pam Johnson says NCGA membership ready to move forward on the farm bill; reinforces stance on Renewable Fuel Standard It's a common refrain at the 2013 Farm Progress Show – what will

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

California, Federal Methods to Push Renewable-Fuel Use Stir Conflict

by Evan Halper (Los Angeles Times)  It's even possible that conflicting state and federal policies on renewable fuels, both aimed at reducing global warming, could actually make things worse, some scientists say.   California and the federal government want drivers to use

August 29, 2013 Read Full Article

Moves to Commercialize Cellulosic Ethanol March Ahead

by Lynn Grooms (Farm Industry News)  Soon after hearing about Big Oil’s numerous challenges to the Renewable Fuel Standard, attendees of the Fuel Ethanol Workshop this summer, heard from producers forging ahead to commercialize cellulosic ethanol. The placement of these

August 28, 2013 Read Full Article

GRAY: Critics Driving Spurious Campaign against Ethanol

by C. Boyden Gray  (The Washington Times)  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  A media campaign is underway to malign a cleaner, cheaper challenger to gasoline’s virtual monopoly on transportation fuel. If it succeeds, this campaign will deprive American drivers of the next generation of high-octane,

August 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol-Free Fuel Will Cost More, May Be Scarce

by Richard Piersol   (Lincoln Journal-Star)  Demand for renewable credits helps change market Prices of premium and regular grades of gasoline without ethanol are likely to rise in Nebraska and Iowa, and those fuels may become harder to find as oil refiners

August 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Refiners, Ethanol, and You. Time to Worry?

by Maxxwell A.R. Chatsko  (Motley Fool)  To blend or not to blend? That is the question refiners will need to answer in 2014 as they cope with falling gasoline demand and strict ethanol blending mandates set by the EPA. The

August 27, 2013 Read Full Article

When Energy Dreams Fall Short

by Darren Goode (Politico)  ...Part of the problem for any upstart technology comes from the vast scale and long lifespans of the nation’s energy systems. Even moderately successful technologies such as wind, solar power and electric vehicles took decades of

August 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Comparing Current and 1970 Farm Prosperity: Alcohol for Fuel and the Current Prosperity

by Carl Zulauf and Nick Rettig (Ohio State University/FarmDocDaily) ... Corn processed into alcohol for fuel was not a factor in the 1970 period of farm prosperity. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) data series on this demand component does not

August 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Turning Grass into Gas

by Bruce Barcott  (OnEarth.org)  Imagine a future in which airliners run on cornstalks and Navy ships ply the oceans on tanks of switchgrass. That day may at last be inching closer. The promise of cellulosic biofuels sounds like a fable out

August 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Rising RINs Price Is Driving Some Companies to Boost Their Ethanol Activities

by Janet McGurty (Platts)  ...This month PBF Energy and Alon USA both told analysts they had new plans to blend renewables like ethanol and biodiesel with gasoline and petroleum-based diesel as a way to fend off high prices for renewable credits, known as RINs. Refiners

August 23, 2013 Read Full Article

The Texas Whale

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Too many oil companies bet on risky strategies for compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard. Now, they turn to the US government for a bail-out on their obligations. Judging that the government will cave in rather

August 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Quotas Pump Money From Your Pocket: Our view

(USA Today) Editorial:  When members of Congress decided in 2007 to require that Americans put 36 billion gallons of ethanol and other biofuels in their gas tanks annually by 2022, they must have thought there was an award for bad public policy. The

August 22, 2013 Read Full Article

New Frontiers: Now It’s Crude Oil from Algae that Is Being Tested

by Herman Wang (Platts/The Barrel) It’s hard to get excited over a producer making a scant 2 barrels/day of crude. But in the case of Sapphire Energy, those barrels represent the beginnings of a potential revolution that it says could upend how

August 22, 2013 Read Full Article

FTC Examines Allegations That Oil Industry Blocks Greater Ethanol Use

by Tennille Tracy (The Wall Street Journal)  The Federal Trade Commission said it was looking into assertions by some members of Congress that oil companies are using their influence over retail gas stations to block consumers from accessing gasoline blended

August 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Era Over for EU Growth in Food-Based Biofuels

(Agrimoney.com)  The era of rising European Union production of biofuels based on food crops is over, with concerns over competition for land providing a final blow, echoing ideas of a slowdown in the US too. In biodiesel, of which the EU

August 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Mandates Creating an Economic Car-Wreck

by Charles Lane (The Washington Post) There are two iron laws of energy policy in the United States. Iron Law No. 1: A higher federal excise tax on fuel would efficiently reduce gasoline consumption and its negative side effects (air pollution,

August 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuels’ 10 Scariest Challenges: Part 1 of 2

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Upstream, downstream, processing, policy, finance – opportunities and challenges abound in the bioeconomy – but which challenges are the most intractable and daunting of them all? In today’s part 1, #10 through #6. They use various aliases

August 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Congressional Leadership Moving Towards Position on Renewable Fuel Standard Advocated by the Domestic Fuel Solutions Group

