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The attorneys general for Iowa and Nebraska asked a federal court on Wednesday to issue a permanent injunction against EPA to force the agency to finalize a rule allowing permanent year-round sales of E15 in eight states.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled EPA's denial of about 100 small-refinery exemption requests was contrary to law, sending the requests back to the Biden administration for further action.

Conestoga Energy and SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC announced an agreement on Thursday to launch a cellulosic ethanol production pilot project, with the goal of eventually commercially production sustainable aviation fuel.

Richardton, North Dakota,-based Red Trail Energy announced this week it will be bringing CO2 removal credits from ethanol production to the voluntary market.

Ethanol interest group Growth Energy asked the state of Washington to update lifecycle emissions data for ethanol as part of a low-carbon policy in the state.

Boeing, NASA and United Airlines have joined forces to study the environmental effects of airplane contrails using sustainable aviation fuel.

Archer Daniels Midland asked a federal court in Illinois to issue a stay or allow an appeal in an ethanol markets lawsuit filed by Midwest Renewable Energy, as a federal appeals court considers another case.

A group of national agriculture and biofuels associations tell the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that new fuel economy standards rely too heavily on electric vehicles while leaving biofuels out of the picture.

The Renewable Fuels Association called on California regulators to propose a rule by the end of the year to allow the use of E15 in the state.

Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, was among those during public comment to the EPA Science Advisory Board on Thursday seeking to push back on the board's initial draft statements that "the best available science" suggests there are "minimal...

A group of presidents from corn growers associations asked the U.S. treasury secretary to adopt a widely used carbon lifecycle model when establishing sustainable aviation fuel tax credits.

Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper expressed concern to EPA Administrator Michael Regan about the work of a Renewable Fuel Standard scientific advisory board, in a letter to the agency on Thursday.

Growth Energy motions to intervene in one of several small-refinery exemptions petitions cases in a federal appeals court.

The chief executive officer of the American Coalition for Ethanol told President Joe Biden on Monday that states should not have to sue to force EPA to grant a waiver to eight Midwest states to allow permanent year-round E15 sales beginning in 2024.

A group of more than 20 state-level corn and ethanol associations asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to finish up work on a request by eight Midwest governors to allow for year-round E15 sales in those states.

The states of Nebraska and Iowa filed a federal lawsuit on Monday after the EPA missed the deadline to finalize a rule to allow year-round E15 sales permanently in eight Midwest states.

Four refineries have petitioned federal appeals courts for review of EPA's decision to reject 26 of 28 pending small-refinery exemption requests to the Renewable Fuel Standard on July 14.

The Renewable Fuels Association calls on the EPA to finalize a petition to allow year-round E15 sales in eight states starting in 2024.

New legislation offered in the U.S. Senate would put flexible-fuel vehicles on a level playing field with electric vehicles on carbon emissions.

Ethanol interest group Growth Energy filed a brief in support of the EPA in a legal case challenging recent agency actions on the Renewable Fuel Standard.