Why Trump Won’t Touch Moonshine
The bankruptcy of the East Coast’s biggest oil refiner has raised uncomfortable questions around the politically charged market for ethanol. The controversy has already hit some of the best performing Continue Reading
Exclusive: Trump weighs dropping personal efforts on biofuel reform – sources
President Donald Trump is seriously considering abandoning efforts to remake the nation’s biofuel laws after wading deep into an issue that divides some of his core constituencies, according to three Continue Reading
Exclusive: Trump advisers urge him to leave biofuel reforms to Congress
President Donald Trump’s advisers have urged him to let Congress take the lead in efforts to lower the cost of the nation’s biofuels policy for refining companies, and to use Continue Reading
EPA deal with Philadelphia refiner would erase 2% of 2018 biofuel mandate: consultant
A deal to wipe out refiner Philadelphia Energy Solution’s biofuel credit debt would effectively shrink the 2018 US biofuel mandate by 2%, which would cut renewable fuel demand and weaken Continue Reading
Biofuel Mandates Are Working As Designed
Regarding your March 13 editorial “ You RIN Some, You Lose Some ” and Thomas Landstreet’s “Biofuel Mandates Are a Bad Idea Whose Time May Be Up ” (op-ed, March Continue Reading
Sources: Trump Administration Preparing List Of Possible Biofuels Tweaks
The heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Agriculture Department are scheduled to meet on Tuesday to winnow down proposals to lower the cost of the nation’s biofuels policy Continue Reading
Corn-state senators seek Trump meeting as U.S. biofuel changes loom
A group of senators from U.S. corn states have asked President Donald Trump for a meeting about the nation’s biofuels law, amid expectations the administration will soon act to lower Continue Reading
EPA settlement with bankrupt Philadelphia refinery roils biofuels market
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to grant a bankrupt Philadelphia refiner relief from the nation’s biofuel laws drew critics on Tuesday who say it sets a bad precedent. The Continue Reading
Exxon-partnered biotech group confident of boom in algae fuel
Production of advanced biofuels made from algae could grow rapidly in the late 2020s, according to Synthetic Genomics, the biotech company that has formed a partnership with ExxonMobil to develop Continue Reading
White House sets biofuel meeting; Trump will not attend: sources
The White House has made preliminary plans for a meeting on Monday between rivals in the corn and oil industries to discuss potential changes to the nation’s biofuels policy, two Continue Reading