U.S. President Donald Trump has called a meeting early next week with key senators and Cabinet officials to discuss potential changes to biofuels policy, which is coming under increasing pressure Continue Reading
This year begins the ninth year of cellulosic ethanol mandates in the U.S. Today I want to give a brief review of cellulosic ethanol, review the original targets, and examine Continue Reading
More than two dozen small U.S. refineries are seeking waivers from the nation’s biofuels law, an unusually high number that reflects growing oil industry resistance to the program, according to Continue Reading
The East Coast’s biggest refinery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, and Philadelphia Energy Solutions puts the blame on the federal government’s biofuels policies. The refinery’s workers are Continue Reading
The European Parliament last week endorsed a series of proposals setting targets for cleaner, more efficient energy use. Among those was a proposal for a binding EU-level target of a Continue Reading
OK, can we please stop pretending biofuel made from corn is helping the planet and the environment? The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released two of its Working Continue Reading
President Donald Trump has agreed to meet representatives of the U.S. oil refining industry and oil-supporting lawmakers to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard Program—a meeting that could set the stage Continue Reading
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it will require fuel companies to blend slightly more biofuels into the nation’s gasoline and diesel next year, angering oil refiners who Continue Reading
U.S. biodiesel production fell to 147 million gallons in September from 149 million gallons a month earlier, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a report on Thursday. Soybean oil Continue Reading
Bio-bean partnered with Shell on demonstration project London-based company also makes biomass pellets from coffee London’s iconic red double-decker buses will soon run on a biofuel partially made from old Continue Reading
