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A regulation in the European Union that essentially bans the use of crop-based sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonize the fuel market, will be allowed to stand after a EU court dismissed a challenge brought by biofuels groups.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced plans to implement a plan for year-round E15 in eight Midwest states, while leaving open the possibility for those states to delay.

In a rare show of agreement on the Renewable Fuel Standard, agriculture, biofuels and petroleum groups call on new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to increase biofuels volumes in a new multi-year Renewable Fuel Standard proposal.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota,-based Poet LLC announced it reached definitive agreements with infrastructure company Tallgrass to connect Poet's Fairmont, Nebraska, ethanol plant to the Trailblazer carbon dioxide pipeline under construction in Nebraska.

Green Plains Inc. announced on Thursday it had acquired all the necessary property to complete a carbon-capture project at its ethanol plants in Nebraska.

Despite the release of preliminary guidance on the 45Z Clean Fuels Production tax credit last week, biodiesel producers may need at least a temporary extension of the biodiesel blenders tax credit as they wait for more details on 45Z.

A federal appeals court has denied a motion by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rescind a previous denial of small-refinery exemption requests.

A federal court held a hearing in December to examine the credibility of an expert witness in a lawsuit that alleges Archer Daniels Midland manipulated the ethanol market.

Congressional efforts to pass a continuing budget resolution at the close of the 2024 session includes language to make year-round E15 sales permanent.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was ordered by a federal court last week to respond within 21 days to a 2023 request for a small-refinery exemption to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Equity holders for Richardton, North Dakota,-based Red Trail Energy LLC's ethanol plant approved the sale of the company to Gevo Inc., a company that plans to produce sustainable aviation fuel at the plant.

Nebraska Ethanol Board Vice Chairman Scott McPheeters addressed a group of agriculture journalists last week during an Agricultural Communicators Network workshop in Omaha.

Two members of Congress this week asked the IRS to provide needed tax guidance to biofuels producers and others who are planning to claim the 45Z Clean Fuels Production tax credit, as time is running out on the blenders tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel.

With the future of the 45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit in question, biofuels and agriculture interest groups have asked leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to pass a one-year extension of the 40A blenders tax credit.

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected as the next Senate majority leader on Wednesday, giving the ethanol industry what it says is a strong leader for biofuels issues.

Florida resident Royce Gillham pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false claims, after a federal investigation found he claimed to have generated more than $7 million in fraudulent biofuels tax credits.

Nearly 60% of South Dakota voters rejected a referendum, Referred Law 21, that was meant to validate a new law detailing how counties and state officials would oversee permitting for carbon pipelines. Landowner groups aggressively campaigned on the referendum and won.

The California Air Resources Board this week announced a new partnership with major airlines, to accelerate the use of sustainable aviation fuel on in-state flights.SUMMARY: The California Air Resources Board this week announced a new partnership with major airlines, to...

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom directed the California Air Resources Board to take steps to allow E15 sales in the state.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed a motion in federal court this week to remand 2023 agency action to deny 26 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.