Ethanol
In the Trump Administration’s final hours, the EPA granted two small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and appears to have reversed a previous denial.
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).
Ethanol demand continues to be a question in 2021. USDA cut its ethanol demand estimate in the latest WASDE report, a move with which some analysts disagree. USDA’s Chief Economist explains the latest adjustments.
With just eight days left in EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s term, RFA president and CEO Geoff Cooper weighs in on worst-case scenarios and his optimism about the new administration.
Doug Parker, the previous director of the EPA’s criminal investigation division and now president of the consultancy Earth and Water Strategies LLC, said the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program is vulnerable to scams that have bilked victims out of nearly $1 billion so far.
In a letter, President Trump dipping into the industry’s battle with independent oil refiners over whether parts of a federal mandate should be changed.
Nine members of the House of Representatives have pressed U.S. Trade Ambassador Michael Froman to push for reduced tariffs on U.S. energy products including ethanol, according to a letter dated March 21.
First Biorefinery Demonstration Facility, Ethanol Share to Rise by 2035