RFS

A coalition of environmental groups petitioned the EPA about changing how the agency accounts for land-use changes under the Renewable Fuels Standard.  The petition asks the EPA to amend its regulations regarding what land can be used to produce biomass under the Energy Independence and Security Act’s RFS.   Agricu...

Senator Ted Cruz will get his meeting with President Trump regarding biofuels. Reuters reports that Trump has agreed to meet with Cruz and representatives from the oil refining industry to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard. The White House says the discussion could set the stage for negotiations over possible legislation to overhaul the RFS...

Growth Energy applauds a letter from 18 members of the House to the Environmental Protection Agency dealing with cellulosic and advanced biofuels.  The letter asked the EPA to increase their blending targets for cellulosic biofuels and biodiesel for the final 2018 Renewable Volume Obligations.   ...

A new economic study shows the Renewable Fuel Standard has added a third to the price of corn and saved the U.S. nearly 18-billion in gasoline costs.  The Iowa State University study to be published soon in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics shows specific benefits to farmers, consumers, and the environment.  Re...

A new report from Cobank says the ethanol industry could soon face declining slim-to-negative profit margins.   The report is titled “Ethanol’s Growth Path: Output and Export Uncertainties Both Rising.”  It outlines how an ethanol market fueled by corn prices at multi-year lows, together with reinvestment into expanding production capacity, will push supplies past demand growth.  A Cobank senior e

A group of plaintiffs recently filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency challenging how the Renewable Fuels Standard has recently been implemented.  Attorneys for the EPA filed a court brief this week saying it followed the law.  A ...

According to a recent report, millions of acres of wildlife habitat have been destroyed nationwide to make way for corn and soybeans used to produce ethanol and biodiesel under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard.  A National Wildlife Federation report, "Fueling Destruction," claims the federal policy led to the conversion of previously uncultivated land to grow crops used in biofuels, e

Last week, the EPA released the final Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements for 2017, setting the conventional biofuel volume, which includes ethanol, at the statute level of 15 billion gallons.  That represents an increase from 14.8 bi...

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently said he supports the Renewable Fuels Standard and ethanol because “renewable energy is one way to make America great again.”   Emily Skor is the CEO of Growth Energy, and she said “I couldn’t be more pleased.”   Trump announced he...

Ethanol producers in the United States are turning to China for future expansion.  Politico reports, Beijing has not made clear that ethanol imports are welcome, or set blend mandates that would provide more certainty for the level of demand.  Et...