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EPA Faces Cuts in House Budget Bill

Published July 24, 2023

The House Appropriations Committee has approved a budget that would reduce the EPA's funding to its lowest level since 1991. The party-line vote cut the agency's budget by nearly 40 percent from the current fiscal year. The bill now goes…
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Practical Experience Gained on E-Tour

Published June 29, 2023

The North Dakota Grain Growers Association E-Tour was based out of the Williston area this year.  "This is our 29th year hosting the tour," said Ed Kessel, president, NDGGA. "We looked at a broad spectrum of things on what it…
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Congressional Intervention May Be Necessary

Published June 22, 2023

Minnesota Soybean Growers Association President Bob Worth is adamant, saying a lower requirement for biodiesel use through 2025 undermines years of work. “We’ve worked with biodiesel for 20-plus years and now the EPA just decided they are going a different…
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EPA ‘Lacks Imagination’ on RFS

Published June 21, 2023

Growth Energy General Council Joe Kakesh says EPA's biofuel blend requirements vastly undercut the numbers expected. "I think the EPA failed to imagine the value that the industry provides." The timing was also a concern. "The RFS established these volumes…
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Change Expected for EPA WOTUS Rules

Published May 25, 2023

Following the Supreme Court ruling in the Sackett v. EPA case, Rinke Noonan Law Firm attorney Kale Van Bruggen said there was a four-part agreement on the controlling opinion. "There are three separate concurring opinions with additional commentary. It is…
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Positive News for Ethanol Industry

Published April 28, 2023

South Dakota Corn Growers Association Executive Director DaNita Murray is pleased with Friday’s EPA announcement, approving an emergency waiver for E15 summer driving. "This is the right decision for American pocketbooks and it is the right decision for a lot…
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EPA Administrator Addresses E15 Usage

Published April 20, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan was in the hot seat Wednesday, taking questions from the House Agriculture Committee. Regan was asked about the use of E15 during the summer months. "We tried to ramp it up in a timely fashion…
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Too Little, Too Late

Published March 1, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to implement a request by eight Midwest states to sell 15 percent ethanol blends during the summer driving season. However, the change does not begin until 2024. American Coalition for Ethanol CEO Brian…
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Endangered Species Act Work Plan Called “Unworkable”

Published February 10, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency has an issued an Endangered Species Act work plan for pesticide registrations. The EPA has thousands of pesticides up for review, bogged down by legal challenges regarding the protections given to endangered species. James Callen Associates…
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