(PR NewsWire/Digital Journal/Domestic Fuel Solutions Group)  From Day One the Domestic Fuel Solutions Group (DFSG) has been advocating for reasonable RFS reform.  Congress is taking notice. At the end of two days of recent House Energy & Commerce Committee hearings on

August 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Is 2014 the Year of E85?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As a Perfect Storm of price problems ends, will E85 finally find its market and help end a divisive debate over ethanol distribution? 2014 is the year of E85, if there ever was one. Or will

August 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuels on the Verge

by Herman K. Trabish (GreenTechMedia) A photo tour of the biofuels industry The Environmental Protection Agency just announced it expects only 6 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels to contribute to the 16.55 billion gallons of renewable fuels mandated by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in

August 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Strassel: Behind an Ethanol Special Favor

By Kimberley A. Strassel (The Wall Street Journal)  Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its annual renewable-fuels mandate, telling refineries how much ethanol they must blend into the nation's gas supply. ... So it was more than a little curious

August 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Why Sugarcane Ethanol is Essential to RFS

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...According to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calculations, sugarcane ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by at least 61 percent when compared to traditional fuel, i.e. gasoline. Today, sugarcane ethanol represents 3 percent of all fuels under the

August 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Big Oil Already Pushing for Partial Waiver of 2014 RFS Volumes

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  One week after the U.S. EPA finalized the 2013 volume requirements for the renewable fuels standard (RFS), the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and American Petroleum Institute are already gearing up to fight the 2014 RFS standards.

August 14, 2013 Read Full Article

ADM Optimistic About Ethanol Ahead of Record Corn Crop

by Shruti Date Singh (Bloomberg)  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM), the world’s largest corn processor, sees ethanol demand rising and is “optimistic” about margins for 2014 and 2015 as the coming U.S. harvest increases supplies. Corn futures in Chicago have dropped 43 percent from

August 07, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Finalizes 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards to Help Promote American Energy Independence, Reduce Carbon Pollution

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)  EPA also announces steps to address concerns about the E10 blend wall As part of an ongoing effort to enhance energy security and reduce carbon pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized the 2013 percentage

August 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Debate: Cutting Through the Hype--Conflict on Capitol Hill over the Renewable Fuel Standard

by Jared Anderson (Breaking Energy/GreenTechMedia)   Congressional hearings this week focusing on the EPA Renewable Fuel Standard brought together impassioned speakers representing the U.S. biofuel constituency, traditional fossil fuel interests, major food companies and other stakeholders. With so many business interests involved, there

July 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuel Groups Swing Back at Oil Industry, Defend Federal Blending Mandate

by Zack Colman (The Hill E2Wire)  Biofuel groups are swinging back at oil industry attacks on a federal biofuel-blending mandate with an ad campaign targeting lawmakers and viewers inside the Beltway. Fuels America, a coalition of biofuel organizations, launched a campaign

July 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Growth Energy, RFA Respond to Latest API Attack

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The ethanol industry has been quick to criticize the new anti-renewable fuels standard (RFS) advertising campaign launched by the American Petroleum Institute this week. The message of the API’s “Fuel for Thought,” campaign is

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Comment Period Closed on Corn Fiber as Ag Residue, Biobutanol

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In all, the U.S. EPA received 117 comments on a proposed rule on renewable fuel standard (RFS) pathways, including corn kernel fiber-to-cellulosic ethanol and issues relating to biobutanol. The comment period ended July 15. The Renewable Fuels Association

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Oil Companies Break with Trade Group on Renewable Fuel Mandate

by Jennifer A. Dlouhy  (Fuel Fix)  The oil and gas industry’s top trade groups doggedly insist that Congress must completely scrap a federal mandate that forces gasoline makers to blend in ethanol and other renewable fuels. But not all oil companies

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Corn Ethanol Use in Gasoline under Review

by Jim Landers  (Dallas News)  ...If many refiners had their way, the law would disappear. Ethanol is the primary octane booster for gasoline, but that market is worth only about 4 billion gallons a year. ... Heather White of the Environmental Working

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Corn Growers Talking RFS in DC

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  ...(NCGA President Pam ) Johnson says a gas station in her little community of Floyd, Iowa boasts the lowest price of fuel in the United States right now. “And it’s E85 and the price is $2.24 a

July 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Can Solve the Ethanol Debate, Supporters Say

by Zain Shauk (Fuel Fix)  Amid the oil industry’s all-out blitz to kill a government mandate for corn-based ethanol, biodiesel producers say they have a solution that could help everyone involved. It goes like this: Buy more biodiesel. That proposal may not be so

July 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Groups Comment on RFS Path Forward

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Both the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week on pathways forward for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The comments highlight the importance of next generation

July 16, 2013 Read Full Article

ANALYSIS-New EPA Rules Could Cripple Brazil-U.S. Ethanol Trading

by Cezary Podkul (Reuters/CNBC)  Importing cheap Brazilian ethanol into the United States could become much less profitable next year if a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to expand tough documentation and transportation rules to non-U.S. producers takes effect. The proposal,

July 15, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Publishes Notice of Data Availability for Barley Ethanol

