Articles tagged under: Renewable Fuel Standard
EPA Releases 2022 Agenda
Published December 17, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency released its unified agenda for the year ahead. The agency plans to release plans for the 2023 renewable volume obligations under the RFS by May and complete the rule one year from now. Canola oil is…One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Published December 9, 2021
Biofuel groups say EPA took a positive step forward in addressing small refinery exemptions with this past week's announcement, but there’s disappointment in the reduction of blending requirements. "First of all, 2020 blending requirements were already adjusted, because of the…EPA Proposes Blending Requirements, Denies 65 Small Refinery Exemptions
Published December 7, 2021
The EPA released their proposed draft rule for 2020, 2021 and 2022 blending requirements. EPA’s proposed 2020 volumes are at 17.1 billion gallons. This includes 4.63 billion gallons of advanced biofuels and leaves more than 12 billion gallons for conventional…Vilsack: EPA Understands the RFS Needs Stability
Published December 5, 2021
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters EPA Administrator Michael Regan understands the need for stability in the Renewable Fuel Standard. The EPA is expected to release the latest Renewable Volume Obligations soon. According to Vilsack, it’s not only about RVOs,…Defend the Blend
Published November 24, 2021
Minnesota Representatives Angie Craig and Michelle Fishbach and South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson are part of a coalition of lawmakers that filed the Defend the Blend Act on Tuesday. This is a bipartisan bill that would prevent the EPA from…No Specifics Yet on Renewable Volume Obligations
Published November 22, 2021
The EPA has not announced updated Renewable Volume Obligations yet. Testifying in a hearing last week in Washington D.C., Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says blending requirements need to be in-line with Congressional intent. "I'd like to think that hearing…Senators Send RFS Letter to President Biden
Published October 27, 2021
A group of Republican Midwest Senators sent a letter to President Biden and others in the Biden administration, cautioning against attacks against the Renewable Fuel Standard. The Senators reiterate the importance of using higher blends of biofuels, like E15, as…Senators Seek Audience with President Biden on Biofuels
Published July 28, 2021
South Dakota Senators John Thune, Mike Rounds and others sent a letter to President Biden on Wednesday, requesting a biofuels meeting. In the letter, the senators note the lack of biofuels in the administration’s energy, environmental and transportation agenda. The…Anti-Ethanol Bill Introduced in the U.S. Senate
Published July 23, 2021
Four U.S. Senators introduced legislation to end the Renewable Fuel Standard. Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey, Maine Senator Susan Collins, California Senator Dianne Feinstein and Bob Menendez from New Jersey wrote the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act. The mandate requires annual…