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Administrator Regan said extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstances exist. The decision will address gasoline needs in affected areas, a positive for agriculture and the biofuels industry.
The EPA asked a court to invalidate three small refinery exemptions (SREs) given to Sinclair Oil. The agency is petitioning the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over the issue.
The White House has directed EPA to study whether using renewable fuels to power electric vehicle charging should generate tradeable credits under the nation’s biofuels program.
More than a year after the 10th Circuit Court issued its ruling on the small-refinery provisions within the RFS, EPA announced it’s supporting the ruling, which will put tighter restrictions on issuing such waivers.
Country of Origin Labeling and the Waters of the U.S. Rule came back to the forefront in confirmation hearings this week for USDA Secretary nominee Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator nominee Michael Regan.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the EPA said on Wednesday he will consult with general counsel to understand the options available for a program that exempts small refiners from biofuel blending obligations.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a raft of executive actions to combat climate change, including pausing new oil and gas leases on federal land and cutting fossil fuel subsidies.
A phantom frog has spurred the Supreme Court to address Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and determine if the government can aim at private land anywhere in the United States and pull the Endangered Species Act (ESA) trigger, regardless of owner protest and absence of the targeted species.
Edward Poitevent is at the mercy of an invisible frog. He has lost private property rights on 1,500 acres to a frog species that will never live on his land and doesn’t live in his state. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is shackled to a litany of odd cases, but Poitevent’s battle with a $34-million frog may rank as the most bizarre of the lot.
John Duarte’s five-year legal nightmare ended Aug. 15, with over $1 million in total penalties. Duarte couldn’t evade the iron hand of the Clean Water Act.
The D.C. Circuit Court handed the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) a win in its last battle with the Trump Administration over waivers to the Renewable Fuels Standard.
As President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in Wednesday, renewable fuels groups are focused on what a new administration will mean for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
On the eve of his nomination as EPA Administrator, Michael Regan placed an unscheduled call to the CEO of the National Corn Growers Association.
The White House has dropped a plan to provide funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to oil refiners that are denied exemptions from the nation’s biofuel regulations.
Watch live at noon Central - NCGA President Kevin Ross on the work still left to be done on the Renewable Fuels Standard after EPA has denied most “gap year” waivers.
U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed that dozens of oil refiner requests for retroactive waivers from U.S. biofuel laws be denied .
Biofuel groups celebrated a victory in winning most of their demands in a drawn-out fight over refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
EPA says it has surveyed Superfund sites in flooded areas of Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri.
NASS Eliminates An Objective Yield Survey; Year-Round E15 Closer to Reality; The Trade War Takes A Heavy Toll
12 U.S. Senators sent a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to cease issuing Renewable Identification Number (RIN) waivers also known as “hardship” waivers.
EPA on Friday granted 31 more controversial waivers allowing refiners for forgo blending requirements of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
For the past two years the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been issuing small refinery hardship waivers, which allow the awarded refiners to forgo blending ethanol with their fuels.
When President Trump visited an Iowa ethanol plant in June, farmers attending the event took the opportunity to help President Trump understand how RIN waivers are undermining the RFS.
N.Y. Leads States in Suit Over Trump Clean Water Rule Delay
In Washington Clash of Industries, King Corn Trounces Big Oil
In a bizarre land rights and endangered species case, what will the Supreme Court decide about Casper the Ghost Frog and 1,500 private acres belonging to Edward Poitevent?
The Trump administration is considering a policy change that could allow an extra billion gallons or more of biofuel each year to qualify toward a U.S. mandate, lowering costs for refiners at the expense of ethanol producers, according to people briefed on the discussions.
There’s an unwanted record in the Gulf of Mexico: This year’s “dead zone ,” a largely human-caused phenomenon where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life, is the biggest ever measured.
Several states are seeking to join a legal challenge to a Trump administration decision to keep a widely used pesticide on the market despite studies showing it can harm children’s brains.
President Donald Trump has signed more than 30 executive orders during his first 100 days, and he hasn’t forgotten to get the agriculture industry and rural America involved. Earlier Tuesday, Trump signed the executive order, titled Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America, in front of newly installed Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, a 14-member farmer roundtable and others.