Blogging For Biofuels
The EPA and Department of Transportation’s proposal to freeze Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards at 2020 levels could derail a promising future for mid-level blends of ethanol.
EPA’s Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s comments in a Reuters report yesterday suggests he plans on following his predecessor’s policies on the RFS.
Iowa's congressional delegation and North Dakota's Sen. Heidi Heitkamp want EPA acting Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, to do more to protect the RFS.
E15 sales in Minnesota this year nearly cracked the 30-million-gallon mark with a record volume of 29.98 million gallons sold in the first five months of 2018.
With Scott Pruitt (finally) gone, all eyes are now on how the EPA’s new interim administrator, Andrew Wheeler, will treat the RFS.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Colin Peterson are the latest members of Minnesota's congressional delegation to criticize the EPA's failure to account for gallons of ethanol that will be lost from the agency's ongoing issuance of renewable volume obligation (RVO) waivers to oil refineries.
E15 sales in Minnesota in the first four months of 2018 totaled 23.24 million gallons - a new record - according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
We will be teaming up with Farm Camp Minnesota on Aug 13 to offer campers and their chaperones a tour of the Guardian Energy ethanol plant in Janesville.
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The biofuel industry supported 1.93 million jobs globally in 2017, an increase of 12 percent, a new report said.
With all the talk of RVP relief for E15 this week, the big question is whether it will be implemented before the RVP season begins June 1.
A group of Democratic Senators, including Minnesota's Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Tina Smith, have sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt seeking clarification about a reported RFS exemption for a Carl Icahn-linked oil refinery.
The usage of biofuels in the global transportation sector plays an important role in mitigating the effects of climate change, three international intergovernmental organizations said in a new report.
E15 sales in Minnesota hit a new record in the first quarter of 2018 with 17.28 million gallons sold.
Today we conclude our series on the ethanol industry’s economic footprint with Minnesota’s eighth congressional district, which encompasses the entire Northeast part of the state and includes cities such as Duluth, Cloquet, Brainerd, Bemidji, Hinckley, Isanti, Moose Lake, Grand Rapids and Hibbing.
On April 18, Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association's executive director, Tim Rudnicki, delivered prepared remarks to the Minnesota House of Representatives tax committee on the benefits of the proposed combined heat and power (CHP) / expander generator (EG) tax credit.
A bipartisan group of 13 senators, including Minnesota's Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Tina Smith, have asked EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, to stop issuing RFS requirement waivers to oil refineries in light of reports some of the recipients have been major oil conglomerates.