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. EPA has published a notice of data availability pertaining to ethanol produced from barley under the renewable fuel standard (RFS). Public comments will be accepted for 30 days following the publication of

July 15, 2013 Read Full Article

COLUMN-Biodiesel Could Ease U.S. "Blend Wall": Wynn

by Gerard Wynn (Reuters)  Biodiesel could in future ease so-called ethanol "blend wall" concerns facing the U.S. transportation fuel industry, whose capacity to blend corn ethanol in gasoline is nearing its physical limit. The biodiesel industry has ample production capacity and

July 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Largest Green Diesel Plant Completed in US, Diamond Green Diesel: Can It Make Money?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  A now-complete 142 million gallon green diesel monster project will easily deliver big on renewable energy targets and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. But it also offers a material path to profits for its parents, Valero Energy

July 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Diesel Technology Forum Publishes New White Paper on Renewable Diesel Fuels

(Diesel Technology Forum)  Need a quick contrast and compare review of biodiesel and renewable diesel?  READ MORE and MORE (Advanced Biofuels USA)

July 01, 2013 Read Full Article

RIN Amounts Indicate Positive Trend for Biodiesel

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) figures for Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) shows in 2.5 billion 2012 RINs across the biodiesel (D4), advanced (D5), and renewable (D6) categories. Of this total, just over 2 billion D6 RINs were

June 27, 2013 Read Full Article

DINEEN: Natural Gas Is Not Renewable

by Bob Dinneen (Bay Area Citizen/Renewable Fuels Association)  Natural gas is not renewable, nor is it the future of ethanol. But let’s start at the beginning. Congressman Pete Olson recently penned an op-ed to Houston Community Newspapers claiming the Renewable Fuels

June 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Busting Big Oil Myths on the RFS and Ethanol, Part III: ILUC and Greenhouse Gases

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/The Energy Collective)  ...Incredibly, the American Petroleum Institute’s anti-RFS “training center” (yes, Big Oil has a “training center” apparently intended to spawn an army of certified RFS haters) has the audacity to claim, “If you

June 06, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA to Issue Ethanol Use Targets This Summer

by Ayesha Rascoe (Reuters)  The Environmental Protection Agency plans to announce targets for U.S. ethanol use in 2013 and 2014 this summer, an EPA official told lawmakers on Wednesday, even as critics of the program warned of a brewing fuel

June 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuels Industry Criticizes Content of House RFS Hearing

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  On June 5, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements held a hearing on the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS). The hearing, titled “Up Against

June 06, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Review of RFS Pathway Petitions (Comments on Illinois Study)

by David Glass (DGlassAssociates)  A new study was published last week by two researchers at the University of Illinois Energy Biosciences Institute, James S.N. McCubbins and A. Bryan Endres, regarding the length of time the Environmental Protection Agency is taking to review petitions

June 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Bill Aims to Open RFS to Natural Gas-Based Ethanol

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Reps. Pete Olson, R-Texas, and Jim Costa, D-Calif., have introduced legislation that would allow ethanol produced from domestic natural gas to meet the volume requirements of the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The bill, titled

May 28, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Announces Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: RFS Pathways II and Technical Amendments to the RFS2 Standards

(Environmental Protection Agency)  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a proposed rulemaking for modifications to the Renewable Fuel Standard program, E15 misfueling mitigation regulations, ultra low sulfur diesel survey requirements as well as other technical amendments. Elements of this Notice EPA is

May 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Energy and Economic Growth: Interview with Mark Thoma

by James Stafford (OilPrice.com)  ...  Mark Thoma is a macroeconomist and time-series econometrician at the University of Oregon. His research focuses on how monetary policy affects the economy, and he has also worked on political business cycle models. Mark is

May 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Sugar for Food, Fuel and Power: The ISO Datagro Sugar & Ethanol Conference in New York City

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  What used to be known as “The New York Sugar Conference” has become “The ISO and Datagro Sugar & Ethanol Conference” with a record-setting number of attendees (350 from 25 countries) demonstrating the growing

May 16, 2013 Read Full Article

RFA Infographics -- Easy to Find and Ready to Print

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The Renewable Fuels Association's collection of ethanol infographics is now easier to access than ever before. You can find all the infographics of the RFA and the Fuels America coalition housed in one location. We encourage you

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol, Corn Prices, Government Payments, and the REAL Reason Meat Groups Oppose the RFS

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  As part of its ongoing review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the House Energy & Commerce Committee recently asked stakeholders to comment on the impact of the RFS on the agriculture sector. One of the

May 07, 2013 Read Full Article

Tapping Renewable-Fuel Mandates' Brakes

by Ellyn Ferguson  (Roll Call) A House panel’s decision to look back at mandates set in the 2007 renewable-energy law could be a pivotal moment for industries hoping to slow down growth in the ethanol industry. The Energy and Commerce Committee, which

May 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuel Groups Encourage Lawmakers to Maintain the RFS

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Several biofuel trade organizations have weighed in on white paper published by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the impact the renewable fuel standard (RFS) has had on the U.S. agricultural sector. The report examines a

May 03, 2013 Read Full Article
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